HMV

Canada’s Sunrise Records paid £883,000 to acquire HMV in UK

Ontario-based Sunrise acquired business to increase its exposure to music on vinyl

Google's big bets, backstop circles and the vinyl fan buying HMV

Planet Business: Get to know vinyl lover Doug Putman and review the week in numbers

How HMV’s new owner wants to change the way we buy music

Doug Putman rescued HMV in Canada, but will his approach work this side of the pond?

UK music retailer HMV sold to Canada’s Sunrise Records

Troubled retailer collapsed after Christmas, but deal will save almost 1,500 jobs

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley in HMV takeover talks

About 2,200 jobs were put at risk when HMV went into administration before Christmas

London Briefing: Christmas 2018 one of the toughest for retailers in years

Consumer confidence crumbles and Piers Morgan puts a vegan sausage on the menu

Irish and European shares rally at end of volatile week

Applegreen, Ryanair and Bank of Ireland shares in demand as Iseq finishes up 2.5%

HMV enters administration for second time in six years

Disappointing sales add to seasonal woes for troubled retailer

European shares recover as US, oil stocks see bounce

Shares edge higher as turbulent week draws to a close

HMV winds up Hong Kong retail arm as streaming pressures persist

Retailer says it has faced ‘numerous struggles’ as Spotify and Netflix make CDs and DVDs obsolete

This Album Changed My Life: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

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This Album Changed My Life: Nirvana – Unplugged in New York (1994)

Conor Cusack of Spies on the album that made him fall in love with music

Legal music streaming services help boost Universal’s Irish revenues

Music label returns to profit in Ireland as turnover jumps 37%

Qatari billionaire invests in Irish marketing business

Dublin-based iZest to double workforce on back of Wissam Al-Mana’s €1m investment

Waterstones heads into its critical next chapter

Cantillon: Bookseller plots expansion under new owners – and in Amazon’s shadow

Hodges Figgis: A 250-year-old story of selling books

‘On Christmas Eve there was always a sherry reception for the customers’

Irish profits up at Waterstones despite sales decline

Russian-owned chain recorded 29% profit increase in year to April 2017

This Album Changed My Life: Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)

Paul Alwright, FKA Lethal Dialect, on the soul singer’s seminal recording

Christmas shopping online: How to get it all wrapped up

Online shopping is a huge boon for the time-poor, but beware the many pitfalls

Remembering the real ‘inventors of jazz’

This year marks the centenary of the first ever jazz record by five white musicians from New Orleans called The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Waterstones’ profits in Ireland double in year to April 2016

Russian-owned bookseller has seen sales climb 7% in Irish stores in rising market

Seismic shift is under way in global retail towards digital

HMV probably the highest profile casualty in Ireland of the switch to digital

Why retail’s early giddiness has given way to caution

Sales hit by Brexit and dip in sterling. Result: ‘Nervousness’

What have Lady Gaga, Michael Bublé and Metallica all got in common?

They all have their sights set on your Christmas stockings - as the music industry gears up for the most lucrative time of the year

The apps laying claim to the future of music

Musical.ly is the latest bit of tech to take off while the older players look on in wonder

Caveat: Industry must ensure tourists don’t craic up with our frothy prices

Our tourism industry will damage itself if prices allowed to swell too quickly

Fónua sees profits fall despite rise in revenues

Ireland’s biggest handset distributor, 49% owned by Vodafone, has 60% market share

No sequel as final credits roll for Xtra-vision

Rise of streaming turned future bleak for company with colourful history

Xtra-vision killed by Christmas sales collapse, court told

Hilco places movie rental brand into provisional liquidation

Retail in 2015: Two-tier market emerges

Top streets and malls get big rents, while secondary and provincial locations suffer

HMV to move to ex-Karen Millen store

HMV has been trading on a temporary basis in the former A Wear outlet

Web-based billboard Cirquit.tv goes live

Platform to promote concerts and films rolled out in HMV stores in Dublin

HMV on the move on Dublin’s Grafton Street

H&M-owned & Other Stories to move to HMV site, HMV to move to old Karen Millen outlet

Investment fund buys three prime Dublin retail outlets

Iput fund’s €21m investment brings assets under its management to €1.4bn

Waterstones Ireland posts revenues of €12.8 million

Irish arm of bookseller, which owns Hodges Figgis, recorded a pre-tax profit of €994,000 last year

Karen Millen to close on Grafton Street

Shop will be the only substantial premises now available to rent on the street

Butler Chocolate Cafe open new outlet in Limerick’s Crescent

The shop extends to 139 sq m (1,500sq ft) and was previously occupied by Barratts Shoes

Eason owes Liffey Valley landlord €423,000, court hears

Book store effectively gave themselves rent reduction last year, court hears

Seen & Heard: Central Bank considers five-year run-in for mortgage deposit rules

Announcement on measures expected on Thursday

HMV and Xtra-Vision see 15% rise in combined group sales

Sales of CDs and vinyl soar but film rentals in sharp decline

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