ERA
RetailEngland, United Kingdom11-50 Employees
ERA is a trade body representing digital services and retailers in the music, video, and games sectors, based at 42-43 Maiden Lane, London, United Kingdom. Its membership includes major platforms such as Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Amazon, Sky, Deezer and Virgin Media, as well as physical retailers including HMV, Game, Asda and Morrisons, alongside hundreds of independent record shops. The organisation notes that its members have driven technology-enabled growth in the entertainment industry, with around 90% of revenues generated online, and that physical retailers have supported a vinyl revival now in its 14th consecutive year of growth. ERA collaborates with sister organisations representing music, video, and games to advocate open markets, open standards, and consumer choice. Members provide the sales data powering the Official Charts Company and GfK Chart-Track, and ERA together with the BPI owns the Official Charts Company; ERA also provides the organizational leadership behind Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores.