Opinionated: Slipcases, Steelbooks & Shelf Art – How the UK Became the King of Physical Media Packaging

The Boutique Boom Nobody Saw Coming When everyone said physical media was dying… UK labels quietly levelled up. Remember the doom-and-gloom era when streaming was supposedly going to kill discs? HMV nearly collapsed, supermarkets gutted their media sections, and studios stopped producing extras because “no one buys physical anymore.” Except… collectors didn’t leave. We dug […]