"HMV was profitable. They were forced to close by the greedy and impatient big music companies that wanted to be paid for all the unsold inventory HMV was forced to stock. "

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Nobody forced HMV to stock anything.

And wanting to be paid for inventory delivered is "greedy"?

Music companies have always sold inventory to retailers with large and generous return allowances, in effect on consignment.

Poor business practices by HMV are the root of their problem, not the record companies.

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