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HMV calls time on trial store at service station
HMV has terminated the service station trial that it launched in April last year.The retailer said it felt there were “better opportunities that we could pursue elsewhere”.HMV said at the time it felt that service stations were an “interesting, low-risk opportunity worth exploring”. The store was located in a service ...
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Downloads and downturn hit independent music stores
A quarter of the UK’s independent music stores have shut over the past year, a study has found.The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) reported that there are now only about 300 such shops left, compared with 408 in 2007 and more than 1,000 a decade ago.Indie music shops have fallen victim ...
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NewsPricewaterhouseCoopers: Sales to be had in high street shake-up
The number of retail pre-pack administrations will climb this year as the recession takes its toll, but fewer chains will disappear from the high street completely.
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Games sales help retailers defy downturn
Entertainment retailers were lifted by rising sales of computer games last year, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association.
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AnalysisMatthew Moulding: Back of the net
Buying the Zavvi name has put e-tailer The Hut on the map. Founder and boss Matthew Moulding tells Lisa Berwin why he is focused on growth
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NewsThe Hut plots route to become ‘next Amazon’
E-tailer The Hut, which this week bought the rights to the Zavvi brand and website, wants to buy more struggling brands to turn into pure-play sites as it guns to become a serious competitor to Amazon.
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Zavvi website relaunched as rights sold by administrator
Zavvi’s website has been relaunched today and is selling sportswear, lingerie and perfume alongside the entertainment items traditionally associated with the now defunct retailer.
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'Son of Zavvi' will only be taking short leases
Head, the entertainment retailer launched by the former boss of defunct Zavvi, has only taken short-term leases on stores bought from the administrator, raising questions over its long-term plans.
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Zavvi to cease trading as former chief executive snaps up stores
Zavvi’s former chief executive Simon Douglas has bought eight stores from administrator Ernst Young and plans to rebrand them under the fascia Head.
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Zavvi name disappears from the high street
Zavvi’s former chief executive Simon Douglas has bought eight stores from administrator Ernst & Young and plans to rebrand them under the fascia Head.
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Zavvi to close a further 17 stores
Defunct retailer Zavvi is to close a further 17 stores, leading to the redundancy of 242 employees.
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Opinion
Regent Street: don't waste the recession
‘A recession is a terrible thing to waste,’ said Kevin Roche, a director at US store design company Callison, last week in what might, at first glance, appear to be a distinctly counter-intuitive moment.
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Administrators close 12 more Zavvi stores
A further 12 Zavvi stores have been closed by administrator Ernst & Young, resulting in 295 redundancies.
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HMV buys music venues and Zavvi stores
HMV has acquired 14 Zavvi stores and is to enter the live music market with the purchase of a 50 per cent stake in a joint venture with venue operator MAMA Group.
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Zavvi closes more stores
A further 18 Zavvi stores will close today, leading to 353 redundancies, as administrator Ernst & Young revealed no offers have been received to take on the whole portfolio.
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Celebrations makes 1,400 staff redundant
Greetings cards retailer Celebrations has made 1,400 staff redundant after its administrator was unable to find buyers for its 214 remaining stores.
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Zavvi to close 22 stores
Zavvi is to shut 22 of its stores with immediate effect after it fell in to administration before Christmas.
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Retailers' pre-Christmas Sales to hit new record
Retailers will embark on the biggest ever pre-Christmas Sales drive from now until Christmas Eve in a last-ditch attempt to lure shoppers onto the high street.
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Zavvi plays down restructuring talks
Zavvi has insisted it is not on the verge of administration after hiring Ernst & Young.
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Analysis
Video: The week in retail, December 12, 2008
TGi Friday: As Woolworths launches its closing down Sale, Tim Danaher and George MacDonald assess the likely impact on the rest of the high street and whether there is any chance of a last-minute deal. One of the long-term beneficiaries may be HMV, which posted mixed interim results on Thursday.
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