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Zavvi is an online retailer of entertainment products, including Blu-ray discs, collectables, homeware and toys. Originally a physical retailer, the brand has been online only since it was bought from administration by The Hut Group (THG) in 2009. [ 1 ]
Head Entertainment LLP was a British entertainment retail chain founded in February 2009. It was established after the entertainment retailer Zavvi went into administration in December 2008, with some of its founders being former Zavvi directors who aimed to save a number of Zavvi stores and jobs.
THG plc, formerly The Hut Group, is a British e-commerce retail company headquartered in Manchester, England.It sells own-brand and third-party cosmetics and dietary supplements online, and provides an end-to-end e-commerce service to third parties through its Ingenuity division. [5]
On September 17, 2007, Richard Branson announced that the UK arm of Virgin Megastores was to be sold off as part of a management buyout, and from November 2007, will be known by a new name, Zavvi. On September 24, 2008, another part of the Virgin group, Virgin Comics underwent a management buyout and changed its name to Liquid Comics.
With the change of ownership the Virgin Megastores disappeared and were replaced with a new name 'Zavvi'. All 125 stores remained trading and the change was fully implemented by late November 2007. In January 2008 the online system was also rebranded to "zavvi.co.uk" and Virgin Megastores Ireland changed to 'Zavvi Ireland'.
In September 2007, it sold its domestic Virgin Megastores in a management buy-out, and they were subsequently renamed Zavvi. [10] The group sold their remaining 77 Our Price branded stores to Brazin Limited in October 2001. Brazin was a major Australian entertainment retailer, which operated the 265 Sanity stores.
The company purchased Zavvi in 2009, Lookfantastic in 2010 and Myprotein in 2011. The group focused on beauty and lifestyle products because of the large margins and potential for international scaling. [7] On 16 September 2020, THG floated on the London Stock Exchange, the largest IPO on the LSE since 2013. [8]
On 15 January 2009, a survey published by Verdict Research found Play.com was the UK's second favourite music and video retailer, behind first place Amazon.co.uk and ahead of the now defunct entertainment retailer Zavvi which was third. [5]
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