Virgin Megastores

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 Circus; 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 UK, some called Virgin Megastores Express.
• New York: (Times Square)
• Boston: (Back Bay)
• Paris: (Champs Elysees)
• San Francisco: (Stockton St and Market St)
• Sacramento: (Arden Fair)
• Athens: (Stadiou 7-9, Syntagma Square )
• Melbourne: (Chapel Street, South Yarra)
• Tokyo: (The Ginza)
• Vancouver: (Robson and Burrard )
• Orange: (The Block at Orange)

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).