Music retailer Rough Trade has announced a 25% increase in Q1 sales for the first three months of 2013.

The news comes after the company picked up a Music Week Award last Thursday for Retail Brand, ahead of stiff competition from iTunes, Spotify, HMV and others.

The company told Music Week that the win, voted for by more than 150 music industry professionals, was ‘a statement that signifies the mainstream appetite for independent British retail excellence and the demand for ...