All HMV articles – Page 8
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV, Tesco and Kingfisher
Retail news round-up October 22, 2013: Apple removes HMV’s new UK app from its App Store, billionaire Warren Buffett slashes investment in Tesco and Kingfisher boss Ian Cheshire predicts dynamic pricing will soon be used widely across retail.
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OpinionComment: The challenge in HMV's digital strategy is persuading shoppers to convert
It is encouraging to see HMV embracing a new multichannel strategy in an attempt to capture a higher share of the digital market, and to focus on discoverability, which can be one of the challenges of selling music online.
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NewsHMV kick-starts digital strategy with launch of innovative app
HMV is kick-starting its critical digital strategy this week with the launch of an MP3 download store and innovative app.
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NewsHMV lands Sir Paul McCartney signing at newly relaunched Oxford Street flagship
Pop icon Sir Paul McCartney is to sign copies of his latest album ‘New’ at HMV’s recently reopened Oxford Street flagship this Friday.
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OpinionComment: Nostalgia should be what it used to be in retail
New store openings from Sainsbury’s and HMV show a design appetite for the past is asserting itself.
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OpinionBlog: A backstage pass at HMV 363 Oxford Street reveals Hilco’s intent
A rapid walk through HMV’s revived store at 363 Oxford Street provided an entertaining morning yesterday.
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GalleryIn pictures: HMV returns to iconic Oxford Street store this weekend
HMV will turn up the volume on its music credentials as it “comes home” to its retail birthplace at 363 Oxford Street.
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NewsIn pictures: Crowds of shoppers mass for Grand Theft Auto release
Retailers pulled out all the stops for throngs of customers who queued up to get their hands on video game Grand Theft Auto 5 overnight while Amazon broke the embargo on selling the product.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, HMV, Supergroup, Majestic Wine and Topshop
Retail news round-up September 4, 2013: HMV receiver paid over €300,000 in fees and expenses; Supergroup faces shareholders resistance over directors’ pay; Tesco criticised by ASA over misleading horsemeat ad and Topshop and Topman expands in Germany.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV, Clarks and Irish supermarkets
Retail news round-up August 23, 2013: Four Irish HMV stores to reopen, Clarks to launch mobile local shopping tool, Irish stores receive compliance notices for overcharging customers
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NewsHMV creditors including pension fund to lose £250m
HMV’s pension fund is among a number of creditors poised to lose more than £250m, according to an update on the administration from Deloitte.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV and Asda
Retail news round-up August 21, 2013: HMV pension fund and other creditors to lose £250m; Asda data reveals disposable income in decline
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NewsHMV hires managing director for loyalty programme as it relaunches
HMV owner Hilco has hired Dan Truscott as managing director of its soon-to-be-relaunched customer loyalty programme, Pure.
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AnalysisIn the news: HMV new digital boss James Coughlan profiled
Former Vodafone executive James Coughlan has been appointed to head up HMV’s new digital business. Retail Week takes a look at the entertainment retailer’s new hire.
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NewsHMV hires former Vodafone executive James Coughlan for digital launch
HMV owner Hilco Capital has hired former Vodafone executive James Coughlan to head its new digital business, which is set to launch in October, Retail Week can reveal.
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OpinionComment: What Bezos's Washington Post deal says about retail and HMV
Amazon is as much a media business as it is a retailer, so are there retail lessons to be learned from the etailer’s founder Jeff Bezos’s acquisition of US newspaper the Washington Post?
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NewsHMV to return to its original Oxford Street store
HMV has confirmed it is to return to 363 Oxford Street where it opened its first store more than 90 years ago.
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NewsFormer HMV worker turns entertainment retailer on its head with new store
A former HMV staffer in Londonderry, who worked for the entertainment retailer before its administration, irked the brand’s owners by opening a shop called HVM.
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OpinionComment: Irish examinerships highlight fierce market conditions
Over the past five years retail sales in the Republic of Ireland have decreased by around 30% as the fortunes of different operators have varied.
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NewsFormer HMV worker forced to change name of HVM start-up
A former HMV worker who opened an entertainment shop called HVM has been forced to flip the shop’s fascia upside down after HMV complained.