HMV

HMV is a British music and entertainment retailer, founded in 1921. The brand is owned by JD Sports and operated by Sunrise Records, except in Japan, where it is owned and operated by Lawson. 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. 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. In 1998, the retail operations were divested from EMI (successor to the Gramophone Company), to form what would become HMV Group plc. In August 2007, HMV bought rival retailer, Fopp. In April 2013, HMV was rescued by Hilco Capital for an estimated £50 million after falling into administration. In February 2019, British retailer JD Sports acquired the HMV brand, and the Canadian retailer Sunrise Records acquired HMV's stores, to operate under license. 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. 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. HMV has also traded in Japan since 1990; it was divested from the UK company in 2007.


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