Alan Giles
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Career
From March 1999 until September 2006 he was chief executive officer of HMV Group, owner of record shop HMV, which he joined in 1998.[3][4]
HMV Group also owned the UK bookshop chain Waterstones,[4] which bought another book chain Ottakars in 2006.[5] HMV and Waterstones suffered a decline in sales in the financial year 2005–2006. Giles stated that the internet, including music downloading, and supermarket competition, contributed towards HMV's decline in sales.[6]
After leaving HMV, he became chairman of Fat Face, the active lifestyle retailer.[7]
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