All Entertainment articles – Page 7
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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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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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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.
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Analysis
Analysis: What is Mike Ashley's master plan?
Hark back to June 2016 and Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley was hauled before a parliamentary hearing about the working conditions at the retailer’s Shirebrook warehouse.
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Game full-year losses shrink but sales remain flat
Game shrank its losses over its full year but sales remained stubbornly flat with its events business a notable bright spot.
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WHSmith acquires US travel retailer InMotion
WHSmith has bought US travel retailer InMotion in a bid to strengthen its grip on the international travel market.
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Analysis
Analysis: How would retail look if Amazon didn't exist?
So ingrained in the shopper psyche has the US etail titan become over the past 25 years, it’s almost impossible to remember life before Amazon.
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Opinion
Opinion: How we changed our stores for people with autism
As Autism Hour Week draws to a close, The Entertainer co-founder Catherine Grant reveals why the retailer is backing the initiative.
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Agenda: Asos, Footasylum, Gear4Music and grocery sales
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Asos, Footasylum and Gear4Music, plus the latest grocery sales data, all on the agenda.
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Hamleys plunges to £12m loss as sales fall
Hamleys has swung to a full-year loss in what chief executive Ralph Cunningham described as “one of the most challenging years in UK retail history”.
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WHSmith to close high street stores amid falling profits
WHSmith’s high street profits and sales fell during its last year, with the business boosted by its travel arm.
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Retail sales suffer ‘summer hangover’ in September
Retail sales dipped in September as constrained consumer spending drove the industry’s poorest performance in five months.
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Analysis
Analysis: Will Amazon's 4-star store move the dial?
The ever-experimental Amazon has launched its latest foray into bricks and mortar. Last week, the etail titan unveiled Amazon 4-star in New York.
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Waterstones buys Foyles in fightback against Amazon
Waterstones has acquired Foyles bookshops from the founding family for an undisclosed sum.
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Game sales flat as it expands arenas with Ashley
Game’s sales were flat last year but the business reported positive progress on its gaming arenas, on which it has partnered with Mike Ashley.
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Sainsbury’s and WHSmith launch food-to-go trial
Sainsbury’s will supply a “limited range” of its food-to-go offer in a handful of WHSmith’s stores on a trial basis.
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WHSmith travel sales rise as high street dips
WHSmith’s travel sales rose in its third quarter as it developed a new smaller format for high street stores.
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Analysis
Analysis: Five lessons for retailers from Arsène Wenger
Veteran Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger takes charge of his final game at the North London club this month, 22 years after his appointment.
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Waterstones sold to private equity house Elliott Advisors
Waterstones has been sold for an undisclosed sum to funds managed by Elliott Advisors UK.
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Game’s largest shareholder disposes of stake
Game’s largest shareholder has disposed of its entire stake in the business, leaving mogul Mike Ashley as the largest single influence on its board.