Editing HMV (section)

{{Short description|Music and entertainment retailer}}
{{About|the entertainment retailer|the entertainment trademark|His Master's Voice|the defunct British record label|His Master's Voice (British record label)|other uses of "His Master's Voice"|His Master's Voice (disambiguation)|other uses of "HMV"|HMV (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox company
| name = Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited / Lawson Entertainment, Inc.
| logo = HMV Canada logo.png
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2007
| image = The HMV Shop, Trinity Walk, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (3rd December 2022).jpg
| image_caption = The exterior of a HMV location at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|20 July 1921}}
| location = [[London]], England<br />
[[Tokyo]], Japan (Lawson)
| key_people = Philip Halliday (managing director)<br />
Toru Noguchi (president and director, Japan)
| industry = Entertainment retailer
| products = Music<br />film<br />television<br />[[merchandise]]<br />technology<br />[[video games]]<br />books
| owner = [[Sunrise Records]] (United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium and Canada){{efn|Brand owned by Mermaid (Brands) Limited, a Hilco Capital company, as recorded on the Intellectual Property Office}}<br />[[Lawson (store)|Lawson]] (Japan)
| area_served = United Kingdom<br />Ireland<br />Belgium<br />Canada<br />Japan (Lawson)
| subsid = [[Fopp (retailer)|Fopp]] (UK)
| homepage = {{official URL}}
}}

'''HMV''' is an international music and entertainment retailer, founded in 1921. The brand is owned by [[Hilco Capital]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=(Brands) Limited |first=Mermaid |date=10 December 2024 |title=UK00002460933 |url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00002460933 |access-date=6 March 2025 |website=Companies House}}</ref> and operated by [[Sunrise Records]], except in Japan, where it is owned and operated by [[Lawson (store)|Lawson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=株式会社 ローソンエンタテインメント |url=https://www.ent.lawson.co.jp |access-date=2024-11-27}}</ref>

The inaugural store was opened on London's [[Oxford Street]] by the [[Gramophone Company]], who had already established the [[His Master's Voice]] symbol on their sound equipment, and from 1909, as its own [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|record label]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holden |first=Jake |date=2023-11-23 |title=HMV to return to its iconic Oxford Street location after four-year closure |url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/hmv-return-iconic-oxford-street-28147471 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=My London |language=en}}</ref> In the 1960s, HMV became a chain across London, and expanded nationwide in the 1970s. It expanded internationally in the mid-1980s, and opened its 100th UK store in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-01-15 |title=HMV: A visual history |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21028024 |access-date=2025-03-18 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 1998, the retail operations were divested from [[EMI]] (successor to the Gramophone Company), to form what would become HMV Group plc.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barlow |first=Alastair |date=2020-01-29 |title=HMV's top dog could be in the kennels once again |url=https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/alastairbarlow/hmvs-top-dog-could-be-in-the-kennels-once-again |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=AccountingWEB |language=en}}</ref> In 2007, HMV bought rival retailer, [[Fopp (retailer)|Fopp]], as well divesting its Japanese business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HMV sells off Japanese business |url=https://www.crn.com.au/news/hmv-sells-off-japanese-business-88001 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=CRN Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Katie |date=2007-08-01 |title=Fopp lives again after HMV buys six shops and online operation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/aug/01/newmedia.business |access-date=2024-02-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In April 2013, HMV was rescued by [[Hilco Capital]] for an estimated £50 million after falling into administration.<ref name="Hilco">{{Cite news |date=5 April 2013 |title=HMV is sold to Hilco in rescue deal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22040237 |access-date=5 April 2013 |work=BBC News}}</ref> In February 2019, British retailer [[JD Sports]] acquired the HMV brand,<ref>{{cite web |date=4 November 2020 |title=Trade mark number UK00002460933 - Event history |url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00002460933 |access-date=6 May 2024 |website=trademarks.ipo.gov.uk |publisher=[[Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)|Intellectual Property Office]] |quote=Full Assignment RC000162070 received on date 06/10/2020 has been recorded, resulting to the change of ownership from HMV (Brands) Limited (id: 588693, country: GB) to JD Sports Fashion Plc (id: 30760, company number: 01888425, country: GB). The effective date of assignment is 22/02/2019.}}</ref> and the Canadian retailer [[Sunrise Records (retailer)|Sunrise Records]] rescued 100 of the 127 HMV stores.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HMV sold to Sunrise Records |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/hmv-sold-sunrise-records-942556 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref>

In May 2023, Sunrise Records announced HMV would return to Ireland, followed by an announcement in November 2023 that it would also enter the Belgian market.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HMV to return to Irish Republic with Dublin flagship store |url=https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/hmv-to-return-to-irish-republic-with-dublin-flagship-store/087904 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=HMV starts European expansion in Belgium |url=https://www.retaildetail.eu/news/leisure/hmv-starts-european-expansion-in-belgium/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=RetailDetail EU |language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2024, Sunrise Records announced HMV would re-enter the Canadian market as a [[store-within-a-store]] concept within [[Toys "R" Us Canada|Toys "R" Us]] locations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HMV making comeback through Toys "R" Us locations in Ontario {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10266142/hmv-comeback-toys-r-us-ontario/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> In May 2025, Hilco Capital re-purchased the HMV brand from JD Sports.<ref name=":2" />