All Entertainment articles – Page 81
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NewsRetailers compete for share of £1.6bn Valentine’s sales bonanza
Retailers are gunning for a £1.6bn pay day from Valentine’s Day sales this weekend, with grocers hoping cash-strapped lovers eat at home rather than go out to a restaurant.
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NewsRetailers back Haiti charity single
Retailers including Marks & Spencer, House of Fraser and BHS have joined entertainment retailers in stocking the Helping Haiti charity single, which is tipped to be one of the biggest selling songs of the past decade.
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NewsThe Book People agrees £15m asset-backed loan deal
Direct bookseller The Book People has secured a £15m asset-based loan facility from specialist lender Burdale to support current and future working capital requirements.
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NewsAmazon hires new entertainment chief
Amazon has hired former head of Cdiscount.co.uk Andy Jones as had of its home entertainment arm in the UK as the etail giant’s sales and profits soar.
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NewsHMV acquires Mama Group
HMV has acquired Mama Group after receiving an adequate level of acceptance from the live music group’s shareholders.
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NewsJessops Plc delists as it moves to wind down
Jessops Plc officially delisted from the London Stock Exchange last week as shareholders voted to wind up the company after the core store business was sold to new company Snap Equity in September.
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AnalysisChristmas trading: Cause for celebration
To their relief, most retailers pulled off a good Christmas after a fraught year. As the festive trading season nears its end, Lisa Berwin examines the key findings from OC&C’s Christmas Trading Index
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NewsWHSmith festive sales slide but book market share grows
WHSmith has gained share in a dismal books market in which rival Borders collapsed and the boss of Waterstone’s stepped down following a terrible Christmas.
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NewsGame enters social networking arena
Entertainment retailer Game is trialling a social networking site.
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Apple iPad to shake up books market
Apple has unveiled the much-anticipated iPad that it said will ignite the e-books market.
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NewsTesco in film industry deal
Supermarket group Tesco is to extend its reach into the film sector.
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NewsONS reports worse than expected December sales
Retail sales volumes in December rose 0.3% compared to November, below than the 1.1% lift expected by analysts, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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AnalysisWhere next for Waterstone’s?
The bookseller’s boss is out after dire Christmas trading and online rivals are a growing threat. George MacDonald asks if Waterstone’s has a future
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OpinionThe Hub of Waterstone’s troubles
Investors should ponder whether the main HMV board have shown the right level of interest in their book operation.
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NewsAmazon opens up music downloads to Android users
Amazon UK has launched a mobile application that allows customers with Google Android-based mobile phones to buy and download music from Amazon’s MP3 music store.
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NewsWaterstone's commercial director exits
Waterstone’s has made further management changes, with commercial director Neil Jewsbury leaving the business less than a week after managing director Gerry Johnson exited.
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NewsSnow does non-food retailers no favours
Non-food retailers’ trading has been disrupted over the past week by heavy snowfall as staff struggled to get to work and customers avoided venturing out to take advantage of the January Sales.
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NewsChristmas like-for-likes plummet at Game
Computer entertainment specialist Game reported a like-for-like sales slump of 17.5% in the UK and Ireland after disappointing Christmas trading.
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AnalysisJanuary Sales: Which retailers delivered the goods for bargain hunters?
The January Sales season started earlier than ever this year, but when consumers hit the shops which retailers were really delivering the goods?
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NewsWaterstone’s boss exits after sales plunge
Entertainment group HMV has parted company with Gerry Johnson, managing director of its Waterstone’s books chain which suffered poor Christmas sales.