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Virgin Megastores are a chain of record shops throughout the world, established by Richard Branson.Products sold here are not just Virgin branded items, and not just from former sister brand Virgin Records. Stores have a wide selection of releases by many current popular artists on many diverse mainstream and independent labels, as well as books, DVDs, videos, vinyl LPs and assorted gift items. Many stores house their own cafes as well, selling coffee beverages and a limited assortment of snack items, making for a popular central meeting place. Current stores include:
- Chicago: ( Michigan Avenue)
- Las Vegas: ( Caesar's Palace)
- London: ( Oxford Street at St Giles' Circus - the original Virgin Records store - and Piccadilly CircusPiccadilly Circus is a central London plaza at the intersection of Regent Street, Piccadilly, Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street. The area used to be surrounded by illuminated advertising hoardings on buildings, but only one building now carries them,; the branch near Lillywhite's has now been joined by Number 1 Piccadilly, formerly owned by Tower Records )
- There are some smaller stores across the UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly, some called Virgin Megastores Express.
- New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col: ( Times SquareTimes Square named after the one-time headquarters of The New York Times is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, which centers on 42nd Street and Broadway. It consists of the blocks between Sixth and Ninth Avenue from east to west an)
- Boston: ( Back BayBack Bay, Boston including the Charles River, Prudential Center and John Hancock Tower Back Bay is a officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. This parcel of land was created by filling the tidewater flats of the Charles River. This mas)
- ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to: ( Champs Elysees)
- San Francisco: (Stockton St and Market St)
- Athens: (Stadiou 7-9, Syntagma Square )
- Tokyo: (The Ginza)
- Vancouver: ( Robson and Burrard )
Virgin opened a brand new store in Kuwait City mere days before the 2003 Iraq War.
Most stores include an in-store radio station. In the USA these are branded Virgin Radio, although are not related to Virgin Radio in London. In the UK, partly because of this branding issue, the in-store radio stations are branded Virgin Megastores Radio (VMR).
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