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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.3B
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Both the HMV and Waterstone's brands are synonymous with range authority, expertise, customer service and a stimulating store environment. HMV is one of the most well-known and respected music and video retail brands around the globe, the dog and trumpet symbol in particular is instantly recognisable. The Waterstone's brand is highly associated with both range and quality of advice. Together the brands offer cross-fertilisation of skills encompassing a breadth of complementary activity, geography and product markets, both specialist and general.
CEO
Simon FoxNumber of Employees 478
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Prerecorded Compact Disc (except Software), Tape, and Record Reproducing: 334612
Recent Events
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HMV, Seatwave Partner In U.K.
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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: HMV 18-week Comparable Sales Up 1.7%
News & Analysis
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Digital Music Retailer 7digital Launching In U.S., Debuts BlackBerry App
PaidContent
- 2009-10-06
UK music download retailer 7digital has beaten Spotify to launching in the U.S., in a move that undercuts standard iTunestrack prices. The service has repertoire from all four major labels and a range of indies and is using a new BlackBerry service as a springboard for the move.The company,...
HMV Buying Half Of Digital Music Retailer 7Digital For $12.6 Million
PaidContent
- 2009-09-03
Entertainment retailer HMV (LSE: HMV) is buying a 50 percent stake in the increasingly well-thought-of UK online music retailer 7Digital for £7.7 million ($12.6 million), in a move that will finally kickstart its digital ambitions.The deal means HMV Group will use 7Digital as its sole supplier for what it...
HMV Core Sales Fall, Buys Stake in Digital Firm
BNET
- 2009-09-03
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Music, books and games retailer HMV Group HMV posted a 1.8 percent fall in underlying sales for the first 18 weeks of its financial year and announced a deal to boost its digital business. The firm, which runs music, DVD and video games shops under its...
HMV buys half of digital music distributer 7digital
Strategy Eye
- 2009-09-02
Film, games and music retailer HMV is buying a 50% stake in digital music distributer 7digital for GBP7.7m (USD12.6m). The deal will see 7digital become HMV’s exclusive digital track seller as the retailer struggles with falling physical sales. Like-for-like physical sales at HMV fell 1.8% year-on-year for the 18 weeks to August 29....
The field narrows for ITV chief executive job as HMV's Simon Fox rules himself out
BNET
- 2009-08-10
Fox, who was seen by some as a frontrunner for the job despite having no media experience, has told the HMV board he would stay to see through the retailer's restructuring plan, according to reports. His decision clears the way for other candidates including John Cresswell, ITV's current chief operating...
'X-Factor' winner a 'dead cert' for Christmas No 1
- 2008-12-15
THE X-FACTOR winner Alexandra Burke already has the Christmas No 1 "in the bag", according to one of Britain's biggest music retailers. The 20-year-old singer, who wowed millions of viewers in Saturday night's final, released her debut single "Hallelujah" for download today. HMV confirmed it was its fastest-selling...
MySpace Japan to promote Japanese music abroad
Strategy Eye
- 2008-11-18
MySpace Japan is making a push to double the number of local artists signed to the site in order to try and promote Japanese music and content internationally, reports Reuters. "Until now, Japanese artists catered primarily to the home market...
Rising fuel costs unlikely to clip easyJet's wings
- 2008-05-06
THE WEEK AHEAD Resurgent oil prices have turned the spotlight on the aviation sector, which must struggle with higher costs while a prolonged economic slowdown is on the horizon. But, despite mounting concern for the sector, analysts think easyJet, the no-frills airline which is due to publish its...
Fun and games for HMV.
- 2008-01-17
Strong Christmas sales in the UK support HMV's turnaround strategy, but not everyone is convinced Amanda Vermeulen Strong Christmas sales in the UK support HMV's turnaround strategy, but not everyone is convinced Amanda Vermeulen
9.12.07-15.12.07 Investors spurn Lloyds TSB but HMV hits a groove
- 2007-12-16
The Business Week A rollercoaster week began with the UK's fifth-biggest bank, Lloyds TSB, revealing a modest sub-prime asset writedown of 200m. Shares in the group rallied only to be pared back on Tuesday when investment bank Goldman Sachs advised its clients to sell the stock. ...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Simon Fox | CEO |
| Humphrey Kadaner | President |
| Brian McLaughlin | Managing Dirm & COO |
| Gerry Johnson | Managing Director, Waterstone's |
| Steve Knott | Managing Director, United Kingdom & Ireland |
| Graham Sim | Hmv Uk Marketing Director |
| Neil Bright | Group Finance Director |
| Roy Brown | Senior Independent Director |
| Lynn Wilson | Assistant Manager of Waterstone |
| Tim Watson | Regional Manager of the Superstores South Region |
| Elyse Goldsworthy | |
| Gary Rolfe | Hmv Head of Music Comments |
| Jiro Baba | |
| Martine Frobisher | |
| Nick Bubb | |
| Paul Dezelsky | |
| Pete Harvey | |
| Thorn EMI | |
| Tim Ellis | Head of Games |
| Yvonne Drake |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lesley Knox | Chairman for An Interim Period |
| Alan Giles | Board of Directors |
| Christopher Rogers | Board of Directors |
| David appler | Board of Directors |
| David Kappler | Board of Directors |
| Mark McCafferty | Board of Directors |
| Philip Rowley | Board of Directors |
| Steven Tadler | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | CEO | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | President | Current |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Managing Dirm & COO | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Managing Director, Waterstone's | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Managing Director, United Kingdom & Ireland | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Hmv Uk Marketing Director | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Director | Current |
Appointed to the Board as Finance Director on 27 March 1998. He is a Chartered Accountant, having trained and qualified with Coopers & Lybrand in London. Mr Bright joined HMV in August 1996 as Group Finance Director from its parent company, Thorn EMI plc, where he was Group Planning Manager.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Group Finance Director | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Senior Independent Director | Current |
| Alliance & Leicester plc | Non-Executive Deputy Chairman | Former |
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Brambles Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Unilever Plc | Executive Director | Former |
| Brambles Limited | Non-Executive Director | Former |
| HMV Group plc | Deputy Chairman | Former |
| European Foods | Director | Former |
Lynn is Assistant Manager of Waterstone's at Manchester Airport. The energy and enthusiasm Lynn brings to her role are recognised through her recent Bookseller of the Year award.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester Airport | Assistant Manager | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Assistant Manager of Waterstone | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Regional Manager of the Superstores South Region | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Hmv Head of Music Comments | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Head of Games | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Museum of London | Current | |
| Alliance Trust Savings Limited | Chairman | Current |
| Alliance Trust Plc | Chair | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Chairman for An Interim Period | Current |
| Hays Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Signet Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kleinwort Benson | Corporate Finance Director | Former |
| Kleinwort Benson | Head of Institutional Asset Management | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| HMV Group plc | CEO | Former |
| London Stock Exchange plc | Former |
Christopher Rogers was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2006. He is Group Finance Director of Whitbread plc, having been appointed in May 2005. Previously he was Group Finance Director of Woolworths Group plc and Chairman of the Woolworths Group Entertainment and Wholesale Publishing businesses. He qualified as an accountant with Price Waterhouse and joined Kingfisher Group as Corporate Finance Manager in 1988. Subsequent appointments included Group Financial Controller at Kingfisher plc and Finance Director and Commercial Director of Comet Group plc. Mr Rogers is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of each of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Whitbread PLC | Group Finance Director | Current |
| Whitbread PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
Appointed senior independent Non-Executive Director in June 2004, he is also chairman of the company’s audit committee. Previously he was Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury Schweppes plc where he had been a main board director responsible for finance since 1995. He is also Non-Executive Director of Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc and HMV Group plc, and was seven years on the board of Camelot Group plc. Born 1947.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| InterContinental Hotels Group plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| InterContinental Hotels-New York | Chairman, Audit Committee | Current |
| InterContinental Hotels Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Shire plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Camelot Group Plc | Board Member | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cadbury Schweppes plc | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Cadbury Schweppes plc | Director | Former |
| InterContinental Hotels-New York | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
Philip Rowley joined the board in January 2005. He is Chairman of AOL Europe, the interactive services, web brands, internet technologies and e-commerce provider. He is a qualified chartered accountant and was Group Finance Director of Kingfisher plc from 1998 to 2001. Prior to that his roles included Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EMI Music Worldwide.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ARM Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Gradient Design Automation Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Skinkers, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| ARM Holdings plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Misys Banking Systems | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tribeca Technologies LLC | Managing Director | Former |
| Tribeca Technologies LLC | Co-Founder | Former |
| Kingfisher plc | Group Finance Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HMV Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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REG-Shire plc: Director Declaration
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PRESS DIGEST - British business - July 1
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PRESS DIGEST - British business - July 1
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HMV posts 12pc profit gain, sees Michael Jackson album sales soar
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HMV Group Profit Up 12%
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UPDATE 3-HMV profit up, sees surge in Michael Jackson sales
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HMV profit up, sees surge in Michael Jackson sales
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HMV profit up 11.5 pct, confident on prospects
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UPDATE 2-HMV profit up 11.5 pct, confident on prospects
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