video club mvc former type private industry entertainment retail record store fate administration founded 1989 defunct 2006 headquarters london united kingdom number of locations 82 73 at time of administration 1 area served united kingdom products dvds music owner kingfisher group 1993 05 woolworths group 2005 argyle partners 2005 06 number of employees 700 website www.mvc.co.uk music and video club or mvc was a british entertainment retailer which sold dvds vhs audio cassettes video games and cds of popular and specialist titles . at its peak the company operated 82 stores in the united kingdom and also sold products over the internet . the company closed in january 2006 after entering into administration . 2 contents 1 history 2 membership 3 references 4 external links history edit originally mvc was started by former staff members of our price who left after w h smith bought the company . the company went on to be bought by kingfisher plc in 1993 3 4 which later spun it off as part of the woolworths chain in july 2005 . 5 in august 2005 it was sold to venture capital company argyle partners for 5.5 million . 2 in december 2005 mvc entered administration with kroll . 1 in january 2006 41 of mvc s stores were bought by one of its competitors music zone . 6 on 25 january 2007 music zone which purchased 41 of the stores from mvc also went into administration . 7 67 former music zone stores were taken over by music and book retailer fopp including some of the former mvc stores . 8 however fopp itself then went into administration in june 2007 . 9 membership edit the club part of the name alluded to the fact that consumers could only buy something from mvc if they were a member of the club . this requirement to the average consumer could seem somewhat superfluous as a membership card could be obtained at the point of purchase often without having to give any personal details to join the club and validate the purchase . as a result customers often found it easier to bin the card and get a new one each time rather than to actually carry it . references edit a b mvc entertainment loses its spin . this is money . 2005 12 22 . retrieved 2009 02 12 . a b sad note as mvc is called into administration . bedford today . 2006 01 01 . retrieved 2009 02 12 . http www.fpm.com journal members kingfish.htm kingfisher plc business information profile and history jrank retrieved 9 october 2010 woolies sells off ailing mvc . this is money . 2005 07 31 . retrieved 2009 02 12 . music zone buying 41 mvc outlets . bbc news . 2006 01 04 . retrieved 2011 09 03 . music zone enters administration . bbc news . 2007 01 05 . retrieved 2009 02 12 . music zone sells stores to fopp . bbc news . retrieved 2011 09 03 . ernst & young press statement external links edit official website previously redirected to hmv site and then to amazon uk . now directed to a sedo holding page official website archived version of website from feb 06 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title music and video club & oldid 722928355 categories retail companies established in 1989companies disestablished in 2007companies based in londondefunct retail companies of the united kingdommusic retailers of the united kingdomvideo game retailers in the united kingdomcompanies that have entered administration in the united kingdomhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediause dmy dates from october 2010 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 30 may 2016 at 23 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view