Despite long odds, a Canadian businessman has turned bankrupt HMV UK profitable
When HMV collapsed under a mountain of debt, everyone rightly believed that it was the end of a record store
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Doug Putnam
Random music news for Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss. Music news, however, keeps changing. Here’s what I’ve got for October 22,
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The next phase of Canada’s rescue plan for HMV UK has begun with the opening of a new superstore
At the height of its powers, HMV had more than 300 stores in the UK. That all came apart a
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Now that a Canadian is in charge, HMV UK is about to get bigger.
The reason HMV still exists in the UK is because the financially-distressed chain was rescued by Doug Putnam, the head
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Random music news for Thursday, March 7, 2019
Go home, winter. You’re drunk. Time for a look at music news for March 7, 2019. The Prodigy’s Keith Flint
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What we know about Sunrise Records’ takeover of HMV UK
After negotiating throughout the night, Sunrise Records CEO Doug Putnam signed a deal to purchase HMV UK at 5:30 am
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Canada’s Sunrise Records buys all of HMV UK
Some twenty-four hours after we heard that Sunrise Records’ CEO Doug Putnam put in an offer to buy the remains
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So How is Sunrise Records Doing in the Wake of HMV
When HMV announced that it was kaput, Doug Putnam, the owner of the nine-location-strong Sunrise Records, stepped in to take
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