In the 17 weeks to 30 April, like-for-like sales at HMV stores in the UK and Irish Republic fell 15.1%, and were down 8.4% at Waterstone's.

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We've never really seen it attached to dedicated speakers, however, and that's where both an FCC filing and a sighting at UK retailer HMV's online store raise a few eyebrows.

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Peter Saville, partner at advisory and restructuring firm Zolfo Cooper, welcomed the news of the Hilco deal, describing it as "really positive news" for HMV and the wider UK retail sector.

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HMV's main UK business went into administration on Tuesday.

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The inexorable rise of digital music, blamed by many for the collapse of high street retailer HMV, continues unabated in the UK, according to new figures.

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In the UK, music, films and games retailer HMV has warned that it faces an uncertain future in the face of continuing falling sales.

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And this week 20th Century Fox and HMV teamed up to launch what they describe as the UK's first virtual store to sell BluRay and DVD movies.

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Andy Heath, chairman of UK Music and director of the record company Beggars Group, denied that HMV had been "slaughtered" by the internet, but did admit that the firm had been "wounded very badly".

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Wiped out actual maps, cameras, diaries, phone books, to-do lists, music collections and this week in the UK, contributed to the decline of two major high-street retailers: HMV and Blockbuster.

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