All Electricals articles – Page 127
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NewsPhones4U sold to private equity firm BC Partners
Private equity house BC Partners has bought mobiles specialist Phones4U for an undisclosed sum from Providence Equity.
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NewsLighting specialist Ryness deemed ‘attractive asset’ as it goes up for sale
Ryness Lighting & Electrical has been put up for sale by its private equity owner Epic.
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NewsFormer Best Buy director says don’t hold back on international expansion
Former Best Buy international director Bob Willett has encouraged retailers to keep international on their agenda.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse to push android sales through TV campaign
Carphone Warehouse is launching a TV campaign tomorrow that will promote android sales through a 3D animated green character.
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Regional electricals retailer in administration
Norfolk-based electrical retail chain Bennetts has collapsed into administration.
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NewsJessops to open new store format in Birmingham
Camera retailer Jessops is to open a new store format in Birmingham at the end of the month.
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NewsDixons Retail expected to stay on top of rival Kesa
Currys and PC World owner Dixons Retail is expected to continue to outperform arch-rival Kesa, owner of Comet, Shore Capital maintains.
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Exito launches new electricals format
Casino-owned Exito has launched a new format specialising in electronics.The banner, called Exito Tecno, opened in Bogotá and has a total sales area of 30,140 sq ft. It will offer computers, audio equipment, video games, large and small household appliances and musical instruments. Books, magazines, music and DVDs will also ...
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NewsDixons begins in-store roll-out of Knowhow
Electricals group Dixons Retail has begun the in-store roll-out of its Knowhow service and advice brand, which is replacing the old TechGuys clinics.
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NewsFood inflation stabilises
Food inflation has stabilised following sharp increases, as grocers gear up promotions.
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NewsImage Gallery: Everything Everywhere new store format
Everything Everywhere has opened its second and third own-brand stores in Eltham and Bishops Stortford today.
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NewsJohn Lewis reports half-term sales lift
Sales at department store chain John Lewis rose 7.2% to £54m last week, when the retailer benefited from the half-term holiday south of the border.
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RadioShack net sales up 4.6% to $4.47bn
Consumer electronics retailer RadioShack has reported total net sales and operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 up 4.6% to $4.47bn (£2.77bn), while net income increased 1.1% to $206m (£127.8m). The sales increase was driven by a 4.4% like-for-like sales increase in company-operated stores and kiosks, helped by ...
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Best Buy to close all Best Buy-bannered stores in China and Turkey
Electricals giant Best Buy is to close all Best Buy-bannered stores in China and Turkey, as well as its headquarters in Shanghai. The move is aimed at saving some $70m (£43.4m) by fiscal 2013. The retailer said its future plans in China would focus on its Five Star operations - ...
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NewsDixons planning to open second Black store in central London
Dixons is understood to be opening a second Black store to be located in central London in the second half of this year, following the launch of its trend and fashion-led trial shop in December last year.
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NewsEverything Everywhere to stock iPad 2
Everything Everywhere, the company formed from the merger between T-mobile and Orange, is the only mobile phone retailer, other than Apple itself, to have confirmed that it will stock the iPad 2.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse hires Sainsbury's man as retail director
Carphone Warehouse has appointed former Sainsbury’s zone managing director Anthony Hemmerdinger as its retail director.
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GalleryHannSpree, Westfield London
Ever considered buying a crab-shaped TV, pincers included? A visit to HannSpree might make this improbable prospect at least a possibility.
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at… Fonehouse
The inside view from operations director Stuart Ferguson
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NewsEverything Everywhere to trial dual-branded stores
Everything Everywhere, the joint-venture partnership between T-Mobile and Orange, is to trial dual-branded stores in April.