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Entertainment fans spend more than £100m a week on Digital Services

Streaming helps music grow revenues 9.9% in first half of 2019

Thinking of opening a record or video store? These could be locations to consider

As more and more people consider making the big leap and opening their own record shop, one of the most common enquiries we receive at ERA is which areas of the country are particularly underserved by entertainment stores.

HMV's new owner Doug Putman announced as keynote speaker at ERA 2019 AGM

Putman’s exclusive London appearance on September 18th comes just 6 months after his acquisition of HMV. Completing the all-star line-up of speakers will be Lesley Johnson from BBC Studios, Samantha Ebelthite from Electronic Arts and Annabella Coldrick from Music Managers Forum

National Album Day returns Saturday 12th October 2019

Lewis Capaldi, Elbow, Mahalia & Mark Ronson confirmed as album champions. The music & artist community will come together with the support of BBC Sounds for a series of events and activities in the lead up to 12th October that will celebrate the UK’s love for the album and the craft that goes into making this culturally significant body of work.

Megahits thrive on retail diversity

Latest blog from ERA CEO Kim Bayley "Great retailing has always been simple - give customers the greatest opportunity to get hold of your product when they want it and you maximise the chances of a sale. Reducing these opportunities will diminish the likelihood of a sale."

Record shops celebrate success of Record Tokens one year from relaunch

Wilkos boost the distribution network with second major retailer Morrisons to come on board for Q4

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