All Carphone Warehouse articles – Page 13
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NewsBest Buy Europe to sell off Belgian Phone House
Best Buy Europe, the joint venture between Carphone Warehouse and US electricals group Best Buy, is to sell its Belgian retail business.
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NewsBest Buy Europe sells Belgian business
Best Buy Europe, the joint venture between Carphone Warehouse and US electrical group Best Buy, is to sell its Belgian retail business.
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NewsPhones 4U to double store openings in 2011
Phones 4U is ramping up its store expansion programme under its new owners to take advantage of customers who prefer to buy phones in shops rather than online.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse shifts focus from laptops to tablets
Carphone Warehouse is to focus on tablet computers in its stores in preference to netbooks and laptops in a bid to capitalise on the growing popularity of the devices.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse and Best Buy launch royal wedding phone
Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy are the latest retailers to jump on the bandwagon of royal wedding memorabilia with the launch of a special-edition royal wedding phone.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse to push android sales through TV campaign
Carphone Warehouse is launching a TV campaign tomorrow that will promote android sales through a 3D animated green character.
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NewsGloomy outlook as retail takes a bad turn
Primark’s unsettling update and a profit warning from HMV put the frighteners on retail sector investors and general stores were sharply down against a flat market.
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NewsEverything Everywhere to stock iPad 2
Everything Everywhere, the company formed from the merger between T-mobile and Orange, is the only mobile phone retailer, other than Apple itself, to have confirmed that it will stock the iPad 2.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse hires Sainsbury's man as retail director
Carphone Warehouse has appointed former Sainsbury’s zone managing director Anthony Hemmerdinger as its retail director.
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NewsLloydspharmacy appoints head of retail
Lloydspharmacy has appointed former Carphone Warehouse buyer Jeff Wemyss as head of retail.
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NewsBest Buy cuts international operations but expects UK growth
Electricals giant Best Buy is to scale back its international operations but has insisted that the UK, where it has a joint venture with Carphone Warehouse, is a growth opportunity.
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NewsChanges at Best Buy as Wheway goes
This week’s change of leadership at Best Buy Europe reflects a shift of focus from strategy to operations as the retailer prepares for a new phase, departing chief executive Scott Wheway claimed.
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NewsWheway to leave Best Buy Europe
Scott Wheway is to stand down as chief executive of Best Buy Europe. He is replaced by Best Buy Europe chief operating officer Andrew Harrison, who has been promoted to president.
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AnalysisChristmas Trading: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Terrible weather hit retail hard this Christmas, but some managed to prosper regardless. Rebecca Thomson wraps up Christmas 2010 with the help of OC&C’s Christmas trading index
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NewsCarphone confident in Best Buy big-boxes
Carphone Warehouse remains convinced there is “substantial opportunity” for big-box Best Buy stores in the UK and has reported a like-for-like sales rise at its core mobile business over Christmas.
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NewsBrokers tip share price stars as 2011 set to be a tough one
Kingfisher, Marks & Spencer, Dixons Retail and Dunelm are among brokers’ retail stock picks for 2011.
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NewsBad weather prompts retailers to rein in online delivery options
Retailers are changing online order and delivery options to avoid disappointing customers at Christmas as a result of renewed cold weather.
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NewsCarphone and Best Buy secure Google exclusive
Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy UK have secured an exclusive deal for the launch of Google’s new Nexus S smartphone.
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NewsCarphone on song thanks to US mobile venture
Analysts upgraded their Carphone Warehouse forecasts after a powerful first-half performance from US venture Best Buy Mobile.
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NewsBest Buy UK posts £29m loss
Losses are rising at the fledgling Best Buy UK business but shoppers like the new arrival in the electricals sector, Carphone Warehouse revealed.