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HMV to close Oxford Street store after three years

The London flagship of the record and entertainment retailer will shut its doors, adding to the long squeeze on physical music shops; the shelves go quiet.

On air: Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on BBN This Morning
Published 7:18 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by BBC: “HMV to close Oxford Street store after three years”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 7:18 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAs promised, that famous shop is HMV, which is closing its flagship on London's Oxford Street after only three years, a fresh sign of how hard physical music retail has become.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe BBC reports the iconic record retailer is shutting the store it reopened there in recent years.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFor a generation of Londoners, that address was where you bought the album before you heard it.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree years. That's a shorter run than most of my houseplants, and the vinyl was supposed to save them.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVinyl was supposed to save everyone.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPeople still buy records, Dale. They just seem to prefer buying them from a phone, in their pajamas.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFirst the record shop goes, Gloria, and then it's the turntables, and then we're all humming at each other in the street.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'll hum. I've got a folding chair.