All Entertainment articles – Page 111
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News
Zavvi to branch out as games drive sales
Entertainment retailer Zavvi is poised to broaden its product ranges after phenomenal growth in game sales helped it rack up a strong Christmas performance.
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Opinion
Browett has a long road ahead
Crucial as it is, making the sale is the final point in the retail chain. Knowing what to buy – and buying at the right price – is the starting point.
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Woolworths stock checker proves a hit with shoppers
Woolworths’ recently launched stock-checking system has won support from both customers and staff.
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Games propel Zavvi to strong Christmas
Entertainment retailer Zavvi enjoyed a strong first Christmas, driven by spectacular growth in game sales.
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Opinion
The Retail Week - January 4, 2008
DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?
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Opinion
The Retail Week – January 4, 2008
DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?
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Opinion
Still basking in the warm glow of Christmas
Christmas has been and gone and it was really busy here. We all had a great time. A surprise big seller was Russell Brand’s autobiography My Booky Wook. The comic seems to be on TV every day and public interest in him has been phenomenal – he’s definitely captured the ...
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Play.com offshoot ups ante against Amazon
Play.com has intensified its march on Amazon’s market share as it aims to double the size of its product exchange site PlayTrade.
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Music download sales double in 2007
UK consumers downloaded nearly 50 per cent more music tracks in 2007, helped by a end-of-year surge in iPod sales.
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Play.com to launch music download service
Play.com is set to launch a rival to Apple’s iTunes, called PlayDigital, which will offer up to 1 million songs for customers to download.
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Game on course to double profits
Specialist retailer Game is set to smash profit estimates, the company said in a trading update this morning.
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Record Christmas for Amazon
E-tail giant Amazon.co.uk broke all its sales records this festive season, receiving orders for 950,000 items in the run-up to Christmas.
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AnalysisPromises, promises: retailers fulfilling pre-Christmas online orders
Fulfilling online orders placed just days before Christmas sounds like a nightmare but, as Charlotte Dennis-Jones discovers, plenty of retailers believe that it can be done
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Game hits jackpot as results bedazzle City
Game chief executive Lisa Morgan expects next year to be “exceptionally good” for the computer entertainment specialist, following soaring sales this year.
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Asda takes on Amazon with online book launch
Asda has launched 300,000 book titles online to grab a bigger slice of the Amazon-dominated market.
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Analysis
Where’s the festive spirit?
Running a first-class store operation during the Christmas period is a challenge. Charlotte Dennis-Jones takes a walk down Oxford Street with Itim Consulting partner Simon Puryerto give their verdict on which retailers are holding up best under the festive pressure this year
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HMV chases larger slice of gaming pie
Entertainment giant HMV is set to ramp up its games offer after posting a pre-tax loss of 28.7 million in the six months to October 27.
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HMV posts pre-tax loss
HMV Group posted a pre-tax loss of 28.7 million in the six months to October 27 – excluding proceeds from the disposal of HMV Japan – in line with market expectations.