Entries in 'Retail' (79)
Music retailer DV247 parent enters administration
White Rabbit Records Ltd – trading as Digital Village and DV247.com – has entered into administrations.
HMV stores in Ireland to reopen?
HMV stores in Ireland could reopen as restructuring firm Hilco is in negotiations for the territory.
Amazon reports 22% Q1 revenue rise but profits fall 37%
Amazon reported a 22% revenue increase in Q1 2013 but a decline in profits of 37%.
Record Store Day album sales up 60% YoY in 2013
Record Store Day 2013 album sales were up 60% compared to last year, while single sales rose 20%.
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18-24 year-old driving vinyl sales resurgence - report
18-24 year-olds are driving the vinyl music revival, according to research by ICM.
Amazon's domination of UK music sales revealed: the Q1 numbers Gated Content
Amazon claimed more than 28% of the value of the UK retail music market in Q1 2013, according to new ...
'We'll still have record shops in 20 years', says Last Shop Standing author
Graham Jones - the author of UK indie record store chronicle Last Shop Standing – is confident that record shops ...
Record Store Day 'will be biggest celebration yet'
Organisers of Record Store Day are anticipating the 2013 to be "the biggest celebration yet".
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Blockbuster's plan for music in 264 stores Gated Content
Blockbuster believes it can emerge as one of the UK’s most important music retailers after coming back from the brink ...
Theo Paphitis: five ways HMV can thrive on the High Street
Retail magnate Theo Paphitis has said there’s still life in HMV yet, but warns that new owners Hilco need to ...
Confirmed: 132 HMV stores saved, Fopp also rescued
132 HMV stores and nine Fopp outlets in the UK have been saved - at least for the time being ...
Amazon AutoRip extended to vinyl purchases
Amazon has extended its AutoRip service to vinyl, meaning customers will get free mp3 copies of their physical purchases stored ...
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Several regional HMV stores saved from closure
A number of regional HMV stores across the UK have revealed they’re remaining open after initially being earmarked for closure.
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Blockbuster to move into music as part of revival plan
Blockbuster’s new owners are planning to move the High Street entertainment brand into the world of music - with former ...
Full list of Record Store Day 2013 releases revealed
The full list of exclusive products for Record Store Day 2013 was revealed last night.
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HMV had debt of £347m at collapse, Deloitte to sell before March 25 - report
Deloitte has revealed that struggling retailer HMV owed £347m of debt when it announced it was going into administration in ...
Asda in talks to buy HMV brand - report
Asda has been in talks with HMV administrator Deloitte to buy the entertainment retailer’s brand and remaining 120 stores.
WH Smith re-enters the CD/DVD market - report
WH Smith has reportedly started to stock CDs and DVDs again after the collapse of HMV has left a gap ...
Google to launch Amazon Prime competitor - report
Google is reportedly to launch a competitor to Amazon’s Prime service in the US.
Hilco in talks to buy 130 HMV stores in £50m deal - report
Retail restructuring group Hilco is reportedly in talks with HMV administrators Deloitte to secure a £50 million deal to save ...
40 more HMV stores to close?
Forty more HMV stores are reportedly due to be announced for closure today (February 20).
Jack White is Record Store Day ambassador for 2013
Jack White has been announced as the official ambassador for Record Store Day 2013.
HMV signs new stock agreement with suppliers
HMV has signed trading agreements for new stocks with the majority of its suppliers to maintain trading in stores, according ...
