According to the BBC, HMV have bought Fopp and intend to run the stores independently from their own megastores, preserving the way they operated before the company went into liquidation.

ellefurtle and I wandered past the Covent Garden Branch (above) on Saturday afternoon. It was quite eerie: all the stock was still there in the shop, though one stack of CDs had fallen and spilt everywhere, but covered in dust like a music media Marie Célèste.
