Entries in 'hmv' (222)
HMV and Microsoft raise £19k for Teenage Cancer Trust
A charity 5-A-Side football event held by HMV and sponsored by Microsoft has raised £19k for Teenage Cancer Trust.
In pictures: The Diablo III launch
Blizzard’s RPG Diablo III finally hit shelves last night and MCV was at the UK launch event to bring you over 50 images.
HMV: Diablo III our biggest ever product launch
The Diablo III launch event at HMV Oxford Street was the retailer’s biggest to date, says games boss Ewan Pinder.
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Diablo III launches in 8,000 stores worldwide
Diablo III hit shelves at midnight at more than 8,000 stores across the world, including HMV’s Oxford Street branch.
Diablo fans already queuing for HMV launch
Blizzard's long-awaited RPG doesn't even go on sale for another 16 hours but fans have been queuing for three days now.
HMV U-turns on game plan
Just weeks after telling MCV it will cut the store space dedicated to games, HMV has changed its mind.
HMV and Asda "best-placed" to grab GAME market share
Consumer research firm Kantar Worldpanel has said that HMV and Asda are “best-placed” to gain from this year’s spate of GAME and Gamestation closures.
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HMV poised to return to profitability
Sales at entertainment retailer HMV fell 19.4 per cent year-on-year for the 52 week ending April 28th.
Green Man Gaming gets HMV vet Baxter
Renowned pre-owned games guru Martin Baxter has joined Green Man Gaming as head of trading.
Nintendo embarks on fresh Kid Icarus retail press
Kid Icarus: Uprising is to come under the spotlight once again as Nintendo kicks off a fresh round of retail promotions for the title.
Games boss Martin Baxter leaves HMV
HMV’s games category manager Martin Baxter is to leave the retailer, MCV can reveal.
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INTERVIEW: Ewan Pinder, HMV
The entertainment giant underperformed in the video games market last year, but in the wake of GAME’s administration it has become one of our sector’s most important retailers. In his ...
HMV ramps up games marketing "to attract former GAME customers"
A video games themed in-store marketing campaign will kick off at entertainment retailer HMV later this month.
New game sales 'more than double' at HMV
HMV says its market share on new games has more than doubled.
Former Tesco man Mike Fethers joins HMV
Mike Fethers has joined HMV’s games team as its games peripherals and digital buyer.
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HMV exits Channel Islands and returns to UK
HMV will close its Guernsey warehouse and now run its website from the UK.
GAME rivals: 'We will fill the gap'
Rival retailers say they are ready to step up as the credit crisis at GAME Group deepens.
REPORT: HMV denies "receiving extra EA support" amidst GAME crisis
There is a sad truth to the seemingly inevitable demise of GAME Group – it’s potentially good news for other video game retailers, in the short term at least.
FEATURE: Games distribution special
You'd think distribution would be a less exciting part of the games industry, but you’d be wrong.
GAME and HMV hold supplier crunch talks
Troubled retailers GAME and HMV have held crucial talks with its major suppliers.
INTERVIEW: Do video games have a future at HMV?
Yes, says CEO Simon Fox, but there will be sacrifices. Christopher Dring visits HMV’s offices to find out how its attitude towards gaming has changed.
HMV slams 'idiotic' offshore tax dodging
It is ‘absolutely nuts’ online retailers can avoid tax so easily, says HMV.
HMV: 'We'd still be No.1 if not for games'
HMV says a report claiming Amazon is now the UK’s No.1 entertainment retailer is “misleading”, as it takes game sales into account.
Amazon is the UK's No.1 entertainment retailer
New numbers from Kantar Worldpanel suggest that Amazon overtook HMV in the three months ending December 25th to become the UK’s biggest entertainment retailer for the first time.
