HMV reopening moves a step closer

What the new HMV/Xtra-vision stores will look like

Last month Talk of the Town confirmed that HMV would be reopening in Dundalk as a store-within-a-store at Xtra-vision.

Following the reopening of four HMV stores – three in Dublin and one in Limerick – the company’s owners Hilco have now begun to concentrate of the reopening of the 26 other stores that will be a joint venture with the movie and game rental business.

Today, HMV released teaser shots of what the new stores would look like and confirmed that they were a “work in progress”.

The Dundalk store, when operational, will be located at the existing Xtra-vision outlet at the Long Walk.

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• HMV will reopen in Dundalk, Hilco boss confirms (talkofthetown.ie)

HMV will reopen in Dundalk, Hilco boss confirms

It has been officially confirmed that HMV will reopen in Dundalk in the Xtra-vision store at the Long Walk.

Talk of the Town reported last week that owners Hilco were planning to open 26 stores as part of a “shop-in-shop” project within Xtra-vision outlets.

Earlier today Hilco chief executive Paul McGowan, who resides in Blackrock, confirmed via Twitter that the move was going to happen in Dundalk, with HMV reopening in Xtra-vision in the “next few weeks”.

Four HMV stores are set to reopen next month – three in Dublin and one in Limerick – while the shop-in-shop projects at the Xtra-vision outlets are expected to see a further 25 HMV stores open around the country.

HMV has already announced that it will be honouring valid gift vouchers for its stores when it reopens.

• Previously: HMV expected to reopen in Dundalk

HMV reopening – but not in Dundalk

A number of HMV stores are set to reopen around the country in the next few weeks but Dundalk will not be one of them.

Amongst the stores set to be reopened by recovery specialists Hilco include shops on Dublin’s Henry Street, Limerick’s Crescent Shopping Centre and in Liffey Valley and Dundrum Shopping Centres.

More may open later in the summer, with locations earmarked for Grafton Street as well as Cork and Galway cities.

However, the store which closed at the Marshes Shopping Centre will not be reopening – at least not as a HMV – so any future plans Hilco has for a HMV in the town will mean it will have to be in a different location.

The current HMV premises in Dundalk, which now lies idle, is set to be taken over by DV8 Fashions, which will be opening soon.

UK-based Hilco’s chief executive is Paul McGowan, who resides in Blackrock.

The four stores set to reopen will create 100 jobs and while a long term project main involve a return to Dundalk, it is not thought to be currently in the pipeline.

Previously: DV8 Fashions to open Dundalk store in the Marshes

HMV won’t be reopening

 

HMV in the Marshes will remain closed

There’s bad news for local music and movie fans with the HMV store in the Marshes Shopping Centre set to remain closed.

There had been hopes that the store would reopen when HMV bought out the franchise, particularly as Hilco’s chief executive Paul McGowan lives in Ardee having recently moved there from Belfast.

However, The Argus reports that receivers Deloitte have failed to find a buyer for the Irish chain of stores. That means 10 local works will now be made redundant.

Source: Dundalk HMV branch will not reopen (The Argus).