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Hmv digital winds up its hong kong retail outlets as cds and. The phrase was first coined in the 1890s as the title of a painting depicting a terriermix dog named nipper listening to a windup disc gramophone. A new store, which replaces its branch in central as hmvs flagship location in hong kong, this store stetches across three floors and sells music, films, magaz. The hmv shop in causeway bay failed to open at 10am on tuesday for regular business, when its owner announced it was winding down. Dec 18, 2018 hmv digital china group, owner of the hmv music retail chain, is winding up its 25yearold cd and dvd stores in hong kong, as the last remnants of the oncebooming music retailing industry bows.
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