All Entertainment articles – Page 75
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NewsGrainger Games plans rapid store expansion
Grainger Games will have doubled store numbers year on year by Christmas as it bucks the downbeat trend in the games market with a focus on value.
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NewsTesco to release Coronation Street album
Tesco is to release an exclusive album to celebrate the 50th anniversary of favourite soap opera Coronation Street.
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NewsLovefilm turnover grows as losses narrow
Amazon-backed online film rental company Lovefilm pretax losses narrowed from £7.4m to £934,000 last year.
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Opinion
Game drives footfall through Xbox location-based app
Game is driving footfall through a mobile phone app, based on a Xbox game, that involves checking in at locations close to stores to win points that customers can redeem when they buy the game.
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AnalysisThe art of being chosen
What makes some retailers successful while others fail? Respected retail marketer Martin Butler’s new book asked retail’s biggest names to find out
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NewsWHSmith and Dixons join forces for ebook download app deal
Bookseller WHSmith has struck a deal with Dixons to embed an ebook download app on e-readers and tablet devices sold by the electricals group.
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NewsAsda sells exclusive Chris de Burgh album
Asda has signed a deal to be the exclusive retailer of Chris de Burgh’s new album ‘Moonfleet & Other Stories’.
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NewsSales growth slows in September
UK retail like-for-likes grew just 0.5% in September, marking the sixth month of low growth according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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NewsRetail administrations slow
The rate of businesses going into administration has slowed to levels not seen since before the economic downturn, with the retail sector showing the “most pronounced drop”.
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NewsAsda rolls out pre-owned games offer
Asda is launching a computer games exchange in 235 stores after successfully trialling the scheme in five branches.
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OpinionRetailers show their true colours
Full marks to Waterstones for the advert it ran in a national newspaper on Saturday. The bookseller may have had its fair share of troubles, but its marketing department knows a good thing when it sees one and in this instance, this appears to have been Waitrose.
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NewsComet to trial Game concessions in move to give stores young feel
Comet is to trial Game concessions in its stores as part of its attempts to give its stores a younger, more modern feel.
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NewsBlockbuster UK profits up despite bankrupt parent
Blockbuster UK has reported its pre-tax profits lifted from £3m to £4.6m in the year to January 3, but the retailer still awaits the fate of its US parent Blockbuster Inc.
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at Richer Sounds
The inside view from operations director John Clayton
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AnalysisHMV: The music of chance
HMV’s latest initiative lifts morale and underlines its specialist credentials, says Natasha Devan
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NewsGame eyes opportunities despite £18.8m loss
Game recorded a worse than expected first-half loss but new chief executive Ian Shepherd said there were “clear opportunities” when the market bounces back.
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News
Blockbuster files for bankruptcy
Blockbuster in the US has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after mounting losses, rising debt and stiff competition from retailers that have better catered to consumers’ evolving media habits.Blockbuster said business would continue as usual at its 3,000 US stores, but added it would evaluate the profitability of its ...
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OpinionAmazon alert
Amazon has launched the beta version of its ‘Kindle for the Web’ tool this week, allowing customers to try e-books before they buy, and showing the true power of the web.
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NewsGame profits and sales slump
Game has reported a pre-tax loss of £18.8m in its first half, against a profit of £14.5m in the same period last year, while revenue also slumped.