So far, the Hong Kong stores remain open, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes?
A recently popular twist on the old (and untrue) "home taping is killing music" slogan. Reality is less simple...
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Saturday, March 02, 2013
So Near and Yet So Far Away
"Coming to a store near you soon" proclaims HMV UK's latest email list of new CD and DVD releases. Rather a strange choice of phrase when you consider that increasingly there is no HMV store near you. Even that last-minute impulse purchase of both series of Downton Abbey on DVD as you leave the UK will no longer be possible, since all 4 stores at Heathrow Airport are on the closure list.
So far, the Hong Kong stores remain open, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes?
A recently popular twist on the old (and untrue) "home taping is killing music" slogan. Reality is less simple...
So far, the Hong Kong stores remain open, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes?
A recently popular twist on the old (and untrue) "home taping is killing music" slogan. Reality is less simple...
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We know what's going on behind the scenes. AID Partners Capital Ltd. bought the HMV stores in HK and Singapore as well as rights to open more HMV shops in Taiwan, Macau and China.
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