All Electricals articles – Page 165
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News
Carphone to invest in staff scheduling tool
Carphone Warehouse is to roll out an employee scheduling system to stores across seven European countries.
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Consumer confidence plummets again
Consumers are becoming increasingly nervous, with consumer spending growth expected to slow to just 0.5 per cent next year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
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Best Buy reveals aggressive expansion plans
US electricals giant Best Buy plans to launch as many as 200 stores in the UK over the long term, according to the Financial Times .
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Consumer confidence nosedives
Consumer confidence has plummeted to an all-time low as concerns over the economy and finances take hold.
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Retailers rethink business travel
More than half of retailers say they have changed the way they consider business travel out of concern for the environment, a survey has revealed.
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Carphone seals Best Buy deal
Carphone Warehouse has completed its deal with US electricals giant Best Buy to launch a European retail business.
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Argos distribution workers to strike
Argos distribution staff are to go on strike over pay, after they rejected a renewed offer from the retailer.
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July sales volumes plummet
The Summer Sales have bought no respite for beleaguered retailers as they reported plummeting sales volumes in July.
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BrightHouse pushes South as sales surge
Sales at rent-to-buy specialist BrightHouse jumped 18 per cent in the first quarter and like-for-like growth was in double digits.
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Halfords: the city view
Car accessories and bikes retailer Halfords has bolstered its pole market position, revealing a total sales rise of 1.7 per cent, writes Nicola Harrison.
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Share bounce does little to ease pressure as City remains bullish
Retailers rallied after the misery of the past few weeks, but the mood among many sector analysts remained resolutely downbeat.
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Apple reveals record third quarter
Apple reported its best third quarter in the company’s history, driven by record sales of Macintosh computers.
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Analysis
Waste not, want not
Electricals retailers have found WEEE compliance far from straightforward. Katie Kilgallen asks how they are coping a year on and whether the Government has got the regulations right
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Analysis
People first
In tough times, it can be tempting for retailers to revert to outdated top-down management as they squeeze costs. But losing sight of staff is the worst thing they could do, says Katie Kilgallen
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Opinion
The Retail Week – July 18, 2008
Kingfisher chief executive Ian Cheshire has pulled off a real coup with the final additions to his top team charged with turning around the DIY giant.
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Opinion
Is Kingfisher only worth 92p?
Kingfisher boss Ian Cheshire will report on how his DIY retail improvement project is going next Thursday, when a pre-close update is due.
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Jessops pins recovery hopes on three new store formats
Jessops believes three new store formats could improve its fortunes, despite revealing a 5.5 per cent slump in like-for-likes in the 41 weeks to July 13.
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Best Buy closes in on first stores as UK arrival nears
Central London flagship location also under consideration as retail park deals are negotiated.
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O2 systems back on track after iPhone rush
O2 has revealed that its IT systems are back to normal, after demand for the 3G iPhone caused its web site to crash and store systems to slow last week.