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| HMV Group |
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HMV Group operates from approximately 692 shops in 7 countries and total retail floor space of 3.6 million square feet (following the disposal of HMV Japan)
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For the full year ended April 2008, HMV Group had a turnover of £1,936.1 million (FY April 2007 £1,894.5 million) and an operating profit of £66.2 million (FY April 2007: £54.0 million)
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HMV UK & Ireland sold 94 million CD and DVD units and Waterstone's 75 million books in the FY ended April 2008 |
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| HMV UK & Ireland |
| HMV UK & Ireland operates from 250 stores, as at April 2008 |
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| Sales in HMV UK & Ireland for the full year ended April 2008 were £1,079.0 million (FY April 2007: £932.2 million) and operating profit was £41.4 million (FY April 2007: £24.3 million)
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| Music represents 30% of HMV UK & Ireland sales, DVD 46% and games and technology 21% (other related products 3%)as at the full year ended April 2008 |
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| The British Video Awards named HMV Retail Success of the Year for an eighth consecutive year and for the twelfth time in total since the awards began in 1990. HMV was awarded Entertainment Retailer of the Year by the MCV Games Industry Excellence Awards for the fourth time in total. |
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| HMV International |
| HMV International operates from 129 stores and a total 566,000 sq ft, as at April 2008 |
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| HMV is Canada’s market leading music retailer |
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| Sales in HMV International for the full year ended April 2008 were £231.6 million (FY April 2007: £215.1 million) and operating profit was £8.5 million (FY April 2007 £13.4 million) |
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| HMV Canada's largest product category is DVD at 47% of sales for the full year ended April 2008, with music 44%, games and technology 8% and others 2% |
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| HMV Canada received the Canadian Music Industry Awards Retail Chain of the Year for the 20th successive year in 2008 |
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| HMV operates from six stores in Hong Kong and two stores in Singapore, over a total 58,500 sq ft |
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| Waterstone's |
| Waterstone’s operates from 313 stores over 1.2 million square feet (as at April 2008) |
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| Waterstone’s also trades as Hatchards (London) and Hodges Figgis (Dublin), and operates two specialist English-language bookshops in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and Belgium (Brussels)
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| On sales of £564.3 million (FY April 2007: £537.5 million),
Waterstone’s recorded an operating profit of £16.3 million (FY April 2007: £16.3 million) for the full year ended April 2008
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| Some 50% of Waterstone’s sales are made from titles ranked 5,000 and below in the list of best-selling books
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