HMV job losses hit 1600 as 37 more stores close - Telegraph.co.uk

The 92-year-old music chain fell into administration in January after seeing its sales eroded by competition from online music retailers, digital downloads and supermarkets.

So far, the company's flagship shop on Oxford Street has survived the cull of shops but Deloitte is considering bids for the location.

A first wave of closures, announced earlier this month, claimed the scalp of HMV's chief executive Trevor Moore and 59 other head office staff, as well as 870 in-store and distribution centre jobs.

It is hoped the iconic chain will be kept alive by restructuring specialist Hilco, which has bought HMV's debt and said it believed there was a "viable underlying business" in the company.

The additional 37 stores earmarked for closure are: Ashford, Basildon, Bolton, Cheltenham, East Kilbride, Enfield, Folkestone, Glasgow Argyle, Gloucester, Grimsby, Hatfield Galleria, Heathrow Terminal 5 Departure Level, Heathrow Terminal 1, Heathrow Terminal 3, Heathrow Terminal 4, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Isle of Wight, Lancaster, Leadenhall, Mansfield, Middlesbrough, Newbury, Newcastle Silverlink, Newport, Nuneaton, Redditch, Salisbury, Scarborough, Southport, Stafford, Staines, Stockport, Swindon, Taunton, Torquay, Woking.