All Entertainment articles – Page 40
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NewsRetail sales estimates revised dramatically upwards as economy improves
Retail sales estimates for the next six months have been revised dramatically upwards as the uptick in the economy gains momentum.
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OpinionComment: What the recent positive economic data says about a retail recovery
In recent weeks, our newspapers have been awash with positive indicators suggesting the difficult economic climate is starting to improve.
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OpinionComment: BRC's Helen Dickinson - How we're stepping up a gear on business rates
The BRC has been banging the drum for a business rates freeze for several years now. We’ve worked hard with campaign partners but we’ve reached a point where we felt a rethink was needed.
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AnalysisSpecialist kids’ stores: What do retailers need to know?
Foot Locker is to launch its kids-only fascia in the UK on the back of a more resilient retail market for juniors.
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NewsHMV hires managing director for loyalty programme as it relaunches
HMV owner Hilco has hired Dan Truscott as managing director of its soon-to-be-relaunched customer loyalty programme, Pure.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Amazon, Spar and Morrisons
Retail news round-up August 8, 2013: Amazon introduces digital downloads for video games, Spar UK to launch first TV ad campaign in four years, and Morrisons retains ad agency after review.
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NewsTesco to ramp up Blinkbox marketing with in-store campaign
Movie streaming site Blinkbox is to strengthen its links with parent Tesco with a series of in-store promotions.
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AnalysisIn the news: HMV new digital boss James Coughlan profiled
Former Vodafone executive James Coughlan has been appointed to head up HMV’s new digital business. Retail Week takes a look at the entertainment retailer’s new hire.
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NewsHMV hires former Vodafone executive James Coughlan for digital launch
HMV owner Hilco Capital has hired former Vodafone executive James Coughlan to head its new digital business, which is set to launch in October, Retail Week can reveal.
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OpinionComment: What Bezos's Washington Post deal says about retail and HMV
Amazon is as much a media business as it is a retailer, so are there retail lessons to be learned from the etailer’s founder Jeff Bezos’s acquisition of US newspaper the Washington Post?
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NewsHMV to return to its original Oxford Street store
HMV has confirmed it is to return to 363 Oxford Street where it opened its first store more than 90 years ago.
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NewsConsumer confidence in July soars to highest level since 2010
Consumer confidence in July rose to its highest level since April 2010 as consumers felt more positive about the economy and their finances.
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NewsGame on the hunt for Christmas pop-up stores
Game is on the hunt for a raft of pop-up stores to capitalise on a predicted video game console buying frenzy this Christmas.
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NewsFormer HMV worker turns entertainment retailer on its head with new store
A former HMV staffer in Londonderry, who worked for the entertainment retailer before its administration, irked the brand’s owners by opening a shop called HVM.
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NewsTesco-owned Blinkbox offers free pilot episodes promotion
Tesco-owned video streaming service Blinkbox is offering a ‘try before you buy’ deal where customers can watch the pilot episodes of series before purchasing.
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AnalysisOnline retail searches: What do retailers need to know
The BRC Google Online Retail Monitor today revealed that the total number of retail searches on Google jumped 15% in the second quarter of 2013. Retail Week takes a closer look.
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NewsFormer HMV worker forced to change name of HVM start-up
A former HMV worker who opened an entertainment shop called HVM has been forced to flip the shop’s fascia upside down after HMV complained.
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NewsBookseller Ottakar's founder James Heanage releases his own novel
We haven’t heard much from James Heneage, the founder of Ottakar’s, since the bookseller was sold to Waterstones in 2006.
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NewsGrocers snap up HMV's entertainment market share following store closures
The grocers have snatched market share from HMV after its store closures sent it slipping down to the UK’s fifth largest entertainment retailer.
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NewsWHSmith trials franchising to expand its store network
WHSmith has started a trial franchising of its brand to independent newsagents in a bid to expand its network.