HMV

HMV is a 92-year-old music retailer which in January 2013 sought protection from creditors, after seeing its core businesses selling compact discs and digital video disks eroded by online competitors like Apple’s iTunes and Amazon.com. Known worldwide for its ‘Nipper the dog’ trademark, its first store on London's Oxford Street was opened by English composer Edward Elgar in 1921.

THE WEEK EXPLAINED

New owner AID hopes there may be life in the old HMV dog yet

18 Mar 2013

Kelvin Wu and his colleagues at AID Partners were quick to identify the potential of acquiring the Hong Kong and Singapore shops of the failed music and video retailer HMV.

Like other...

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New HMV owner sets his ambitions beyond music

11 Mar 2013

The new owner of the Hong Kong and Singapore outlets of the iconic British music retail chain HMV has two targets: to acquire more local rivals and to compete with Apple's iTunes store on the...

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Buyout firm snaps up HMV Hong Kong for a song

1 Mar 2013

AID Partners Capital, a Hong Kong-based buyout firm focusing on the entertainment and media industry, has bought HMV's businesses in Hong Kong and Singapore as well as operating licences for...

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Elton John has a surprise in store to rescue HMV

21 Feb 2013

The HMV chain of music shops may be thrown a lifeline by Sir Elton John after it emerged that the singer plans to perform in one of the company's British stores. He has suggested that big artists...

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Why it's hard to mourn the loss of HMV

Like a vulture, I swooped through the doors of the HMV shop, ready to devour any clearance specials that might be on offer. Alas, my presumption that the British entertainment retailer's filing...

4:53AM

His master's voucher: HMV exposes the risks of holding gift certificates

Recently Money Post wrote about the terrible value of gift vouchers ("Bottom of the deck", December 31). We were surprised, however, to see our views so quickly validated by news that music...

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A bad week for ..., January 20, 2013

HMV

5:30AM

Video stores left behind on the digital highway

There was a time when video and music shops were venerable cultural institutions, places to get an entertainment fix, catch up with like-minded souls or just to browse the shelves for some down...

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RETAIL

Big blow to local music business if Hong Kong HMV stores close (video)

Uncertainty over HMV's fate in Hong Kong has dealt yet another blow to the already troubled local music industry.

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RETAIL

Future of Hong Kong's six HMV stores in balance as it calls in administrators

The fate of HMV's six Hong Kong shops hangs in the balance after the British music and DVD retailer said yesterday it was seeking help to save it from collapse.

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