Sky and independents David’s and Jumbo join ERA board

14th September 2016

Elections to the board of the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) have seen pay-TV giant Sky and respected independent music stores David’s and Jumbo join the board of the association which uniquely represents both global media companies and traditional physical stores.

Sky has joined under the auspices of its hugely successful Sky Store which has innovated by combining sales of video downloads with physical copies delivered by post and has quickly become one of the biggest players in the video market. Sky will be represented on the ERA board by Sky Store Head of Strategy James Morton.

Also new to the ERA board are Ashlie Green of David’s Music of Letchworth and Adam Gillison of Jumbo Records in Leeds, both highly-regarded indie record shops and keen participants in the ERA-organised annual event Record Store Day.

ERA CEO Kim Bayley said, “It is a remarkable fact about ERA that we represent every area of the entertainment retailing market from small independents, to specialists, supermarkets, internet retailers and streaming services. We are delighted to welcome our new board members.”

The ERA Board now comprises:

For more information, please contact Steve Redmond, steve@eraltd.org 07770 924 720 

About ERA

ERA is the trade association representing the vast majority of retailers and digital services offering music, video and games. Its members range from independent record shops (Reflex, Sister Ray) to digital services (Spotify, Sky, Deezer, 7digital) to internet retailers (Amazon) to specialist High Street operators (HMV, Game) and supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Morrisons)