All Entertainment articles – Page 29
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InterviewQ&A: Richer Sounds managing director David Robinson on a record year
David Robinson, managing director at Richer Sounds, on how the company has driven record profits and its new ‘360 degree installation service’.
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NewsRakuten launches UK site paving the way for global marketplace
Japanese etail giant Rakuten has launched its UK site today, which will next year enable merchants to sell across its global marketplaces.
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NewsFoyles sales surge 15.4% as Super Thursday gains traction with public
Foyles has recorded a sales boost from the hype created around last week’s Super Thursday event, the day publishers launched 315 books.
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OpinionComment: How WHSmith and Game are entertaining the high street
With Amazon offering same-day pick-up service for books and games, do high street entertainment retailers WH Smith and Game have a future?
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OpinionAnalysis: Never mind the carpets, WHSmith's results show it is doing well
WHSmith may be the butt of sarky humour but there is little doubting the retailer’s prowess after it reported a 9% surge in profits.
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NewsGame seeks to broaden product range by opening marketplace
Game will launch a marketplace in the first quarter of next year as it seeks to offer customers a wider range under the Game brand.
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NewsWHSmith profits surge 9% despite sales fall as it ups cost savings
WHSmith’s full-year pre-tax profits rose 9% despite a 3% like-for-like sales dip and the retailer is raising its high street cost savings target.
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NewsGame more than doubles profits after 'transformational year'
Game’s adjusted EBITDA soared 117.4% to £51.3m in what chairman David Hamid termed a “transformational year” for the newly floated retailer.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, eBay, John Lewis, Amazon and more
Retail news round-up on October 15, 2014: Tesco scandal causes buyer uncertainty, eBay lowers sales forecasts, John Lewis seeks virtual reality tech and more.
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OpinionComment: Ukip MP’s HMV comparison shows political disconnect from retail
Ukip MP Douglas Carswell’s reference to “defunct” HMV demonstrates a disconnect between the UK political scene and retail sector.
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NewsBusiness rates to increase 2.3% next year as RPI inflation rate unveiled
Business rates are poised to increase by 2.3% in 2015/16 after the Office for National Statistics released its RPI inflation figures for September.
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NewsTesco launches TV campaign positioning Hudl 2 as 'entertainment hub'
Tesco is launching TV ads for its next generation tablet computer that aim to show it as an entertainment hub that brings people together”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Super Thursday could revitalise high street bookshops
Super Thursday could give physical book sales a massive boost as shoppers become increasingly aware of the day dreamt up by book publishers.
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NewsBooksellers hope for 'Super Thursday' sales boost
Booksellers including Waterstones and Foyles are hoping to benefit from a surge of new titles that will hit the shelves today.
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NewsNickelodeon picks Leicester Square for flagship London store
Television channel Nickelodeon is launching a flagship store in London as part of a store roll-out plan that will see it introduce outlets across five continents.
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NewsTesco puts video-streaming business Blinkbox up for sale
Tesco’s new chief executive Dave Lewis has put its loss-making video-streaming business Blinkbox up for sale.
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NewsHMV reports profits of £17m in 11 months after administration
HMV is set to report operating profits of nearly £17m during the 11 months after it fell into administration last year.
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NewsAugust retail sales increase 'reflects underlying growth' in sector
Retail sales volumes increased for the seventeenth consecutive month in August, rising 0.4% and reflecting “underlying growth” in the sector.
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NewsInflation falls to 1.5% in August as supermarket price war pushes down prices
The supermarket price war has pushed prices down for another month as the CPI rate of inflation fell to 1.5% in August, from 1.6% in July.
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NewsThe Works launches click-and-collect across entire store estate
Discount retailer The Works is launching a click-and-collect service across all of its stores as it seeks to build on strong like-for-like growth.