All Entertainment articles – Page 88
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NewsNew Look snaps up Borders stores
Fast-fashion retailer New Look is to take on five stores earmarked for disposal by beleaguered bookseller Borders UK, including its prominent flagship store on London’s Oxford Street.
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NewsTopman to sell music in Rough Trade deal
Topman is to sell music at its flagship Oxford Street store in a deal with iconic London music independent Rough Trade Retail Group.
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NewsGamestation to use Game EPoS system
Gamestation is to move to the same EPoS platform as its sister fascia Game as part of the integration of the two businesses’ operating and distribution platforms.
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NewsGame splits City opinion as sales suffer a surprise slump
Analysts are divided over entertainment retailer Game’s prospects after a sales plunge shocked the market.
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British Bookshops in consultation with store staff
British Bookshops and Stationers has put most of its 600-plus store staff in consultation.
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NewsRetail collapses trigger £1bn losses for Crown Estate
The collapse of retailers in the recession has contributed to the Queen’s Crown Estate suffering a £1bn loss.
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NewsBritish Bookshops and Stationers puts 600 staff in consultation
British Bookshops and Stationers has put most of its 600-plus shop staff in consultation after making nearly a third of its head office staff redundant last month.
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NewsVirgin Megastores’ losses revealed
Music chain Virgin Megastores made operating losses of more than £300m, according to documents filed at Companies House.
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NewsShoppers flock to buy Michael Jackson music
Entertainment retailers have reported a surge in sales of Michael Jackson’s albums after the sudden death of the music legend last week.
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NewsLagging Waterstone’s fails to dampen resurgent HMV
Entertainment group HMV impressed the city with improved profits, despite difficulties at its Waterstone’s books chain.
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NewsGame like-for-like sales plummet
Computer entertainment retailer Game has reported a 15.4 per cent fall in group like-for-like sales in the 21 weeks to June 27.
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NewsHMV Group posts robust results
HMV Group delivered an 11.5 per cent rise in pre-tax profit to £63m in its full year results.
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NewsMichael Jackson’s death prompts album sales surge
The sudden death of pop legend Michael Jackson has prompted a surge in sales of his albums.
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NewsReborn Woolworths in line for profit within a year
Shop Direct Group this week resurrected Woolworths as an e-tailer and vowed to make the venture profitable in its first year of trading.
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NewsBorders UK courts suitors for sale of the business
An information memorandum is understood to have been sent out for book retailer Borders UK, which could result in a potential sale of the troubled retailer.
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Barnes & Noble scales back its expansion plans
Bookseller Barnes & Noble has scaled back its expansion plans in the recession. America’s largest book chain by sales had planned to open 35 superstores this year, but now has only 15 in the pipeline. Most of these are replacing existing branches that have closed or are being relocated.Barnes & ...
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NewsWHSmith and Tesco slammed over Josef Fritzl book
WHSmith and Tesco have both come under fire after displaying a book about notorious Austrian criminal Josef Fritzl as a suggested Father’s Day gift.