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HMV
February 2024
Oxford Street sweeter – with fewer shops empty or selling candy
Openings in past year include HMV, Under Armour and Rituals, with Ikea poised to join them in the autumn
January 2024
The big picture
The big picture: layers of nostalgia on London’s Oxford Street
Snow, a bowler hat and an old-fashioned HMV storefront combine to create a yearning for the past in street photographer Stephen Leslie’s 2018 shot
November 2023
HMV reopens on London’s Oxford Street after four-year absence
Retailer returns to site of its first store and lauds revival in sales of physical music formats such as CDs
September 2023
All 400 Wilko shops to close with loss of more than 12,000 jobs
Talks with HMV owner Doug Putman to save about half of retailer’s stores fail
April 2023
HMV to return to flagship Oxford Street store after four-year absence
First HMV shop was opened in 1921 by British composer Sir Edward Elgar and closed in 2019
September 2022
HMV launches vinyl record label with first signing in over 20 years
Album by Newcastle singer-songwriter India Arkin will be released by 1921 Records in October
July 2021
HMV owner: UK must fix business rates or risk more shop closures
HMV at 100: ‘I worry they will go bust for good. It’s not going to get easier’
June 2020
How high street shops in England plan to trade from Monday
Non-essential shops are reopening for business after coronavirus lockdown
January 2020
High street crisis deepens as 3,150 staff lose jobs in a week
Fifteen Links of London outlets join all 79 Mothercare stores to close this week
High street crisis: which big names closed stores in the past year?
Several chains collapsed and thousands of jobs were lost, including at Debenhams and Mothercare
HMV confirms three stores are closing with job losses expected
Entertainment retailer warns 10 more shops could shut unless landlords offer new terms
October 2019
For both the Ratcliffes and Dunns, justice remains cruelly out of reach
Barbara Ellen
HMV to open Europe's biggest entertainment store in Birmingham
August 2019
UK consumers switch to online streaming en masse
Retailers suffer as DVD, CD and video games sales plunge by up to a fifth
February 2019
HMV's new voice is relishing the fight to save all the stores
‘Vinyl nut’ Doug Putman takes on the landlords and says he’s hopeful for the Oxford Street flagship
Nils Pratley on finance
Is Barclays' activist agitator demanding too risky a U-turn?
Nils Pratley
What we know about Edward Bramson is vague; it would be helpful if he’d be clear
HMV reveals which 27 stores have closed after sale to Canadian music boss
Doug Putman: the vinyl fan aiming to put a new spin on HMV
Canadian music store mogul Doug Putman joins battle for HMV
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