All Entertainment articles – Page 44
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NewsOnline giant Amazon faces union wrath as demos planned for tomorrow
One of the UK’s biggest trade unions, GMB, is staging an attack on online retailer Amazon tomorrow with demonstrations planned outside of its nine distribution depots.
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OpinionComment: Should Waterstones take a leaf out of Amazon’s book?
After Waterstones revealed a £37.3m loss this week, the question on everyone’s most people’s lips is what can a company selling products so hugely impacted by the digital market do to ensure that they, not only survive, but thrive, in this new online world?
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NewsHMV administrator Deloitte makes CEO Trevor Moore redundant
Former HMV chief executive Trevor Moore has been made redundant by the collapsed entertainment retailer’s administrator Deloitte after just six months in the role.
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NewsHMV administrator Deloitte makes 60 further head office job cuts
HMV’s administrator has made a further 60 redundancies at head office, bringing the total number of job cuts at the struggling entertainment retailer to 1,180.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What retail must learn from HMV’s Twitter meltdown
Social media can be a useful tool in building a retailer’s brand but HMV’s rogue tweets should be a wake-up call to those not yet fully engaged with the channel.
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NewsHMV to shut 66 loss-making stores
HMV’s administrator will close 66 stores over the next one to two months, putting 930 jobs on the line.
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NewsWaterstones boss says bookseller 'will not chase share' as losses widen
Waterstones’ boss has insisted the bookseller will not “chase share” at the expense of margins as it reported widening losses at the business in the year to April 28, 2012.
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NewsWaterstones restructures as it creates new retail director role
Books retailer Waterstones has restructured as it head of books Rik McShane is promoted to the newly created role of retail director.
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NewsFormer Borders boss opens new retail venture
Former Borders chief executive Philip Downer has opened a new gifts, books and homeware store, Calliope Gifts.
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NewsNightclub stake sale completes disposal of HMV Live business
HMV administrator Deloitte has sold the collapsed entertainment retailer’s share in its G-A-Y bars and Heaven nightclubs signalling the end of its live division.
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NewsUp to 100 HMV shops face closure as axe falls on store staff
Up to 100 HMV stores are set to close when their stock is sold, administrators will tell staff of the collapsed retailer this week, pulling the plug on 1,500 jobs.
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OpinionComment: Lessons from HMV's Twitter debacle
If it wasn’t such a damning indictment of retailers’ understanding of social media, there would be a delicious irony to be enjoyed in Thursday’s decidedly cautionary tale told by HMV’s staff through its Twitter account.While HMV executives drafted cautiously worded emails to investors, innovation experts supplied us with endless post ...
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AnalysisAnalysis: What will the music stores of the future look like?
When HMV fell into administration, the future of record stores on many British high streets was thrown into question. How can retailers adapt to today’s entertainment consumers?
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NewsHMV cuts 190 jobs at head office and distribution network
Job cuts have begun at collapsed retailer HMV’s head office as staff took to Twitter to reveal the “mass execution”.
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NewsHMV: Deadline today for expressions of interest as job cuts loom
HMV administrator Deloitte has set a deadline of today for confirmation of expressions of interest in the collapsed entertainment retailer but a round of job cuts is expected by the end of the week.
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NewsAmazon sales soar over Christmas as customers go digital
Digital books helped Amazon experience a bumper Christmas as global sales soared 22% to $21.27bn in its fourth quarter while physical book sales growth stalled.
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NewsRBS chief defends two-year support for HMV before its collapse
Royal Bank of Scotland boss Derek Sach has defended the bank’s strategy to lend support to HMV, keeping it out of bankruptcy for two years, before it collapsed this month.
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NewsWaterstones serves up some goodwill
After HMV and Blockbuster’s collapses last week, the entertainment sector is in trouble and it looks as if Waterstones is thinking of opening a soup kitchen in stores.
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NewsShopper support and discounts drive 45% like-for-like surge at HMV
HMV’s like-for-likes have surged since its collapse, rocketing 45% in recent days as shoppers took advantage of discounts and also showed support for the beleaguered entertainment retailer.
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OpinionComment: A refocus on music should have been a priority for HMV
In 2002, Beverley Knight released her signature single Shoulda Woulda Coulda. It reached number 10 in the charts, because back then record stores still sold singles.