If Q2 was one of the most difficult quarters in the history of music retail, Q3 saw the fightback begin. Despite the ongoing disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, ...
One of Sony’s most legendary artists, Bob Dylan, once said: “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”. But now one of the company’s top ...
Q2 will go down as one of the most challenging quarters for music retail in history. Yet, despite the coronavirus pandemic, music consumption continued to grow year-on-year. Music Week crunches ...
This time last year, things looked bleak for HMV.
The much-loved retail chain went into administration over Christmas 2018 and looked doomed – until it was rescued by Doug Putman’s ...
Q4 is officially in full swing. After Music Week’s annual Q4 special laid out this year’s contenders for the music industry’s peak selling season, the focus has shifted to ...
After a difficult start to 2019 for physical music, with problems at PledgeMusic and HMV in administration, there was finally some good news last week.
HMV was saved from ...
ERA CEO Kim Bayley called it “the Christmas from hell”. And HMV blamed dismal December trading – albeit more in video than music – for it going into administration just ...
National Album Day certainly seems to be generating plenty of interest ahead of its debut event on Saturday (October 13) – not least because of Music Week’s special albums issue, ...
