Virgin originally opened in Kuwait back in 2002 and was the second-largest Virgin store in the world at the time. They had books, music, movies and electronics but it eventually had a lot of music and movies banned and then slowly started shrinking in size until the store no longer existed. But now it’s back.
The new Virgin recently opened in Avenues and it doesn’t have any books or music this time around. Instead, it’s more of an electronics shop selling items like phone accessories, headphones, portable speakers, drones and random trinkets. They have a small gaming section and a large selection of Crosley record players but they don’t sell any records.
The Virgin in Dubai Mall is actually a cool place with so many different things on sale which makes you at the very least want to walk through the store. The one in Kuwait on the other hand, at this stage, doesn’t seem to have the same allure. In any case, it’s worth checking out if you’re in Avenues, they’re open in phase 2 near Carrefour.
Update: Turns out they actually have a tiny book section.
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I visited it 2 days ago and to be honest I was not impressed because they don’t offer any different experience or even products that you can’t buy from anywhere else in Kuwait.
I miss the old virgin in Marina Mall.
Small gaming section*, instead of small gaming system
Oops thanks
OK so what is the point of a virgin megastore without books and music?!
more like whats the point of a music shop in 2020. music shops are dead everywhere so its no surprise there isn’t any music. Even in Dubai the only music they have is records, no cd’s. Do companies even still print CDs?
The book section in Dubai also isn’t that big, but what’s cool about the Dubai Virgin is the variety of different things available on display and for sale from kitchen stuff, to books, to music players, clothes, gadgets, games etc.. It just feels like we have a lot less of everything and anything here in comparison.
Well the store is substantially smaller than any UAE branch.
Companies still make CDs, if they can make vinyl, why not still make CDs? and I’ve seen CDs being sold in Virgin Megastores in Dubai; Do you not explore the whole place? Also, the Mall of the Emirates branch has a pretty sizable book section.
That’s so trueeeeeeeee in my opinion this store is very useless because we are talking about virgin megastore right here not freaking x-cite.
This Virgin Megastore does have books, but it’s just a really small section, did you not see it there? I saw it from the photos I’ve seen.
Nope, I didn’t see any books when I was there. They had some stationery items like empty notebooks maybe thats what you saw?
What an absolute joke.
Virgin in The Avenues do sell books. I was there the other day. Not many but they do….
Where? I didn’t see any when I went, maybe they added them after I went?
Never mind found it! They were in the Crosley section which is how I didn’t notice, was too busy looking at the records!
https://imgur.com/iLlXzfD
Not many books at all
I want this place to be good but a little disappointed. Half the shop seems to sell phone cases and cables which you can buy anywhere.
I hope they get more variety of stock in as this is nearly a cool shop.
I did say not many Mark 🙂
I went in there to buy a multiple charger for my watch, phone, and AirPod pros to go by my bed. Couldn’t find anything, spent nearly ten minutes looking for a member of staff, gave up and went to Xcite instead 🙂
I never understood how they even make money.. I’m not talking about Kuwait but everywhere!
you should be happy you have virgin its only open in middle east. Europe and USA all stores are closed long ago.
Because it sucks
Do they sell Kpop albums?
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT get a Crosley record player if you care about your record or the quality you get. The same goes for all the similar cheap Chinese-mass-made record players.s
http://best-turntables.com/avoid-crosley-turntables/
I got my Audio Technica a few years ago and it’s been great to my records and my ears.
Please, can you send me virgin megastore kuwait contact number
I can still recall,how the Virgin Megastore in Marina Mall was great CD,toys, books and merchandises