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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Probably one of the more vulnerable brands to on-line and downloads.
My grandfather used to work for EMI (records) in Hayes. The original owners of the HMV brand.
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Not totally surprised. When Hilco bought HMV out of administration, they made much of how they had turned around the Canadian HMV chain with a winning formula which they could apply to the UK. However, the Canadian chain has since closed so they obviously didn't.
Hilco now owns Homebase so I suspect they will focus on trying to make that work. HMV has franchises in other countries like Hong Kong so I expect these will continue even if the UK stores all close.
Heero, you've probably seen this, this is how EMI Hayes is looking like now.
http://www.theoldvinylfactory.com/