HMV is back in administration after being hit hard by falling physical sales over the Christmas period.
The retailer still has 125 shops – which will remain open – and ...
Music fans being “forced into certain directions” by direct-to-consumer marketing has been identified as one of the main threats facing the physical retail sector.
In the new issue of Music ...
The new issue of Music Week is out now as we welcome Amazon Music UK director Paul Firth to our cover. In our comprehensive interview, Firth guides us through Amazon’s ...
The IFPI issued its Music Consumer Insight Report this week, with plenty of statistical nuggets on streaming. But of physical music - still a big chunk of the market, as ...
Streaming platforms have been focused on single tracks and playlists in recent years, but as physical sales continue to decline they are increasingly seen as the saviours of the 70-year-old ...
Despite a challenging year for the overall market in physical music, the retail sector has told Music Week of its optimism about the Q4 release schedule.
“It looks stronger ...
The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) staged its AGM at the Curzon Soho at a time of renewed optimism, both among the DSP membership and the physical retailers benefiting from the ...
The biz is facing up to major changes in supermarket music retail as Tesco made what sources refer to as “significant” cuts to the range of CDs carried in its ...
Who saved the music industry? As the business returns solidly to growth – with the Q2 figures showing UK Album Equivalent Sales up a useful 7.8% – record labels are ...
In her 14 years as CEO, Kim Bayley has transformed the Entertainment Retailers Association from old school talking shop to a united promotional force. But she still wants her members, ...
