All Entertainment articles – Page 14
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Retailers to raise prices by 5% as pound hits new low
Retailers are preparing to raise prices by around 5% next year after the pound plummeted to a new low, analysts have warned.
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Game presses button on dedicated gaming arenas
Game chief executive Martyn Gibbs has confirmed plans to roll out 10 in-store gaming arenas before Christmas, plus standalone gaming venues.
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WHSmith’s profits rise as high street sales fall
WHSmith expects to report increased profits and group revenue for its full-year, but falling sales in its high street division.
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Game profits plunge 84% in 'undoubtedly tough' year
Game’s pre-tax profits have plunged 84% in what boss Martyn Gibbs described as an “undoubtedly tough” year.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, Amazon and more
Retail news round-up: Tesco in pricing row with Unilever, Amazon launches paid music service and former Sainsbury's boss warns on price hikes
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Analysis: How to bring a business back from the dead
All eyes are on BHS to see if new owner Al Mana Group can succeed in breathing fresh life into the brand with its ecommerce site.
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In pictures: Hamleys unveils its top 10 Christmas toys
Hamleys has revealed the toys it is banking on for festive success this Christmas, ranging from board games to virtual reality headsets.
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Analysis: Five lessons retailers can learn from Metro Bank
Metro Bank was founded only in early 2010, but the company’s fresh approach to financial services has shaken up the banking industry.
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HMV posts pre-tax loss as physical music and film sales slump
HMV has posted a full-year pre-tax loss of £8.8m after sales of physical CDs, films and games continued their decline.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on John Lewis, consumer confidence and more
Retail news round-up: Andy Street to quit John Lewis to fight mayoral contest, consumer morale rises in September and HMV's sales down
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Sainsbury's exits digital entertainment and offloads ebook business
Sainsbury’s is to close its digital entertainment arm and hand off its ebook business to online bookseller Kobo to streamline its offer.
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Analysis
At a glance: Typo, the Australian chain set to make its UK debut
Retail Week takes a closer look at Typo, the homewares and stationery specialist that has pencilled its debut at Westfield Stratford.
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Retail Week Buzz: 'It is absolutely essential to harness the power of data'
Green Man Gaming boss Paul Sulyok said it is essential to gather data around customers in order to have a personal dialogue with them.
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Personalisation: Innovative ways of turning shoppers into 'soulmates'
From reading customers’ minds to analysing a shopper’s DNA, brands are going to extraordinary lengths to push the boundaries of personalisation.
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Retail Diary: Tin Foyle’s epic adventures and Ikea’s do-it-yourself dinners
Foyles’s ‘Tin Foyle’ has been making friends, Ikea is exploring an unconventional dining concept and Daphne Sherman ‘Buttons Down’.
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Profile: Game appoints Guy Lister as its new chief operating officer
Guy Lister is swapping pumps for PS4s and Havianas for Halo V as he leaves Office to take up the chief operating officer role at Game.
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HMV head of digital James Coughlan steps down after three years
HMV head of digital James Coughlan has stepped down from his role at the music and DVD retailer to pursue a “new challenge”.
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Game snares Office marketing boss for chief operating officer role
Game has snapped up Office’s chief customer and marketing officer Guy Lister to take the helm as its inaugural chief operating officer.
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Amazon unveils plans to open more bricks and mortar bookstores
Etail giant Amazon has unveiled ambitions to increase its bricks and mortar footprint by opening a further three physical bookstores in the US.
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Analysis: Five lessons retailers can learn from Team GB's gold rush
As Team GB celebrates its best-ever Olympic medal haul on foreign soil, we analyse what retailers can learn from the success of British athletes.