All Electricals articles – Page 91
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AnalysisAnalysis: Dixons powers ahead with renewal and transformation plan
Dixons group chief executive Sebastian James is leading the electricals retailer through some radical changes.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s Verdict: Carphone Warehouse - smartphones, smart management
Carphone Warehouse’s structure over the years has shifted constantly, but founder Charles Dunstone remains a very smart businessman.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse profits rise as like-for-likes jump 4.6%
Carphone Warehouse recorded a 4.6% rise in group like-for-like sales for the year to March 31 as EBIT edged up £2m to £137m.
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NewsArgos to crowdsource new name for alien baby
Argos is offering its Twitter followers the chance to shape the lives of the alien stars of its advertising in a new TV campaign that launches today.
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OpinionComment: Self-help measures make a difference at Carpetright
Carpetright boss Darren Shapland’s improvement plan, initiated when he took up the role a year ago, looks as if it is paying off.
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NewsVisa signs Dixons as first retailer to offer virtual wallet service
Dixons Retail, owner of Currys and PC World, will be the first retailer to offer Visa Europe’s new digital wallet service, V.Me.
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NewsFormer Comet owner could profit from retailer's tax losses
Hailey Acquisitions, the former owner of electricals group Comet, hopes to buy back the bust retailer’s tax losses, it has emerged.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: The stores that transformed the retail landscape
The past 25 years brought constant innovation of stores. John Ryan looks at some of the most groundbreaking formats during the period.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: Two decades of births, marriages and farewells
New arrivals and mega-mergers have shaped the industry, while some well-known names have disappeared.
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Analysis
Dixons full-year results: What the analysts say
Dixons today reported a 15% increase in underlying pre-tax profits. Retail Week rounds up the City’s reaction to the results.
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OpinionComment: Nick Bubb on 25 years of dramatic change in retail
Retailing in 25 years time will be very different, but it will change as dramatically as it has in the last 25 years?
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OpinionComment: Continued innovation key to Dixons future
Dixons has a strong management team and are very solid operationally, but it now needs to transform the brand and the customer’s experience and perception.
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NewsDixons reveals it is a 'winner' in its full-year results
Dixons chief executive Sebastian James says the brand is becoming “a winner” after returning to growth in its full-year figures.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: 25 moments that defined retail
We take a look at some of the landmark moments in retail over the last quarter-century. Do you remember when..?
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AnalysisAnalysis: The etail tax proposal - who's leading the debate
The retail industry is set for a major split over calls for an etail tax that would even the cost burden between online retailers and their bricks and mortar rivals. Retail Week looks at which retailers are leading both sides of the debate.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales fall 5.2% after tough comparables
John Lewis sales fell 5.2% to £59.84m last week as the retailer suffered from tough Jubilee comparables and seasonal variations.
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NewsShop prices deflate for the first time in more than three years in May
Annual shop price inflation in May slipped 0.1% from a 0.4% increase in April, the first time it has deflated for more than three and a half years.
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NewsIn focus: May retail sales figures from the BRC
UK retail like-for-like sales rose 1.8% in May, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KMPG Retail Sales Monitor. Retail Week drills down into how each of the individual categories performed.
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Analysis
In numbers: The retail sector's contribution to the UK's public purse
Retailers have been hit by surging tax bills driven by increasing corporation and property taxes, according to the PwC survey of the Hundred Group of the UK’s largest businesses.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Appliances Online, AO, Let’s Go
Appliances Online’s first TV advertising is an off-the-wall comic campaign that should help build brand awareness for the pure-play electricals retailer.