HMV
This coverage focuses on HMV’s position and performance within the UK retail sector, highlighting store strategies, brand revival efforts, merchandising approaches, and financial developments. Reporting also examines management decisions, market challenges, and the retailer’s adaptation to changing consumer trends. Insights are tailored for retail executives, brand managers, and professionals interested in the dynamics of entertainment retail and high-street resilience.
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Aug- 2023 -30 AugustHigh Street
Wilko bidder criticises PwC over bidding process
Restructuring specialist M2 Capital has reportedly criticised the administrators of Wilko after submitting a last-minute offer to rescue the retailer. According to The Financial Times, M2 wrote to PwC chair Bob Moritz earlier this week to criticise the bidding process and question whether it was “fair and transparent” after submitting…
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25 AugustHigh Street
HMV owner makes last-ditch bid for Wilko
Canadian businessman Doug Putman has reportedly made a last-ditch attempt to rescue parts of Wilko in a move that could save up to 4,000 jobs, The Times has reported. According to The Times, Putman, who purchased HMV in 2019, has held talks with Wilko’s management team and administrators from PwC…
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Jul- 2021 -21 JulyEntertainment
HMV to open 10 high street sites
HMV, the music and entertainment retailer, reportedly intends to launch 10 new shops across the UK this year. According to the BBC, the plans include the opening of a new London flagship site, following the closure of its former Oxford Street flagship as the group collapsed into administration over two…
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8 JulyShopping Centres
HMV opens new site at St Johns Liverpool
St Johns Liverpool, the largest covered shopping centre in the city of Liverpool, has announced that HMV will open a new store in the site on 20 July. HMV will open on Williamson Square, joining over 100 other businesses within St Johns, such as JD Sports and Matalan. The store,…
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May- 2020 -21 MayPeople Moves
Ted Baker appoints ex-Topshop design exec as new creative director
Ted Baker has announced the appointment of former Topshop global design director, Anthony Cuthbertson, as its new global creative director (GCD). In his new role, Cuthbertson will be responsible for brand, product, store and creative direction strategy. He succeeds Michael Bastian, who will continue as creative director on an interim…
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19 MayPeople Moves
Ted Baker appoints David Wolffe as CFO
Global lifestyle brand, Ted Baker, has announced the appointment of David Wolffe as its new chief financial officer with immediate effect. Wolffe, who will join the board immediately, has over twenty years’ experience in finance roles for both public and private businesses, including the group CFO role at HMV Group…
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Apr- 2020 -30 AprilCoronavirus
Oasis and Warehouse stores closed ‘indefinitely’, 1,800 jobs lost
Over 1,800 employees at fashion retailers Oasis and Warehouse are set to be made redundant after administrators failed to find a new buyer for the retailers. The fashion brands have now been sold to Hilco, a restructuring firm and former owner of HMV. Whilst Hilco agreed to buy the retailer’s…
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Jan- 2020 -27 JanuaryHigh Street
10,000 retail jobs lost in 2020
Almost 10,000 retail jobs have been lost in 2020 amid a “torrid” start to the new year, according to the Centre for Retail Research. The research group revealed that 9,949 jobs have been lost in the first three weeks of 2020, amid store closures at Debenhams, GAME, HMV, Arcadia and…
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16 JanuaryAnalysis
How in-store experiences will shape gaming retail in 2020 and beyond
A little over a year ago the Entertainment Retailer Association (ERA) announced that the gaming market accounted for more than half of the entire UK entertainment sector at more than £3.8bn, making it bigger than video and music combined. The top games released that year included FIFA 2019, Red Dead…
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6 JanuaryEntertainment
HMV to close three stores and warns of more if rent negotiations fail
HMV has confirmed that three of its stores will close this month and has warned that a further 10 could close if rent negotiations with landlords fail to secure improved terms. In a statement released over the weekend the music retailer revealed it will be closing its Bury St Edmunds,…
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