All Electricals articles – Page 134
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NewsJohn Lewis sales rise 7.2% in 'most challenging week'
Department store chain John Lewis generated a 7.2% sales rise to £59.5m last week, which it described as “probably the most challenging” of the half-year so far.
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NewsEmerging technology will be Christmas best-seller
John Lewis has said emerging technology will be a hit this Christmas, alongside quality heritage products.
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NewsKesa’s French powers of recovery
Electricals group Kesa showed off its French business Darty to analysts last week to demonstrate some of the growth avenues open there.
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NewsThree to use in-store augmented reality app to improve brand image
Store staff for mobile phone retailer Three are to use an augmented reality app in stores to improve customers’ perception of its network coverage.
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Saturn opens its first store in Russia
Metro Group-owned consumer electronics retailer Saturn has opened its first store in the country. The 5,060 sq ft store is located in Moscow’s Vegas Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. A second Saturn store is scheduled for Voronezh in late 2010 and several other stores are being planned. Metro Group’s ...
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NewsKesa shares soar on Best Buy bid speculation
Speculation that a takeover of Anglo-French electrical group Kesa may be on the cards has prompted the retailer’s share price to soar.
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NewsRetail administrations slow
The rate of businesses going into administration has slowed to levels not seen since before the economic downturn, with the retail sector showing the “most pronounced drop”.
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NewsComet to trial Game concessions in move to give stores young feel
Comet is to trial Game concessions in its stores as part of its attempts to give its stores a younger, more modern feel.
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AnalysisContactless payments: Out of contact
Contactless is approaching tipping point, but concerns remain about costs and whether shoppers will embrace the system without a national consumer awareness campaign.
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NewsPhones4U attracts 10 interested parties
Phones4U has attracted around 10 parties interested in acquiring the retailer, with the deadline for first round bids expiring next Wednesday.
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NewsBest Buy reveals further store openings
US electricals giant has revealed it will open three further stores next year.
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NewsPhones4U reveals plunge in profits
Mobile phone retailer Phones4U has revealed a plunge in profits last year.
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NewsJohn Lewis reports 15% weekly sales rise
Sales at department store chain John Lewis rose 15.1% last week to £58.7m.
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NewsEnd of the road for Best Buy’s electric cars
Electricals giant Best Buy UK is to stop selling electric cars, the headline-grabbing product that helped generate excitement when it launched here in the spring.
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AnalysisIs John Lewis’s online pledge a game changer?
Online just got tougher as John Lewis rolls out its famous price pledge, but what does the initiative bode for the sector?
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NewsDual-branded phone stores may lead to closures
Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone retailer created by the merger of T-Mobile and Orange, will trial dual-branded stores next month in a move that could result in store closures.
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NewsBlockbuster to sell electricals
Blockbuster UK is to start selling mobile phones, iPods and TV sets alongside the selling and renting of DVDs and games.
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NewsJohn Lewis lays down the Christmas gauntlet as sales rise
Sales at John Lewis department stores rose 11.7 last week, which the retailer said it suspects was “well ahead of the market”.