improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources hifigear news newspapers books scholar jstor free images december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message hifigear limited . type private limited company by shares industry electronics founded 2003 headquarters king street hereford products consumer electronics website http www.hifigear.co.uk hifi gear in rotherwas herefordshire hifigear store in the city of gloucester product display area hifigear is a hi fi and home cinema retailer formed in 2003 in gloucester uk . the business currently operates from king street hereford with a physical premises that contains a number of demonstration rooms as well as a showroom . contents 1 history 2 recent activity 3 product range 4 hifigear logo 5 references 6 external links history edit hifigear began in 2003 under the name of gloucester hifi initially by phil glazzard who continues to own and direct the business today . the original store consisted of a small 70sqm lock up shop in eastgate street gloucester with only a limited range of brands available for purchase . a year later an e commerce arm was added to the business titled hifigear . the online store proved to be a success . by 2005 gloucester hifi relocated its shop premises to a larger unit in three cocks lane gloucester . this additional space allowed for the introduction of more prominent brands to the company s catalogue . as the e commerce arm of business continued to grow the physical store front changed name from gloucester hifi to hifigear and added two additional sales staff members . in 2009 the business moved again to a far more prominent location with a larger premises of 300sqm . this building was located at westgate retail park gloucester and featured two spacious demonstration rooms car parking facilities and appropriate warehousing . in april 2012 hifigear relocated once more to rotherwas in the rural city of hereford . this move allowed the company to focus more time and resources in improving the ecommerce aspect even further and during this time a new and more enhanced website was implemented as well as a number of additional features promotions and more descriptive product listings . the rotherwas showroom was located a short drive from the hereford city centre which gave it a destination store status . the move saw great improvements to both online business and higher value in store custom . on march 2 2015 hifigear relocated again this time to king street hereford which enabled the company to connect with and assist the people of herefordshire in a more central location . the new premises is in direct view of hereford s beautiful cathedral and is easily recognisable by the neat orange and white hifigear sign glowing over a brushed aluminium front designed to reflect the clean aesthetic of the website . the king street store showcases a number of models from highly regarded hifi brands including bowers & wilkins naim audio kef sonos ruark audio loewe televisions pro ject turntables and much more with demonstration capabilities in place for customers who wish to audition or compare products . recent activity edit in march 2015 the company moved headquarters from rotherwas hereford to the more central location of king street hereford . a running series of posts added to the company s official blog followed the various stages the move . 1 product range edit hifi gear product range encompasses hifi audio separates home cinema separates loudspeakers cables portable music player accessories and matching hifi and av furniture . notable brands that hifigear specialise in include ; bowers & wilkins sonos naim audio arcam of cambridge dali loudspeakers kef marantz denon roksan totem acoustic unison research audio analogue loewe televisions wharfedale quad hifi yamaha av rotel hifigear logo edit references edit http www.hifigear.co.uk blog category shop move 2015 1 . developer of original hifigear website 2 . touchgloucester coverage of first shop move 3 . third party experience of demonstration rooms 4 . thisisgloucestershire coverage of second shop move 5 . press coverage of relocation to westgate retail park gloucester 6 . developer of current hifigear website 7 . customer reviews of hifi gear 8 . hifi gear facebook page external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hifigear & oldid 652951299 categories consumer electronics retailers of the united kingdomhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from december 2010all articles with topics of unclear notabilityorphaned articles from december 2010all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 march 2015 at 00 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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