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David Mar Group: Members Posts: 457 Joined: Oct. 2001 Posted: May 28 2003, 10:39 Please can someone help, as I'm puzzled! I saw a programme called 'So What Do You Do All Day' about Richard, and at one point, he was inspecting the Oxford St. Virgin Megastore, and he didn't like the shop displays as he thought they were tacky - like Woolworths. What I'm puzzled about is that he sold off Virgin Records, so why does he still have something to do with the Mega stores?! Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: May 28 2003, 12:24 I may be talking bollocks here but I'm fairly certain he still owns or at least part owns the Virgin megastore chain. Virgin in general works a bit like a franchise where different people run different parts of it with sometimes very little imput from Richard Branson, he just under writes cheques for it all and of course takes the largest share of the profit. Parts of Virgin, such as the record company, sometimes get sold off to fund other parts that need cash injections or to invest in whole new franchises like Virgin Airways. Back to top

Man In The Rain Group: Members Posts: 405 Joined: April 2002 Posted: May 28 2003, 13:01 Yeah I think he has no hand in Virgin Records anymore, the people that publish and release albums, but he does still have a share in Virgin Megastore, the shops that stock the records. As Toby said, Virgin is like a huge co-operative really, it has so many distinct sections - trains, insurance, cola - that they really don't share much but the brand name, which of course is a very famous one. -------------- Hergest Ridge 165 - Ommadawn 038 - Incantations 243 Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: May 28 2003, 15:20 ah, the guy with the long curly hair and big teeth. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

David Unregistered Posted: May 29 2003, 05:08 Thanks for the replies! I hope that you got to see the show too as it was very interesting! Richard gets people saying 'Hello'  and he says 'Hello' back, every day - and asked for autographs too - and sometimes women kiss him too!! I was lucky to have seen the Horse Guard's Parade concert Mike did, and when I saw Richard was just as wet as the rest of us it cheered me up! It's funny to hear (afterwards) that Mike too was amused to see a soaking wet Branson! Back to top

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