All HMV articles – Page 32
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News
CD and DVD sales continue to beat downloads
DVD and CD sales continue to outperform the growing download market, according to research released today.
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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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News
HMV warns of weakening book market
HMV has reported flat first-half like-for-like sales and warned of a “marked deterioration” in the book market over the past five weeks.
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News
Leading entertainment distributor collapses
Pinnacle, one of the UK’s leading entertainment distributors, has gone into administration.
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News
Video games spend to overtake music and video
Consumer spending on video games is set to overtake combined spending on music and video for the first time.
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News
HMV acquires gaming company Gamerbase
Entertainment retailer HMV has acquired Gamerbase, the company which runs multiplayer video game centres in some of its stores.
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HMV joins British Retail Consortium
HMV Group – including the eponymous brand and Waterstone's – has become the latest member of the British Retail Consortium.
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New season of negative updates gives retail analysts little reassurance
Retail had regained favour in the run-up to the reporting season, but the first set of updates brought a slew of bad news.
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Opinion
City Insider: Simon Fox is working magic at HMV
There was no new Harry Potter book this year to summon up book sales but that other sorcerer, Magic Circle member and HMV boss Simon Fox, still managed to conjure an impressive performance at group level.
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News
HMV Group sales robust
HMV Group has reported strong interim sales, but suffered at its Waterstone’s fascia in the wake of a weaker book market.
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News
Music and DVD sales continue to slide
The number of shoppers who buy music and DVD products regularly has fallen for the fourth year in a row, according to Verdict Research.
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News
HMV profits rocket in first turnaround year
HMV Group delivered a strong set of full-year results, but warned that growth could slow in the next year.
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News
HMV Group profits soar
HMV Group has revealed profits, before tax and exceptional items, have climbed 25.2 per cent, up from 45.2 million to 56.6 million for the year to April 26.
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News
HMV social networking gets closer to full launch
Entertainment retailer HMV will next week move a step closer to the launch of its social networking web site, Getcloser.com.
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HMV shareholder sells a third of holding
HMV shareholder Brandes Investment Partners has sold more than a third of its holding in the entertainment retailer.
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Morgan Stanley turns positive, but upbeat sentiment shortlived
Bullish noises from Morgan Stanley bolstered sentiment towards store groups, but food and general retailers’ shares moved little over the week.
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HMV to launch value classics range
Entertainment giant HMV is teaming up with radio station Classic FM and record label UCJ in an attempt to take classical music to the masses.
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News
Retailers’ stock rises as shorts buy and the weather improves
Retailers’ stock surged last week as shorts covered their positions and fine bank holiday weather was forecast.
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News
HMV sales surge
Entertainment retailer HMV has posted a set of sparkling sales for the year ending April 26.
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News
Game upbeat despite massive share sell-off
Game issued a trading statement on Tuesday in response to last week’s share sell-off that was triggered by a 5.4 million disposal of shares by directors.