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HMV HAS THIS evening confirmed its new flagship store in Ireland will re-open on Dublin’s Henry Street on Friday 6 September, with three other stores to open the following week. TheJournal.ie reported this morning that the four stores – including outlets in Liffey Valley, Dundrum and Limerick – would all open for business at the start of September.
There’s still no definite word however on whether vouchers will be honoured. Hilco Capital, which took over the HMV brand from its administrators earlier this year, says it will confirm next week whether they can be redeemed in the re-opened outlets:
We will also be making announcements next week regarding plans for the redemption of valid gift vouchers which were not honoured during the Receivership of the old HMV business prior to our ownership.
About 120 new staff members have already been recruited, with management teams beginning work last month and other employees coming on board today, tomorrow and early next week.
According to Hilco Capital Chief Exexutive Paul McGowan:
The demand from consumers has been very strong since we acquired the business from the Receivers so it is gratifying to be able to get four stores up and running in such a short period of time.
The company – which also now owns the Xtra-vision brand – has also announced plans to open HMV concession stores within 26 of the re-opened DVD rental outlets. Details of the locations will be confirmed next week.
A “leading Irish band” will performing in-store on Henry Street to help celebrate the 6 September re-opening. The company plans to launch a meet-and-great competition in the coming weeks for fans of the as-yet-unconfirmed group.
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The don’t have to honour the vouchers but my guess is that they will see this as a opportunity for some good free advertising and say give holders of these vouchers some special discount on opening.
My thinking exactly man. It would be a massive PR coup if they were to honour them. The goodwill that would be generated, and good word of mouth that would follow on from it, would far out weigh the financial cost.
I’m sure most people have already thrown them away. So id say they will only shell out a few hundred maybe thousand. Not much at all!
Hardly free advertising then.
free advertising and the creation of goodwill. They will honor them and fair play.
fair play for them trying to re ignite HMV , they are a different company and given the massive change with online and the music business generally in a bit of a spin , they are brave to try turn what was obviously a difficult enough business for the last HMV group into something worthwhile so i wish them well…they dont have to hnour vouchers but as suggested might be smart PR to try do some offers for voucher holders…have to say i miss being able to wander in to HMV on grafton where there seems to be 20 places to buy a mobile phone but nothing decent for music lovers ….wish them well with their new stores anyways/ happy they have hired 120 people too
That would be class … Only I threw mine out !!!!
Any chance you could quiz the new owners, former and current staff on how pay and conditions compare to under the previous owners and whether ‘new’ staff are being shafted relative to what they earned before? This would make for a more interesting, critical story with a broader sociopolitical relevance than whether people’s vouchers will be honoured!
Thats not goin to happen Burgendy….
This is the real world pal.
I bought a tablet for my dad as a present in the HMV in Galway. It broke through no human error. (Brought it to a computer shop they said it was manufacturing error) I had the insurance with them but they closed. Will they honour that too or…?
You should have a warranty with the manufacturer . That should be explored first .
The insurance is with a 3rd party check the receipt you got and get in touch with the insurance company. I got it with my sons ds and it was with alliance
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