HMV ramping down tech, stepping up games, music and film

HMV is reducing the amount of high-end technology it sells, the retailer has told MCV’s sister site PCR.

HMV director Steve West revealed that the firm has cut back on selling items such as tablets to make way for products which our customers more readily associate with the HMV brand” like music, films and games.

We have cut back on some of the high-end technology items such as tablets and given this space over to core HMV products,” he said. You will see a focus on the core HMV products of music, film and games featuring great chart offers, extraordinary campaign titles and a deep back catalogue. This is what HMV does best.”

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