All Entertainment articles – Page 105
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Borders invests in store communications IT
Borders is to implement a store communication system as part of the software refresh it is undertaking this year.
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DVD sales rocket
DVD sales continue to soar, with first-quarter sales up 3.3 per cent on the same period last year.
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PC World facelift to be rolled out
DSGi will roll out its revamped PC World shop format to the entire 160-store chain as it aims to reinvigorate flagging sales at the computing brand.
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HMV profits rocket in first turnaround year
HMV Group delivered a strong set of full-year results, but warned that growth could slow in the next year.
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Game sales rocket
Entertainment retailer Game has released a stellar first-half trading statement, with sales ahead of expectations.
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Rubik's Cube to be Christmas best-seller
Vintage 1980s toy the Rubik’s Cube is likely to be a Christmas bestseller, according to variety store group Woolworths.
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HMV Group profits soar
HMV Group has revealed profits, before tax and exceptional items, have climbed 25.2 per cent, up from 45.2 million to 56.6 million for the year to April 26.
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Opinion
Reinvention will be our lifeline
Continually striving to improve everything we do will help retailers ride out this downturn
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Richer Sounds extends video demos from web to stores
Richer Sounds is to extend its use of video demonstrations from its web site to its stores.
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Zavvi poised to launch first Sale
Zavvi will tomorrow begin its first Sale since rebranding from Virgin Megastores in September, joining a raft of high street retailers that have started deep discounting to encourage sales.
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EBTM hires chief to build on growth as it posts first profit
Music-inspired multichannel retailer EBTM has appointed a new chief operating officer to drive growth as the company made a profit for the first time.
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Home Retail Q1 stable but tough times ahead
Home Retail Group recorded flat first-quarter like-for-like sales at its flagship Argos chain – ahead of expectations – but warned that the outlook remains challenging.
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Hamleys’ Jordan opening kick-starts expansion
World-famous toy shop Hamleys opened a three-floor shop in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Wednesday.
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Woolies seeks new chief as Bish-Jones makes shock exit
Woolworths chief executive Trevor Bish-Jones’ shock decision to stand down has prompted fevered speculation about who might succeed him in one of retail’s most challenging roles.
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New Works chief sets out on revival mission
Endless, the private equity company that rescued The Works from administration last month, has sold half its stake in the discount bookseller to retail entrepreneur Anthony Solomon.
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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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Bish-Jones steps down from Woolies
Trevor Bish-Jones is stepping down as chief executive of Woolworths.
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EBTM profits soar
Multichannel music retailer EBTM has increased its revenue 401 per cent to 6.7 million in its full-year results, driven by acquisitions it made last year.
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Borders to sell three overseas businesses
Borders is to offload a raft of its overseas businesses and slash 20 per cent of its workforce as it implements its strategic review.
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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.