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Best Buy to close all Best Buy-bannered stores in China and Turkey
Electricals giant Best Buy is to close all Best Buy-bannered stores in China and Turkey, as well as its headquarters in Shanghai. The move is aimed at saving some $70m (£43.4m) by fiscal 2013. The retailer said its future plans in China would focus on its Five Star operations - ...
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NewsDixons planning to open second Black store in central London
Dixons is understood to be opening a second Black store to be located in central London in the second half of this year, following the launch of its trend and fashion-led trial shop in December last year.
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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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GalleryHannSpree, Westfield London
Ever considered buying a crab-shaped TV, pincers included? A visit to HannSpree might make this improbable prospect at least a possibility.
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at… Fonehouse
The inside view from operations director Stuart Ferguson
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NewsEverything Everywhere to trial dual-branded stores
Everything Everywhere, the joint-venture partnership between T-Mobile and Orange, is to trial dual-branded stores in April.
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OpinionBest Buy beats a retreat
Many of the world’s biggest retail names have been humbled when, bolstered by strength in domestic markets, they are emboldened to venture overseas.
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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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NewsPhones 4u sale process resurrected
Mobile phones retailer Phones 4u could be sold within weeks to private equity firm BC Partners after talks have been resurrected to buy the retailer, according to reports.
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AnalysisThe Dixons family tree
Lord Kalms created an academy for high flyers at Dixons. Charlotte Hardie traces the company’s family tree and speaks to its founder about how it became a finishing school for the retail elite
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Opinion
Carphone Warehouse completes roll-out of loss prevention software
Carphone Warehouse has completed the roll-out of its loss prevention software geared towards preventing employee theft by implementing it in Germany.
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NewsCPI inflation rises to 4%
Consumer prices index (CPI) inflation rose to 4% in January, up from 3.7% in December.
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NewsJohn Lewis reports 'pleasing' start to new financial year
Sales at department store chain John Lewis rose last week as its new financial year kicked off.
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OpinionBest Buy thinks outside the box
It is less than a year since US electricals giant Best Buy planted its flag in this country in partnership with Carphone Warehouse with its first big-box store in Thurrock.
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Yamada Denki sales soar 11.5% to £12.2bn
Consumer electronics retailer Yamada Denki said sales soared 11.5% to¥1.66trn (£12.2bn) in the nine months to December 31.Operating profit increased by 77.7% to ¥97.6bn (£720m), while net profit rocketed 75.6% to ¥61.9bn (£456m).
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AnalysisMary Portas: Queen of shops or enemy of retailers?
Mary Portas’ new series, Secret Shopper, has incurred the wrath of retailers. But the ‘queen of shops’ remains defiant.
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NewsFonehouse hunts new stores as old ones are refitted
Mobile phone retailer Fonehouse is ramping up the roll-out of its new store format as it plans to triple its store count by early next year.
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NewsEverything Everywhere to test stores under own name
Everything Everywhere, the business formed by the merger of T-mobile and Orange, is to pilot stores under its own name in five locations.