Piracy plagues a video store chain.

From: The Gazette (Blackpool) (Blackpool, England) | Date: August 22, 2007 | Copyright information

A MARTON video store faces an uncertain future as its parent company announces shop closures.

ChoicesUK, on Cornelian Way, is among a number of stores in the chain which could face the axe, according to reports.

Hundreds of jobs across the company were under threat today after the group admitted it had failed to secure the future of the struggling firm.

A spokesman for the Marton store said they were unaware of the rumours and refused to comment fu...

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