Regional Business Information for the West Midlands
HMV shuts one of its two Birmingham stores
5th September 2012
By Andy Coyne - Editor, West Midlands
MUSIC and DVD retailer HMV has shut its High Street, Birmingham store.
A sign in the window of the shop advises customers to visit the nearby Bullring store or to purchase products via its online site.
But earlier reports that nine branches of the retailer shut their doors for the last time on Sunday proved incorrect.
An HMV store on the ramp leading to New Street Station ceased trading as part of an earlier tranche of closures in January 2011.
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It's simply untrue that the High Street site was 'secondary': it was four times the size of the Bullring site, which means a loss of 75% of the shop's variety.
Joel Lane