HMV

[karl]

I agree L&H, I always find something in a cd store I never knew was released, especially when I visit HMV stores on my travels.

[Eman]

I really don't like internet shopping as I like to see the product first before buying it. Gosh knows I spent hours browsing Tower, HMV, Virgin for stuff and then finding the "perfect" copy of something I wanted. On the internet it's whatever they send you. Ok so I've learned to live with it, but I sure do miss going to the stores and having a morning or afternoon just to browse around.

[Marian]

I was sorting out some things from my son's room the other day and found an HMV badge he was throwing out. I had to rescue it, in case it becomes valuable one day! Any offers?

[paul jh]

I was happy to wake up on Friday morning to hear the BBC Radio 1 report that HMV has been saved. Great news that the iconic British record store will stick around and many people won't be losing their jobs. Let's all do our best to buy entertainment products at HMV and not online. Thanks.

Here's an article from Music Week:

evealed: Full list of HMV's 132 saved stores
Source: MW
by Tim Ingham


The 132 HMV stores today purchased by Hilco UK for around £50m are revealed in full below.

Administrator Deloitte also confirmed to Music Week the nine Fopp stores saved as part of the deal, whilst 81 HMV outlets have been shut since January.

The group’s head office and distribution functions have also been transferred into the new ownership, securing 2,643 jobs.

Nick Edwards, Joint Administrator, commented: “We are delighted to have completed the sale of HMV’s UK retail business to Hilco UK.

“The sale of the restructured portfolio secures the employment of 2,643 staff, saves one of the world's most iconic retail brands and provides a solid financial footing on which the business can be taken forward.

“We wish the Hilco UK and HMV teams every success with the business. I would like to thank all those stakeholders that have worked with us during the administration, but in particular the staff, suppliers and landlords for their support in making this deal possible.”

SAVED HMV STORES:

Aberdeen,
Ayr,
Banbury,
Bangor (Wales),
Basildon,
Basingstoke,
Bath,
Belfast Donegall Arcade,
Birmingham Bullring,
Blackpool,
Bluewater,
Bournemouth,
Bradford,
Brighton Churchill,
Bristol Broadmead,
Bristol Cribbs,
Bromley,
Bury,
Bury St Edmunds,
Cambridge,
Canary Wharf,
Canterbury,
Cardiff,
Carlisle,
Chelmsford,
Cheltenham,
Chester,
Chichester,
Colchester,
Coventry,
Crawley,
Cwmbran,
Darlington,
Derby,
Doncaster,
Dundee,
East Kilbride,
Eastbourne,
Edinburgh Fort Retail,
Edinburgh Ocean Terminal,
Edinburgh Princes Street,
Exeter,
Gateshead,
Glasgow Argyle,
Glasgow Buchanan,
Glasgow Fort,
Gloucester,
Grimsby,
Guernsey,
Guildford,
Hanley,
Harlow,
Harrogate,
Hastings,
Hatfield,
Hereford,
High Wycombe,
Horsham,
Hull,
Inverness,
Ipswich,
Isle of Man,
Isle of Wight,
Islington,
Jersey,
Kettering,
Kings Lynn,
Kingston,
Leamington Spa,
Leeds Headrow,
Leeds White Rose,
Leicester,
Lincoln,
Liverpool One,
Livingston,
Llandudno,
Maidstone,
Manchester 90 Market Street,
Manchester Trafford,
Mansfield,
Merry Hill,
Middlesbrough,
Milton Keynes,
Newcastle,
Newport (Wales),
Northampton,
Norwich Gentlemans Walk,
Norwich Chapelfield,
Nottingham Victoria,
Nuneaton,
Oxford,
Oxford Circus,
Peterborough Queensgate,
Plymouth Drake Circus,
Poole,
Portsmouth Commercial Road,
Portsmouth Gun Wharf Quay,
Preston,
Reading Oracle,
Romford,
Selfridges Oxford Street,
Sheffield High Street,
Sheffield Meadowhall,
Shrewsbury,
Solihull,
Southampton,
Southend Victoria,
Southport,
Speke Park,
Staines,
Stevenage,
Stirling,
Stockport,
Stratford upon Avon,
Stratford City Westfield,
Sunderland,
Sutton,
Swansea,
Taunton,
Thanet,
Thurrock,
Truro,
Tunbridge Wells,
Uxbridge,
Westfield London,
Wimbledon,
Winchester,
Wolverhampton,
Worcester,
Worthing,
Yeovil,
York.

SAVED FOPP STORES:

FOPP Bristol, FOPP Cambridge, FOPP Covent Garden, FOPP Edinburgh, FOPP Glasgow Byres Road, FOPP Glasgow Union Street, FOPP Gower Street London, FOPP Manchester, FOPP Nottingham,

 

[karl]

I was glad to read the list, however two of our Edinburgh stores have already closed, the original store in King James Centre and at the Gyle centre which was the newest one, that store used to be Virgin, then Zavvi and then HMV took it over, seems that store was jinxed !

[mariana44]

Looks like my 2 local stores are saved--well, I say local--~Tunbridge Wells is 7 miles away , and Maidstone 13 miles away. Takes quite a while by public transport, and buses that only run every hour.

[karl]

Marian I am spoilt for choice here I can walk to a bus stop within a minute of my home and get a choice of 3 or 4 buses into town and be there in 10-15 minutes.

I can also drive up to the Gyle centre where I worked in 15 minutes.