All Electricals articles – Page 111
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OpinionLook hard enough, and retail’s glass is half full
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement will have prompted a brief sigh of relief from retailers.
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NewsStore stocks tick up as consumers fret
Store stocks of all types ticked up over the week as the market overall improved, but general retailers still significantly lag the All-share index over the year.
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OpinionLearn from the competition
Rivals can make retailers up their game and help drive innovation, says David Wild.
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NewsCo-op revamps electricals site
The Co-operative is ramping up its electricals online offer and launching click-and-collect for the first time.
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AnalysisParks and recreation
Harvester pub restaurants, banks and ‘health villages’ are popping up where once stood DIY stores and furniture shops. Mark Faithfull asks what such changes mean for the world of retail parks
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GalleryIn pictures: Everything Everywhere new store model, Westfield, London
Mobile phone retailer Everything Everywhere opens a new store model at Westfield on Monday.
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AnalysisMultichannel Now: Executive Summary
Retail Week brings you highlights of our second definitive report into the state of multichannel retailing in the UK.
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NewsMega Monday sparks battle for festive spend
Retailers have kick-started the race for online Christmas spend this week with a raft of offers as they capitalise on Mega Monday, traditionally the busiest day of the year for etailers.
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NewsDixons group losses widen despite improved UK performance
Electricals group Dixons underlying pre-tax losses widened from £6.9m to £25.3m in the 24 weeks to October 15 however the UK performance strengthened in the period.
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NewsWHSmith launches social networking e-reader Kobo Vox
WHSmith has launched Kobo Vox, a new e-reader that connects readers of the same book via Facebook and Twitter.
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NewsAmazon set to launch smartphone
Amazon is set to launch its own smartphone which could debut next year.
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Opinion
Topman and Currys/PC World’s changing faces
The best retailers work to move with the times and if this means shops that don’t conform to the norm, then so be it.
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NewsJohn Lewis reports rising spend on Christmas goods
Sales of Christmas lines have soared at John Lewis department stores this week but the retailer warned that trading conditions generally remain harsh.
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AnalysisWhat next for Comet?
After last week’s £2 sale of Comet, debate is raging over whether its new owners can turn the ailing electricals retailer around. By Rebecca Thomson.
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AnalysisAfter the riots: Retail rebuilds
It’s three months since the riots. Charlotte Hardie investigates how retailers have restored normality, and finds there’s still much to do.
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AnalysisAsset-based lending: What do retailers need to know?
Although Woolworths’ failure left asset-based lending with a hard- to-shake stigma in the UK, the Comet deal shows it is a perfectly viable form of funding.
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News
Euroset withdraws from Ukrainian market
Russian mobile phone retailer Euroset has withdrawn from the Ukrainian market, closing all its stores.Euroset has been reducing stores numbers in Ukraine since 2009. The biggest disposal was in the summer of 2010 when the company shut 150 shops. In December 2010, Euroset had 275 stores in the country and ...
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Yamada Denki posts drop in net sales
Electronics retailer Yamada Denki has posted a 2.6% drop in net sales to ¥987bn (£8.04bn) for the first half. Operating profit rose 33.8% to ¥63bn (£518.3m), while net profit increased 44.6% to ¥40.9bn (£333.5m).During the period the company introduced electric vehicles, solar panels, household lithium batteries and energy-saving equipment in ...
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NewsPhones 4u makes wi-fi available in all of its stores
Mobile phone retailer Phones 4u has made wi-fi available free in all of its UK stores.
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NewsBrightHouse refinances
BrightHouse has completed its debt refinancing, resulting in more than £100m of senior debt facilities that it will use for repayment of existing financing and working capital.