All Electricals articles – Page 167
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AnalysisPurple reign
PC World’s Enfield branch is the test bed for DSGi boss John Browett’s plans to revive the group’s computing brand. John Ryan goes to the north London suburbs to investigate
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News
Amplifon starts rapid rebranding of UK portfolio
Amplifon, the Italian retailer and distributor of hearing aids and related services, is to start rebranding its 147 UK stores this week.
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News
Maplin sales rocket as rest of sector suffers
Maplin has unveiled bumper sales and profits and forecast continued growth, despite the economic downturn and seismic change in the electricals sector.
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News
May online sales hit £4.5 billion
Online spending in May rose to more than 4.5 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent on April, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
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News
Best Buy to roll out Best Buy Mobile to all stores
Best Buy, the US electricals giant that snapped up half of Carphone Warehouse’s retail business last month for 1.1 billion, has announced a drop in first-quarter earnings.
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News
3G iPhone sparks massive interest
Interest in the next generation 3G iPhone is almost four times than that for its 2G predecessor according to mobile phone retailer O2.
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News
DSGi credit rating cut
DSGi’s credit rating has been cut on the back of its decreasing operating profit margin.
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Opinion
Game on or time to sell?
When computer entertainment specialist Game reports on trading next month, consumer favourites such as Grand Theft Auto and the Nintendo Wii should have driven sales skywards yet again.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – June 13, 2008
If this week’s stream of negative news from retailers proved one thing, it’s that the ties that bind the retail sector and the housing market run deep.
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News
Tesco combines school and club voucher schemes
Tesco is to merge its two voucher schemes to create one bumper offer, following feedback from participating schools and clubs.
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News
Carphone: Best Buy tie-up will bolster business
Carphone Warehouse has said its partnership with Best Buy will enable it to offset challenges presented by the downturn, after it reported a cautious outlook because of falling broadband demand.
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GalleryPC World – Enfield
Where in the world? Enfield actually. This is DSGi’s latest attempt to provide a new shopping environment for its customers.
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News
Orange adds stores as it restructures UK arm
Mobile phone retailer Orange will increase store numbers by more than a fifth as part of the restructuring of its UK business.
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News
Morgan Stanley turns positive, but upbeat sentiment shortlived
Bullish noises from Morgan Stanley bolstered sentiment towards store groups, but food and general retailers’ shares moved little over the week.
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Opinion
Jessops at last regains its focus
Camera specialist Jessops is finally catching up with the sector in which it operates. Selling cameras – which these days are updated at a similar rate to mobile phones – requires a fast-paced and flexible operation. And that is what executive chairman David Adams is striving to achieve.
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News
Orange to review stores and operations
Mobile phone network operator Orange is understood to be poised for an overhaul of its stores and operations under new chief executive Tom Alexander.
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News
DSGi chief operating officer joins as consultant only
DSGi chief operating officer Patrick Macdonald, who was due to take up his present role at the electricals retailer permanently, has joined only as a part-time consultant.
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News
Jessops sales plummet after stores close
Struggling camera chain Jessops sales slumped 24.7 per cent to 134.8 million in the six months to March 30.
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Opinion
A culture shock is well overdue
DSGi boss John Browett had to put up with some mickey-taking about his pledge to “transform the very DNA” of the electricals group.
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News
Browett’s plan for DSGi fails to impress the City
Analysts sharply marked down electricals group DSGi’s shares after chief executive John Browett unveiled his turnaround strategy last week.