Skeezix
Senior Member
Sunrise is actually expanding, but all outside of Toronto.
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Sunrise Records is somehow expanding within Canada
See:
Sunrise Records is somehow expanding within Canada
It's been gone for months now, replaced with a particularly ghetto looking Jean Machine. Ugh. Are there any Sunrise stores left now?
On a related note, you guys will think this is bizarre and hilarious, but HMV of all places, has OPENED A NEW STORE. Yeah, you read that right. It's in Dufferin Mall. I couldn't believe my eyes.
HMV ain't what it used to be, music takes up a small section of the store. The rest of the store is filled with books, dvds, clothing and novelty items.
HMV ain't what it used to be, music takes up a small section of the store. The rest of the store is filled with books, dvds, clothing and novelty items.
I was in the store today and I say almost half of it was made up of CD's. I was stunned by the anachronistic nature of it.
Yeah, I haven't bought a CD in years, but according to the stats for last year, of the 27.8 million albums sold in this country, 16.5 million were on CD, 10.9 million were digital sales, and 400,000 were LPs. Lots of Canadians, presumably older, buying CDs. Suprisingly.
http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/hmv-has-big-plans-to-expand-internationally-thanks-canada/When HMV’s parent in the UK ran into financial trouble, it spun off its Canadian operations to a company called Hilco Capital. They have two divisions: the first winds down companies for liquidation and death; the other is a recovery operation. In the case of HMV Canada, Hilco put the company on the “recovery” track. Inventory was expanded, under-performing stores were closed and other changes were made.
It worked. HMV Canada is now profitable. The plan worked so well that Hilco bought the remaining HMV assets in the UK and beyond (which were totally bankrupt by this time) and implemented the Canadian strategy. That worked, too. HMV UK is back to being the biggest music seller in Britain, blowing past even Amazon.
The company hopes to open 14 more stores before Christmas as well as put more resources into its website which has more than a million active users so far. That’s just in the UK. HMV will see new stores open in Korea and Dubai. More international expansion is planned.
I believe the CD Bar became Republic Records when it moved to Queen/Spadina. Fond memories of that place whereby I'd circle items in the NME and get them to order them. Two weeks later... voila!Before that, I went pretty regularly to HMV and Sam's, although physically finding things at Sam's was sometimes a challenge. I also liked a place whose name was just The CD Bar, a little south of HMV on Yonge, which had a lot of imports and you could listen to stuff. It eventually moved to Queen & Spadina. It seems to be a nail salon now.
I believe the CD Bar became Republic Records when it moved to Queen/Spadina. Fond memories of that place whereby I'd circle items in the NME and get them to order them. Two weeks later... voila!
I believe the CD Bar became Republic Records when it moved to Queen/Spadina.
Not really. The CD Bar didn't move from the Yonge/Dundas spot; it went under. By the time the owner had a winning formula, he was so deep in debt that he couldn't pull the business out of the red. A former staff member at the CD Bar started Republic, but the owner of the CD Bar had nothing to do with it.