Entertainment UK

Entertainment UK
FormerlyRecord Merchandisers Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail supply and distribution
PredecessorEMI Group
Founded1966; 58 years ago (1966)
(as Record Merchandisers Ltd)[1]
FounderEMI Records
Defunct2009; 15 years ago (2009)
FateDissolved
SuccessorEMI Records
Headquarters
Middlesex
,
UK
Area served
UK
Key people
Mike Thomas, IT and Business Development Director,
Graham Barnetson, Sales & Marketing Director,
Paul Ludlam, Trading Director[2]
ProductsBooks
Consoles
DVDs
Games
Music
Revenue£1.22bn (2008)[3]
£12.3m (2008)[3]
OwnerWoolworths Plc
Number of employees
375[4]
ParentWoolworths Group
Websitewww.entuk.co.uk [dead link]

Entertainment UK Limited (EUK) was a retail supply and distribution company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Woolworths Group. The company, and Woolworths plc, entered administration with Deloitte on 26 November 2008.[5] EUK claimed to have had a turnover in excess of £1.4 billion per annum, and over 160,000 lines of products.[6]

  1. ^ "History". EUK. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Board of Directors". EUK. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Deloitte reveals cost of keeping EUK going". The Bookseller. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Deloitte makes 700 EUK staff redundant". Talking Retail. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  5. ^ Davey, James (12 December 2008). "Administrator to EUK says failed to find buyer". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Key Facts". EUK. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.