1,377 jobs go as Jessops shuts
Administrators are to close all of the failed camera chain Jessops' stores, with the loss of 1,377 jobs.
Administrators are to close all of the failed camera chain Jessops' stores, with the loss of 1,377 jobs.
[I'm] very sorry to hear that. My ex-husband and my son have spent a lot of money in Jessops over the years. So have I! But as others have said, online sales have brought a more reasonable price when people are strapped for cash.
It doesn't surprise me. My local Jessops is always empty and as a keen amateur photographer I noticed some of their equipment could easily be bought elsewhere sometimes at a third of the price ...
In our small town, we have so many charity shops, banks, a 99p store, cash loan shops. [It's] pathetic really.
Some 2000 jobs have been put at risk as camera chain Jessops became the first retail casualty of 2013, with store closures "inevitable".
Jessops looks set to become the first high street casualty of 2013 as the retailer is understood to be on the brink of administration.