HMV, Britain’s biggest high street music retailer, is on the brink of becoming the first post-Christmas victim of Britain’s brutal high street environment by collapsing into administration for the second time in six years.
Sky News has learnt that HMV Retail filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators last week amid desperate last-ditch talks with suppliers.
Sources said that the chain, which trades from 130 shops and employs about 2,200 people, had been in talks in recent days with leading names in the recorded music industry to seek financial support from them.
The disappearance of the last major specialist music retailer on the high street is something the record labels have been keen to avert for years.
HMV, which was then a publicly traded company, fell into administration in January 2013.
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