Press Releases <12345> 10 May 2021 VALUE OF GAMES MARKET QUADRUPLES SINCE 2000 Gaming is officially the most successful entertainment sector of the 21st century Read More 4 May 2021 Noel Gallagher announced as 2021’s Official Record Store Day UK Ambass... Read More 15 Mar 2021 Azi Eftekhari elected new Chair of Entertainment Retailer’s Associatio... Azi Eftekhari, who has previously served on ERA’s Executive Board and Digital Board, will step into the role from today. Read More 3 Mar 2021 ENTERTAINMENT WAS 2020’s FASTEST GROWING UK LEISURE SECTOR Retail spending on music, video and games up 18.8% as leisure plunges 30% Read More 16 Feb 2021 Record Store Day UK announces the official partnerships powering 2021’... • Meantime Brewing Company welcomed as RSD’s Official Beer Partner • Bowers & Wilkins, Rega Research & Sound Performance return as part of 2021... Read More 21 Jan 2021 Have you entered the 2021 #MusicWeekAwards yet? Read More 21 Jan 2021 Streaming's £3.5bn boost to the UK music industry ERA outlines to MP's the benefits of streaming Read More 8 Jan 2021 LOCKDOWN STREAMING DRIVES ENTERTAINMENT SALES TO £9bn – AND FASTEST G... Locked down Britain turned to digital music, video and games in record numbers in 2020, increasing entertainment revenues by 16.8% to a record £9.05bn Read More 15 Oct 2020 ERA STATEMENT ON DCMS SELECT COMMITTEE ENQUIRY INTO MUSIC STREAMING Read More 14 Aug 2020 HOW BRITAIN ENTERTAINED ITSELF DURING LOCKDOWN Boom-time for subscriptions – and they’re here to stay Most physical buyers will return Consumers still need persuading to buy first-run v... Read More 16 Jul 2020 Speakers and agenda announced for BPI & ERA Insight Session – “New Ki... Latest Insight Session webinar in association with Kids Insights and Music Ally confirmed for 23rd July 2020 Read More 26 May 2020 ERA WELCOMES JUNE 15 RESTART FOR RECORD STORES Figures reveal music retail is already up to 92% of capacity Read More 20 May 2020 ERA CEO WELCOMES #BROKENRECORD AND #FIXSTREAMING DEBATES AS MUSICIANS ... BUT BAYLEY URGES CAUTION: “YOU DON’T MEND A #BROKENRECORD BY SMASHING THE RECORD PLAYER” Read More 7 May 2020 Record Store Day UK, Official Charts and National Album Day have come ... The virtual club will be taking place on Facebook every other Wednesday at 6.30pm, hosted by Jess Iszatt (BBC Music Introducing/ BBC Radio London) and... Read More 6 May 2020 Over 55s are Fastest Growing Group of Users of Music Streaming Service... More than 1.1m over-55 year olds turned to streaming services over the past year Read More 3 Apr 2020 ERA PAYS TRIBUTE TO LONG-TIME CHAIRMAN AND INDIE RECORD STORE PIONEER ... The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) is saddened to hear of the death yesterday (April 2) of former Chairman Paul Quirk. He died at home afte... Read More <12345>