All Entertainment articles – Page 111
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Worth It is ticket to Woolworths’ return to profit
Woolworths expects to return its retail arm to profit this year, helped by the success of its Worth It value range.
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Borders to keep Books etc
Borders UK’s new owner Risk Capital Partners has vowed to retain its Books etc fascia, ditching the previous management’s plan to dispose of the chain.
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Hamleys to wow shoppers with flagship facelift
World-famous toy retailer Hamleys is to embark on a wide-ranging makeover of its flagship Regent Street store within the next month.
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Spending: innovation will keep it up
The way to keep consumers buying is to offer something that is different and inventive
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HMV celebrates festive sales surge
Shares in HMV jumped 15 per cent this morning after the tills rang out at Christmas for the entertainment retailer.
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Borders to run software service
Borders is to test a service offering 1,500 software titles, while holding no stock, using a system that creates the appropriate disc at the point of sale.
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Game's acquisition of Gamestation cleared
The Competition Commission has cleared Game’s acquisition of Gamestation.
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Game celebrates “outstanding” Christmas
Computer entertainment specialist Game has disclosed stellar Christmas trading figures, as a result of focus on a changing customer base and “unprecedented” range and quality of products.
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Zavvi restructures board
Entertainment retailer Zavvi has restructured its board following a bumper Christmas sales performance.
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Unhappy Christmas for US retailers as sales fall
Many US retailers have suffered just as disappointing a Christmas as their UK counterparts, December sales figures showed.
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Zavvi to branch out as games drive sales
Entertainment retailer Zavvi is poised to broaden its product ranges after phenomenal growth in game sales helped it rack up a strong Christmas performance.
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Opinion
Browett has a long road ahead
Crucial as it is, making the sale is the final point in the retail chain. Knowing what to buy – and buying at the right price – is the starting point.
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Woolworths stock checker proves a hit with shoppers
Woolworths’ recently launched stock-checking system has won support from both customers and staff.
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Games propel Zavvi to strong Christmas
Entertainment retailer Zavvi enjoyed a strong first Christmas, driven by spectacular growth in game sales.
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Opinion
The Retail Week - January 4, 2008
DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?
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Opinion
The Retail Week – January 4, 2008
DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?
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Opinion
Still basking in the warm glow of Christmas
Christmas has been and gone and it was really busy here. We all had a great time. A surprise big seller was Russell Brand’s autobiography My Booky Wook. The comic seems to be on TV every day and public interest in him has been phenomenal – he’s definitely captured the ...
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Play.com offshoot ups ante against Amazon
Play.com has intensified its march on Amazon’s market share as it aims to double the size of its product exchange site PlayTrade.
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Music download sales double in 2007
UK consumers downloaded nearly 50 per cent more music tracks in 2007, helped by a end-of-year surge in iPod sales.
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Play.com to launch music download service
Play.com is set to launch a rival to Apple’s iTunes, called PlayDigital, which will offer up to 1 million songs for customers to download.