All HMV articles – Page 19
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NewsHMV’s groovy past
We’re indebted to blogger Voices of East Anglia for some fantastic pictures of HMV’s Oxford Street flagship in the 1960s.
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NewsHMV ads to highlight technology offer
HMV will be launching a new advertising campaign this weekend to push its technology credentials for the first time.
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NewsHMV ramps up technology buying team
HMV has doubled the size of its technology buying team as it expands the category to grow sales.
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NewsBirmingham looters may receive shop bans
Birmingham rioters could be banned from the city’s shops for an undecided length of time after looters caused carnage there last week.
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NewsBieber fever at HMV
If you thought one Justin Bieber was scary enough, HMV made it a hundred times worse when it allowed fans to queue up for an early DVD release with Bieber masks on.
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NewsWinehouse death prompts album sales spike at HMV
Music retailer HMV expects the late British soul singer Amy Winehouse’s best-selling album Back to Black to top the charts this weekend as saddened fans snap up her CDs.
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NewsHMV appoints former Waterstone's man as commercial director
HMV has appointed former Waterstone’s commercial director Michael Neil to the same position at the entertainment group.
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NewsTechnology products key as HMV sets sights on recovery
Analysts remained bearish on HMV after the entertainment group revealed full-year profits had slumped and set out recovery plans
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NewsHMV chiefs outline new vision after awful year
HMV chiefs have reaffirmed their faith in the retailer after a terrible year, and set an operating margin target of between 3% and 4%.
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NewsHMV sells Canadian business to Hilco
HMV has sold its Canadian business to restructuring firm Hilco.
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NewsMan sets up camp in HMV
At first glance this could be a bored HMV worker wiling his time away in a shop window.
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NewsHMV chief says music chain still has a future as a high street store
HMV chief executive Simon Fox has ruled out any store closures at the entertainment chain after it secured a life-saving loan agreement with itslenders.
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OpinionHMV buys time but hard work starts now
That HMV has succeeded in renegotiating its debts and selling Waterstone’s is good news.
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NewsHMV secures refinancing lifeline
HMV has been given a lifeline by its banks as it has secured a new two-year refinancing plan worth £220m.
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NewsHMV close to securing £210m refinancing deal
Embattled entertainment retailer HMV is thought to be close to securing a refinancing deal to ensure its future.
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OpinionA question of entertainment
It seems like entertainment retailers are under siege from all directions.
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NewsFlat market masks big risers and fallers
Retailers generally, like the market, were flat over the week, but that masked some big share price advances and falls.
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AnalysisHappily ever after for Waterstone’s?
Rising ebook sales and the competition from grocers have made life tough for Waterstone’s. Nicola Harrison finds out how the bookseller can be turned around under new ownership.
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NewsHMV appoints group IT director
HMV, which sold bookseller Waterstone’s for £53m, has appointed Debbie O’Shea as group IT director.