All Entertainment articles – Page 76
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NewsBlockbuster to sell electricals
Blockbuster UK is to start selling mobile phones, iPods and TV sets alongside the selling and renting of DVDs and games.
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NewsFoyles profits rocket
Bookseller Foyles has experienced a surge in profits in the year to June 30.
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NewsBlockbuster files for bankruptcy in the US
Updated: US film and games rental chain Blockbuster has filed for bankruptcy protection as it strives to cut its debts and ensure the survival of the business.
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NewsAmazon in bid for Lovefilm
Amazon is understood to have made a takeover offer for online movie rental firm Lovefilm, valuing the business at close to £200m.
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NewsHMV hopes Christmas will halt sales plunge
HMV anticipates a good Christmas despite like-for-likes at its eponymous entertainment chain plunging 14.9% in the first quarter.
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NewsPotential buyers sit tight as Blockbuster awaits its fate
Uncertainty dogs up-for-sale DVD firm’s Christmas prospects as US parent mulls bankruptcy
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NewsGameStop prepares UK online assault with transactional launch
The world’s biggest games retailer GameStop is preparing to launch an online assault on the UK market in time for Christmas.
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NewsGadget Shop acquisition suggests online strategy shift at WHSmith
WHSmith has bought gift and gadget brand the Gadget Shop from toy retailer The Entertainer in a move analysts believe could point to a wider shift in the stationer’s online strategy.
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NewsWorld Cup hits sales at HMV
Entertainment group HMV suffered a 14.9% like-for-like sales plunge at its eponymous UK business as the World Cup hit performance.
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NewsBlackwell to shut HQ and hand power to stores
Academic books retailer Blackwell is closing its head office and decentralising power to its individual stores as it creates a new ownership structure.
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M.Video H1 sales up 7%
Consumer electronics chain M.Video’s retail sales increased almost 7% to RUB41bn (£866m) for the first half of 2010.M.Video’s net profit more than doubled to RUB518m (£10.9m).The increase in net profit is due to lower financing costs during 2010. President and chief executive Alexander Tynkovan said: “Customers are feeling more positive ...
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US Borders Q2 like-for-likes down 6.8%
Bookseller Borders has reported results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2010. Second-quarter sales were $526.1m (£340.4m), down 11.5% compared with the same period a year ago, with like-for-like sales slumping 6.8%. Borders.com sales rocketed 56.2% year on year, up to $15.5m (£10m).The company generated a loss from continuing ...
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NewsWaterstone's founder linked to buy-back deal
Waterstone’s founder Tim Waterstone is considering a £100m-plus bid to buy the book chain from its parent HMV if it fails to turn the business around by the end of the year.
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NewsTesco to launch Nadine Coyle's debut solo album
Tesco has secured the exclusive launch of pop star Nadine Coyle’s debut solo album.
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NewsTesco ramps up promotional music campaign
Tesco is to ramp up the promotional campaign behind its exclusive Faithless album with a £100,000 push to put CDs into 420 of its petrol stations for the first time.
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NewsHMV broadens range with fashion brands offer
Entertainment group HMV is expanding its fledgling fashion offer with the introduction of a raft of big-name brands next week.
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AnalysisBrands: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again
Joining the ranks of high street failures such as Zavvi and Woolworths, high-profile retail casualty of the recession MFI is being resurrected as an online brand. But can failed or struggling brands successfully put their tattered reputations behind them and regain trust
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NewsWaterstone's to open food outlets in two stores
Bookseller Waterstone’s has confirmed it will next week open a restaurant and bar in its Deansgate branch in Manchester, as well as a new café in its Cambridge shop.
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NewsBook Depository sales up as it targets overseas
Online bookseller The Book Depository’s revenue soared 20% to £74.2m in the year to June 30 as the etailer focused on overseas territories.