All Entertainment articles – Page 6
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News
Game profits increase driven by cost-cutting programme
Game has posted an increase in profits at the half-year mark despite falling sales, in what boss Martyn Gibbs described as “a challenging retail environment”.
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Analysis
Retail Week Awards 2019: Julian Richer wins outstanding contribution
Julian Richer’s revolutionary, staff-centric approach to retail has enabled his own business to thrive and helped to transform some of the biggest names in the industry
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News
Hamleys boss exits, replaced by ex-HoF finance chief
Hamleys boss Ralph Cunningham has abruptly departed the retailer and has been replaced by former House of Fraser finance chief Yong Shen.
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Opinion
Opinion: Can HMV do a Waterstones and reinvent itself?
At various points in the past couple of weeks, it’s looked very much as if one of the last refuges for the middle-aged might go the way of all flesh.
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Analysis
Can Sunrise Records boss Doug Putman spin HMV around?
HMV’s new owner Doug Putman tells Retail Week about his plans to revive the retailer
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News
HMV's new owner: We'll be profitable 'by the end of the year'
HMV’s new owner Doug Putman has insisted the music store chain will be profitable “by the end of the year.”
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News
HMV's 27 store closures revealed
HMV administrator KPMG has named the 27 stores set to close, including the retailer’s Oxford Street flagship.
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News
HMV sold to Canadian music retail tycoon
Entertainment retailer HMV has been acquired by Canadian music mogul Doug Putman.
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News
Canadian buyer is front-runner for HMV
A Canadian record store retailer is the front-runner to buy HMV and could dash Mike Ashley’s hopes of acquiring yet another ailing high street name.
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News
Shop prices rise in January despite post-Christmas Sales
Shop prices increased at the fastest rate for almost six years in January, despite post-Christmas discounting.
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News
Mike Ashley ‘demands rent holiday’ over possible HMV deal
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashely is reportedly seeking a “six-month rent holiday” from HMV landlords if he were to save the music retailer.
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WHSmith sales rise bolstered by travel arm
WHSmith recorded an increase in sales as a decline in its high street division was offset by a strong performance in its travel division.
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Cartoon
Retail cartoon: HMV gets a new master?
Patrick Blower’s take on reports that HMV is the latest struggling retailer on Mike Ashley’s shopping list.
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News
More than 23,000 shops to shutter in 2019, data warns
More than 23,000 shops and 175,000 jobs will be lost from UK high streets in 2019, new research has warned.
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News
Sports Direct's Mike Ashley in rescue bid for HMV
Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley has emerged as one of the suitors bidding to rescue HMV from administration.
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News
Game sales fall over Christmas as it rolls out arenas
Game’s UK sales fell over the Christmas period with its Spanish business outperforming its British arm.
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News
Shop price inflation accelerates despite festive discounting
Shop price inflation accelerated at the highest rate for more than five years in December, despite widespread discounting in the build-up to Christmas.
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News
Gear4music cautions on profits despite Christmas sales spike
Gear4music has warned that full-year profits will fall “slightly below” those achieved last year, despite a spike in sales during the crucial Christmas quarter.
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News
HMV collapse is ‘red flag’ on business rates, boss warns
HMV’s fall into administration throws into stark relief the urgent need for business rates reform, its boss has said.
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News
HMV enters administration amid 'tsunami' of challenges
HMV has slumped into administration for the second time in six years, blaming its collapse on a “tsunami” of retail challenges.