Fire Records has marked its 40th anniversary by announcing a wave of catalogue acquisitions.
The UK-based indie launched the careers of bands including Pulp and Spacemen 3. It now has ...
A run of big releases from superstar artists is driving a surprise revival in the CD as the format approaches its 40th anniversary, Music Week can reveal.
Based on our ...
The critical verdict is in for Adele’s comeback album 30.
Now it’s the commercial result that we’re waiting for as Columbia releases the album - Adele’s first in six years ...
The Love Record Stores event delivered a big boost to music retailers, according to figures release by campaign organisers.
The event was a day of online shopping for vinyl exclusives ...
“It keeps going and going, you think it’s going to plateau and stop but it hasn’t,” says Rough Trade’s Nigel House at the start of the official film of ...
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 ...
Rough Trade is set for international expansion following the investment in the group by French media and events company Les Nouvelles Éditions Indépendantes (LNEI).
As previously reported, a Paris store is ...
Music retailers have told Music Week they are “super excited” about the return of Arctic Monkeys today (May 11) with Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.
While the band’s sixth ...
Just over four years ago, Rough Trade was a familiar independent music retailer in London with its West store in Ladbroke Grove and the more recent East addition near Brick ...
Universal Music UK has launched a new annual event aimed at better understanding the independent retail sector, bringing some of its foremost figures together to discuss the big issues facing ...
