All Entertainment articles – Page 104
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Airport retail bucks economic slump
Airport retail is beating the economic downturn and sales are expected to hit 30 billion this year.
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Olympic hopefuls
As the London 2012 Olympics nears, British retailers need to prepare themselves for a once in a lifetime opportunity. Lisa Berwin reports.
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Inflation hits 4.4 per cent
Inflation has hit 4.4 per cent, more than twice the Government’s 2 per cent target and up by the highest amount since the Consumer Prices Index began in 1997.
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UK retail sales slip further
UK like-for-like retail sales fell 0.9 per cent in July compared with the same month last year.
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Iranian tycoon builds Woolworths stake
Iranian property tycoon Ardeshir Naghshineh has raised his stake in troubled retailer Woolworths, sparking fresh speculation that he could mount a bid for the business.
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Hamleys culls HQ jobs in drive to slash costs
Toy giant Hamleys is to axe roles at its head office as part of a re-structuring strategy to cut costs.
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Zavvi rethinks basement level in West End store
Entertainment retailer Zavvi has revamped the basement of its Tottenham Court Road store to reflect its strategy to sell a more diverse range.
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Music and DVD sales continue to slide
The number of shoppers who buy music and DVD products regularly has fallen for the fourth year in a row, according to Verdict Research.
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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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Flying Brands profits plummet
Pre-tax profits at multichannel retailer Flying Brands have more than halved in the 26 weeks to June 27, falling to 1.2 million.
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Woolies update and CBI figuresdo nothing to dispel retail gloom
Plummeting sales at Woolworths and a gloomy CBI survey kept the downward pressure on store shares, but a better-than-feared update from Next and director share buying at Marks & Spencer provided some reassurance.
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Borders UK to spice up web offer with series of podcasts
Books and entertainment retailer Borders UK is to launch an online audio podcast series in an effort to drive traffic to its web site.
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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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Games Workshop hits expansion trail
Games Workshop is to enter a new phase of expansion following a review of its store portfolio last year when it closed some of its stores.
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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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Games Workshop returns to growth in UK
Wargames specialist Games Workshop returned to sales growth in the UK last year, when group turnover was flat despite a store closure programme.