The HMV Store opening luncheon in July 1921 with Sir Edward Elgar (sixth from left) It was on 20 July 1921 that British composer Sir Edward Elgar opened the doors of a new shop at 363 Oxford Street, ...
HMV has announced that it will finally be getting into the digital downloads game in a serious way in the first phase of the music retailer's mission to restore itself to its former glory. The ...
The HMV Shop circa Christmas 1977. After a four year absence, HMV has returned to its London flagship. (Photo by Harry Fox/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) Every dog has his day, and while it might have been a ...
Music retailer HMV has confirmed it is calling in KPMG as administrators. The move, the second in six years, involves 2,200 staff at 125 stores. Owners Hilco, which took the company out of its first ...
U.K. based music and entertainment retailer HMV is to return to its former flagship store on London’s Oxford Street after a four-year absence. It is expected to reopen towards the end of this year, in ...
HMV was a stalwart on the British high street back in the day. If you weren't spending your weekends browsing the latest releases, gazing at posters of your idols, and sifting through the random music ...
It called itself the 'world's most famous music store', taking pride of place on London's Oxford Street until it was forced to close its doors in 2019. And now HMV's flagship shop, which had delighted ...
HMV is to reopen its original flagship shop after a four-year absence. The music retailer shut the central London store in 2019 after collapsing into administration before a rescue takeover by ...
The company, which was founded in 1921 in London, by the Gramophone Company with the famous pink dog and gramophone appearing for over a century on our high streets. However many were unaware that the ...
Bring back HMV (when it was good) demanded some of you. Image: Martin Hearn via creative commons. The iconic HMV store at 363 Oxford Street is about to reopen... again. The music store has been absent ...
The continuing woes of HMV underline one brutal fact of High Street life: the days of a nationwide store chain devoted entirely to selling music are gone forever. Recession, technological change and ...
It was on 20 July 1921 that British composer Sir Edward Elgar opened the doors of a new shop at 363 Oxford Street, named "His Master's Voice". But the history of the brand that became known as HMV ...