Chief executive Simon Fox revealed today that the group would refit 150 stores by the end of September, increasing the selling space for tech products such as MP3 players from 8% to 25%.

This has led some commentators to suggest that HMV is moving away from CD and DVD. But Fox said this is emphatically not the case. "It is not about cutting back on range but about cutting back on space," he told Music Week.

"What we need to ...