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HMV to mark 100th birthday with new store openings and in-store Ed Sheeran gig
Ed Sheeran.The music, film, TV, gaming and merchandise retailer shut 27 shops in 2019 after falling into administration. Dough Putnam, an entrepreneur and owner of Canadian chain Sunrise, secured a rescue deal for HMV at the time and has since been plotting ways to revive it.As well as opening new locations, one of which opens today (July 20) in Solihull, a return of its flagship store to Oxford Street in London is high on the priority list.Putnam told the i that he still thinks “there’s a place” for HMV on the high street.
