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try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message axelmusic type private industry entertainment retail founded 1992 1992 as axelmusic 2001 as axelmusic.com 2011 as planetaxel headquarters copenhagen denmark number of locations 8 14 originally area served worldwide products books blu ray dvds games cds parent axelmusic a s lake shore distribution axelmusic.com website axel music us axel music denmark axel music is an entertainment retail chain based in denmark with warehouses and distribution centres in canada united states france and germany . it also maintains online websites for customers worldwide . on 18 june 2012 the company announced its bankruptcy . 1 contents 1 history 2 trivia 3 references 4 external links history edit axel music was formed in 1992 in downtown copenhagen and over the intervening years opened 14 stores in denmark . in february 2001 the company formed lake shore distribution in canada and launched axelmusic.com . in april 2006 it was one of the first online stores to offer hd dvd followed by blu ray in june of that year . 2 as of 2009 it operates a network of warehouses to fulfill orders taken on its internet sites and 8 separate locations throughout denmark for its danish customers . since 18 june 2012 planetaxel is bankrupt . it is with great sadness deep regret and utter embarrassment that we announce the closure and bankruptcy of planetaxel.com on monday afternoon 18 june 2012 the board of directors have informed us that no further investment will be made in the company . this comes in light of the recently finished 2011 financials which showed such an insurmountable deficit and loss to company value that a swift decision was made almost overnight . trivia edit the company maintains separate sites for its customers inside and outside denmark . on the international site the customer has the option for viewing the price of an item in euros us dollars canadian dollar norwegian kroner swedish krona australian dollar swiss franc and british pounds . one interesting feature of the international site is that once signed in the customer can in the case of blu ray discs elect to be emailed as to whether or not us sourced versions of films have been found to be region free . axel music staff test each us disc to see if it has been region coded and then show on the film s item page that non us customers can order this title . references edit planetaxel.com is no more . retrieved 2012 06 19 . about the store . archived from the original on 1 february 2009 . retrieved 2009 02 01 . dead link external links edit axelmusic denmark axelmusic international review of axelmusic.com site ehandel.org n tbutiken planet axel i konkurs swedish article ecommerce.org planet axel in bankruptcy retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title axel music & oldid 738988197 categories video game retailersretail companies established in 1992defunct retail companieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2012articles with topics of unclear notability from february 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilitywikipedia articles in need of updating from june 2012all wikipedia articles in need of updatingarticles needing additional references from february 2009all articles needing additional referencesorphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlesuse dmy dates from february 2011 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 12 september 2016 at 04 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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