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HMV unveils its future – or its final curtain call
Posted in Marketing, Digital, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs September 7th, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
The HMV fight back against the twin evils of supermarket discounting and internet shopping has started with the opening of the Merry Hill store in Dudley. The technological state-of-the art store, which includes a smoothie bar, digital kiosks and a 3 mobile store within its cavernous 8,000 square feet, could be HMV’s last effort to stay a bricks and mortar packaged entertainment retailer.
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