December 14th, 2012 by Music Ally

HMV

British entertainment retailer HMV saw its share price drop nearly 40% yesterday after it announced poor financial results, and revealed it may breach the terms of its bank loans early in 2013 as a result.

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June 28th, 2012 by Music Ally

Sandbox issue 63

We take a look at Domino Drip, the subscription service which the UK indie label has partnered with Drip.fm to launch, and how this sort of direct-to-consumer subscription model may refocus the role of...

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May 1st, 2012 by Music Ally

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Why should Australians pay more for their digital music, games and software than people elsewhere in the world?

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April 27th, 2012 by Music Ally

Amazon

Amazon's increasing importance selling digital content as well as physical products is undeniable, but the company's tight-lipped nature when it comes to providing figures makes it hard to gauge how its...

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April 11th, 2012 by Music Ally

Analyst firm Gartner has issued its latest numbers on the media tablet market, claiming that 119m of these devices will be sold to people (note: not merely shipped to retailers) in 2012. That's up 98%...

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April 11th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Analyst firm Gartner has issued its latest numbers on the media tablet market, claiming that 119m of these devices will be sold to people (note: not merely shipped to retailers) in 2012.

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January 23rd, 2012 by Music Ally

HMV

British retailer HMV has wiggled out of having to meet the January 2012 covenant test set by its banking syndicate, in favour of re-set tests for April and July. Why?

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January 19th, 2012 by Music Ally

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- Our lead looks at the rise of D2F sales and the importance of this uncharted territory to the retail story - Our second feature considers the recent debate around the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislation...

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January 10th, 2012 by Music Ally

British entertainment retailer HMV has reported more worrying sales figures for the last five weeks of 2011 - the crucial pre-Christmas period.

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