HMV is set to open a new store in Chelmsford, Essex, on Friday (June 26). The outlet will be located at Meadows Shopping Centre and represents HMV’s return to the city after closures elsewhere in Chelmsford two years ago. Local reporting says the store opening follows HMV’s recovery from administration in 2018, when the company entered administration and later emerged. One outlet notes that HMV is opening a “brand new” store at Meadows Shopping Centre this week, framing it as part of the retailer’s wider restart after its 2018 restructuring. Another source adds that the opening includes an early customer promotion, with the first 25 shoppers receiving free goodie bags. The coverage across outlets aligns on the timing of the opening, the Chelmsford location at Meadows Shopping Centre, and HMV’s broader context of having previously gone into administration in 2018 and then returning to the city.