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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment retailer |
| Founded | 20 July 1921 |
| Headquarters | London, England Tokyo, Japan (Lawson) |
Area served | United Kingdom Ireland Belgium Canada Japan (Lawson) |
Key people | Philip Halliday (managing director) Toru Noguchi (president and director, Japan) |
| Products | Music film television merchandise technology video games books |
| Owner | Sunrise Records (United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium and Canada)[a] Lawson (Japan) |
| Subsidiaries | Fopp (UK) |
| Website | www |
HMV is a British music and entertainment retailer, founded in 1921. The brand is owned by JD Sports[1] and operated by Sunrise Records, except in Japan, where it is owned and operated by Lawson.[2]
The inaugural store was opened on London's Oxford Street by the Gramophone Company, who had already established the His Master's Voice symbol on their sound equipment, and from 1909, as its own record label.[3] In the 1960s, HMV became a chain across London, and expanded nationwide in the 1970s, which lead to international expansion in the mid-1980s; it opened its 100th UK location in 1997.[4]
In 1998, the retail operations were divested from EMI (successor to the Gramophone Company), to form what would become HMV Group plc.[5] In August 2007, HMV bought rival retailer, Fopp.[6] In April 2013, HMV was rescued by Hilco Capital for an estimated £50 million after falling into administration.[7] In February 2019, British retailer JD Sports acquired the HMV brand,[8] and the Canadian retailer Sunrise Records acquired HMV's stores, to operate under license.[9]
In May 2023, Sunrise Records announced HMV would return to Ireland, followed by an announcement in November 2023 that it would also enter the Belgian market.[10][11] In February 2024, Sunrise Records announced HMV would re-enter the Canadian market as a store-within-a-store concept within Toys "R" Us locations.[12] HMV has also traded in Japan since 1990; it was divested from the UK company in 2007.[13]
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- ^ "株式会社 ローソンエンタテインメント". Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ Holden, Jake (23 November 2023). "HMV to return to its iconic Oxford Street location after four-year closure". My London. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "HMV: A visual history". BBC News. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ Barlow, Alastair (29 January 2020). "HMV's top dog could be in the kennels once again". AccountingWEB. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Allen, Katie (1 August 2007). "Fopp lives again after HMV buys six shops and online operation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "HMV is sold to Hilco in rescue deal". BBC News. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ "Trade mark number UK00002460933 - Event history". trademarks.ipo.gov.uk. Intellectual Property Office. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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- ^ "HMV sold to Sunrise Records". The Bookseller. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "HMV to return to Irish Republic with Dublin flagship store". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "HMV starts European expansion in Belgium". RetailDetail EU. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "HMV making comeback through Toys "R" Us locations in Ontario | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "HMV sells off Japanese business". CRN Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2025.