By Sean P. Aune |
The HMV chain of music retail stores in the United Kingdom has been purchased, pulling it out of administration status. HMV filed for administrative protection – the U.K. equivalent of bankruptcy – this past Jan. while it went in a search of a buyer. Despite having closed…
By Sean P. Aune |
It’s time to face facts: If you run a company that lives primarily on selling physical media, your days are numbered. Blockbuster Video is closing more stores. HMV in the U.K. is bankrupt and closing 66 stores. Things are not good in the world of…
By Sean P. Aune |
The saga of HMV’s bankruptcy continues with 66 stores being marked for closures and executives being labeled as “redundant.” It was announced last month that entertainment retailer HMV had entered into administration, the U.K. equivalent of bankruptcy protection. The company planned to continue as is…
By Adriana Lee |
For companies, the only thing worse than seeing their businesses go down in flames is realizing that scores of staffers have to get axed. But there’s something even worse than that, something that all employers should dread — one of those workers live-tweeting the lay-off…
By Sean P. Aune |
The HMV chain of music and DVD retailers in the U.K. has filed for administrative protection, the British equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The first HMV store opened in London in 1921, and as of today the company is going in to what is known…
By Killian Bell |
Struggling British retailer HMV has launched a new iOS application called Listening Post, which it hopes will tempt you into purchasing physical music again. The handy app allows you to photograph an album cover and sample tracks before purchasing the release online, but it has…
By Killian Bell |
Asus has just made this Christmas for Android fans in the U.K., who are aching to get their hands on the quad-core Eee Pad Transformer Prime, by announcing that pre-orders for the device are now available in the U.K., with shipping scheduled to begin in…
By Killian Bell |
For years now, the only movie streaming service really worth subscribing to in the U.K. has been Lovefilm, and even this has a number of fairly big drawbacks, which I’ve mentioned a number of times in previous posts. I was delighted, then, when I heard…
