This New Year, record collectors are facing the prospect of the disappearance of one of the most famous names in retail entertainment, Britain’s HMV. The company, which was founded in London in 1921 ...
HMV has announced that it will finally be getting into the digital downloads game in a serious way in the first phase of the music retailer's mission to restore itself to its former glory. The ...
HMV has announced plans to open 10 new shops this year as it backed the struggling UK high street. The music and entertainment retailer says its plans include a search for a new London flagship site ...
The HMV Shop circa Christmas 1977. After a four year absence, HMV has returned to its London flagship. (Photo by Harry Fox/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) Every dog has his day, and while it might have been a ...
MANY people bought their first CD from HMV… or in some cases their first tape. The media mega-store was a staple on our high streets for years stocking every CD and DVD imaginable, as well as some ...
For collectors of beloved vinyls, tapes and later CDs, the launch of HMV was certainly music to people's ears. The record store opened its doors for the first time in 1921. The music and entertainment ...
When HMV went into liquidation in January, many people assumed that was the end for nationwide chains of music stores. But in April, HMV was bought out for an estimated £50 million by Hilco. This week ...
After entering administration for a second time, HMV's prospects for survival, amid adverse market conditions, are not strong. HMV had hoped to avoid being put under insolvency management for the ...
HMV could be thrown a lifeline from an unlikely source: Game. The video games retailer survived administration last year, but is considering buying branches of HMV as the music chain crashes into ...
The Internet might have knocked the wind out of old-school music retailers, but HMV Canada is betting it can embrace the digital world without giving up on its bricks and mortar. Restructuring ...