Independent record shops and distributors hit by falling CD sales
Independent retailers and distributors struggled in 2007, with Music Zone and Fopp going out of business, and Amato and Goya closing as CD sales fell.…
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Fopp London to open after all
HMV will open a Fopp branch in London after all, as landlords have let the record shop stay at its Covent Garden store, and six other Fopp shops will reopen next week.…
HMV buys Fopp brand and six stores
HMV has bought the Fopp brand and six stores from administrators Ernst & Young, with the stores reopening as Fopp and 70 redundant staff offered their jobs back.…
BPI figures show UK record sales slide
BPI figures show UK CD sales down 10% in the first half of 2007, with digital growth failing to make up the shortfall in physical sales.…
Fopp make staff redundant
Fopp's administrators have made the chain's 700-plus staff redundant, and are seeking buyers for its 105 stores.…
Fopp expresses concern over finances, but boss remains optimistic
Independent music retailer Fopp closed its fifty stores for a stock check and launched a strategic review, but boss Gordon Montgomery says it is not on the brink of collapse.…
CD-Wow ordered to pay record industry £41 million
CD-Wow has been ordered to pay the UK record industry £41 million, including £4 million interest, over selling CDs sourced from outside the EU.…
Reverend's Fopp instore
Reverend And The Makers play an in-store at Fopp on Tottenham Court Road on Saturday at 6pm, with free entry via wristband.…
City Showcase announces return
The London new music festival City Showcase returns from 4-8 June with free showcases in shops and venues around central London.…
Annie Nightingale plays Fopp to promote Y4K compilation
Annie Nightingale plays a set at the Fopp cafe bar on Tottenham Court Road tonight, promoting her Y4K compilation out next month on Distinctive Records.…
Fopp unsigned winners play Fopp
Winners of the Fopp Award for New Music play Fopp stores in London and Brighton on 21 February, and a Dingwalls showcase follows on 22 February.…
Fopp buy 67 Music Zone stores
Glasgow-based Fopp is buying 67 former Music Zone stores, saving some 775 jobs and becoming the UK's biggest independent music retailer.…