HMV Group
Boom in sales of tax-free CDs casts doubt on Treasury claims
...of the companies involved in the VAT dodge were controlled by UK-registered parent businesses. Maidenhead-based HMV Group and Swindon-based WH Smith - both stock exchange-listed - push...
Market Report: Double dip worries weigh on blue chips
...company gave up 7.3p to 270p after it announced a trading update during the previous session. On the upside, HMV Group advanced 1.7p to 73.8p as Nomura resumed coverage of the stock...
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HMV Group Declines After Saying Waterstone’s Revenue Drops
HMV Group Declines After Saying Waterstone's Revenue Drops Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- HMV Group Plc fell the most in more than a year in London trading after saying sales at stores open at...
Waterstone's to be 'specialist chain in a Google world'
...of the dice to create a "specialist chain relevant in a Google world". Poor trading over Christmas prompted HMV Group, the owner of Waterstone's, to replace its managing director, Gerry...
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HMV fires boss of Waterstone's after Christmas sales slump
'Highly unsatisfactory' fall in sales despite the failure of high street rival Borders HMV Group capped a miserable Christmas for high street booksellers yesterday by firing the managing...
Waterstone's to reduce 'celebrity' books as Dominic Myers comes in for shake-up
The book world was turned on its head yesterday when HMV Group parted company with Gerry Johnson, the managing director of Waterstone's, and launched a review of the bookseller "as a...
Christmas sees off Waterstone's chief
...from closing down sales at its collapsed rival Borders. The struggling bookseller's parent company, HMV Group, admitted the problems went deeper than that, however, and analysts said...
FTSE retailers slip on 'Super Thursday'
...the UK and is coming under increasing pressure from the food retailers ramping up their non-food efforts." HMV Group, down 7.35 at 84.4p, DSG, down 2.34 at 35.19p, and Mothercare, down...
HMV chief executive Alan Giles said: "A combined Waterstone's and Ottakar's business will create an exciting, quality bookseller, able to respond better to the increasingly competitive pressures of the retail market." Ottakar's chairman Philip Dunne said: "Over the last year the book market has undergone a significant change with new levels of competition from the supermarkets and online retailers impacting all specialist booksellers and in particular those with insufficient scale to compete on equal terms."
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Waterstone's boss leaves after 'unsatisfactory' sales
Thursday, 14 January 2010 HMV Group today branded Waterstone's Christmas performance "unsatisfactory" as it announced the departure of the book chain's boss. Waterstone's saw its...
HMV turns up volume on live music
Last updated at 10:26 PM on 23rd December 2009 HMV Group hopes to grab a bigger slice of the live music market after striking a deal to buy Mama Group for GBP46million. The deal trumps...
HMV hoping X Factor will help festive tills sing out
...registered with the site. Published Date: 12 December 2009 By Martin Flanagan ENTERTAINMENT giant HMV Group is confident of robust demand for music this Christmas fuelled by what it...
Scott Reid: Sounds good for HMV - but don't take it as read
WITH its near monopoly on the sale of CDs, DVDs and books on the British high street, one might expect HMV Group to be rolling in cash. The demise of rivals Woolworths and Zavvi at...
