musicMagpie was founded in 2007 by Steve Oliver and Walter Gleeson, and initially focused on pre-owned CDs, buying from and selling to consumers. Today, it is a leader of re-commerce in the UK and US in the circular economy of consumer technology, books and disc media.

2007

Founded by Steve Oliver and Walter Gleeson, with an original focus on the re-commerce of pre-owned CDs

2008

Initially, all products were sold online via Amazon’s UK website, soon followed by Amazon’s US, French and German websites in 2009

2009

Opened first warehouse and “That’s Entertainment” retail outlet opened

2011

The Group begins listing its products for sale on eBay (in addition to its existing listings on Amazon). It also increased its physical presence, growing its chain of retail outlets to over 30 stores

2012

Expanded product offering to include consumer technology (such as smartphones, mp3 players, laptops, smartphones and computer game consoles). The Group launches its US division, trading under the 'Decluttr' brand

2015

£6 million of investment from Northern Entities, which was used to increase the Group’s ability to facilitate same-day payments to selling customers.

Launch of UK online store (www.musicmagpie.co.uk)

2017

Launch of US online store (www.decluttr.com)

2018

The Group chooses to close its physical retail stores to focus on becoming a ‘pureplay’ online business

2020

The Group launches three new initiatives: an innovative smartphone subscription/rental service, the SMARTDrop Kiosk concept, and a new corporate technology recycling service

2021

The Group lists on the London Stock Exchange AIM market and qualifies for the LSE Green Economy Mark.

2022

The Group begins listing its products for sale on Back Market in the UK, followed by the US.

The SMARTDrop kiosk roll-out completes, with the estate total at 290 kiosks located in Asda stores throughout the UK.

2023

musicMagpie exceeds 250k reviews on Trustpilot UK.

The Group began listing its products for sale on Walmart.com in the US.