All Electricals articles – Page 112
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NewsFormer Dixons boss Clare to become Comet chairman
Former Dixons chief executive John Clare will take over as chairman of electricals retailer Comet following completion of its sale to private investor OpCapita next week.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse like-for-likes fall 4.7%
Carphone Warehouse will increasingly target “key opportunities” in smartphone and tablet sales and said that like-for-likes fell 4.7% in the third quarter.
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NewsCredit insurer will not extend cover for UK retail sector
Europe’s biggest trade credit insurance company Euler Hermes has said it will not extend levels of cover to the UK retail sector.
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OpinionThe future of bricks and mortar stores
Robert Gregory is the co-Global Research Director at Planet Retail. He has over a decade’s experience in analysing research trends with a particular focus on Asia.
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NewsArgos cuts or freezes 11,000 prices
Argos has frozen or cut 11,000 prices in its new catalogue, which will be distributed from tomorrow.
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AnalysisHow to win spend and inspire people
Customers might think they don’t want to spend, but they may just need some gentle persuasion. Rebecca Thomson finds out how to get people shopping when they think they don’t want to.
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NewsComet suffers Christmas sales slump
Sales plummeted at electricals retailer Comet over Christmas and net debt rose.
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OpinionRetailers hold firm as Tesco tailspins
George MacDonald has written for Retail Week for more than 10 years, covering various sectors. He is a frequent TV and radio commentator on retail trends and issues.
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NewsDixons holds its own against supermarkets
Dixons boss John Browett maintained the electricals retailer has beaten off competition from the supermarkets through its renewed focus on customer service.
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NewsComet schedules meeting with trade credit insurers
Comet is set to meet with trade credit insurers next week as the electricals retailer tries to determine whether they will carry on offering cover to its suppliers once the business is sold to OpCapita next month.
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Komplett acquires stake in Blush
Online electronics retailer Komplett has acquired a stake in Blush, an online health and beauty retailer. Komplett chief executive Ole Vinje said: “This is a whole new product category for us. Blush offers consumer products for beauty and wellness that are easy to order and, not least, easy to have ...
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NewsDixons' like-for-likes fall over Christmas
Electricals group Dixons’ like-for-like sales slid in its core UK market over Christmas but the retailer said it performed better than rivals.
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GalleryPhones 4U, Oxford Street
Phones 4U midway along Oxford Street has been around for a long time and probably isn’t the first place that might spring to mind when considering visual merchandising novelty.
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AnalysisBeating a UK retreat
As Best Buy officially pulls out of the UK this weekend, Charlotte Hardie considers why it and many other international big shots have failed in their bid to conquer the UK.
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NewsMaplin posts jump in like-for-likes for December
Maplin delivered a jump in like-for-likes of 1.4% for the Christmas period, as online sales soared 21%.
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NewsNew appointments as Phones 4u posts strong growth in fourth quarter
Following a strong finish to 2011, the UK’s leading mobile phone retailer Phones 4u has made three high-profile management appointments.
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NewsRetail businesses in administration set to rise in coming months, warns BRC
The rise in business rates in April will fuel growth in the number of retail businesses going into administration, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned.
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Opinion2012: Challenging times ahead
One of the challenges of writing an article is that you are given a theme and asked to write 350 words on that subject.
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Harvey Norman launches Irish website offshore
Household and electronics goods retailer Harvey Norman has launched an Irish website offshore through which Australian consumers avoid paying the goods and service tax.Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey has expressed his concerns about the rise of international online shopping and its effect on the Australian retail market. He conceded the ...
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OpinionNext shows how to weather the new year
As far as retailers are concerned, Father Christmas seems to have got stuck in the chimney.