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- BUSINESS, Page 85Business NotesMUSIC RETAILINGBands Across The Water
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- The biggest British music import to hit U.S. shores lately
- is not George Michael's latest album or a new Rolling Stones
- tour; instead it is 70,000 sq. ft. of retail space. That is the
- total size of two superstores that Britain's HMV Group Worldwide
- plans to open in Manhattan this week. The larger of the two will
- be the biggest music store in the U.S. Fast-growing HMV -- the
- initials stand for His Master's Voice -- is the largest chain
- in Britain, and has opened stores in Australia, Canada and
- Japan. Among its innovations are in-store music performances,
- video deejays and listening posts that enable customers to
- preview records. HMV, which is owned by British recording giant
- Thorn EMI, plans to open stores in Los Angeles and Boston next
- year.
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