All Electricals articles – Page 136
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Best Buy promises opening weekend bonanza
US electricals giant Best Buy opens its doors to the public for the first time on Friday and will mark the occasion with four days of activities over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
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Argos to launch interactive TV buyers guide
Argos is to launch an interactive TV buyers’ guide on the web to take advantage of the expected increase in TV sales in the build-up to the World Cup.
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Choking on his cornflakes
Scott Wheway remembered my prediction that Best Buy wouldn’t have it all it’s own way in the UK, and is determined to prove it wrong.
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Carphone Warehouse bullish ahead of Best Buy opening
Carphone Warehouse Group has reported like for like sales up 3% in its European business in its fourth quarter, as the group gears up to open its first Best Buy store in the UK this Friday.
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Best Buy confirms plan to sell electric cars in UK
Electricals giant Best Buy, which opens its first big box store in the UK next week, is to sell electric cars and motorbikes and similar products as part of its ‘green technology’ offer.
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Rivals dent Maplin’s multichannel sales
Electricals retailer Maplin suffered a sharp fall in multichannel sales last year, in stark contrast to its rivals.
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John Lewis first to market with 3D TV
Department store group John Lewis has become the first retailer to start selling 3D televisions.
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First Labi flagship for Shinjuku
Japanese consumer electronics retailer Yamada Denki has opened its first Labi flagship store in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district.The 84,820 sq ft store is spread over nine floors and is expected to generate annual sales of ¥50bn (£342m). The store has a special dedicated area devoted to women in order to attract ...
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TalkTalk opens first retail outlet
TalkTalk has opened its first retail outlet, a customer experience centre, in Broadwick Street in Soho, London today.
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Best Buy brings forward UK debut
Electricals giant Best Buy is to open its first UK store earlier than expected - a week on Friday, April 30.
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Technosila could fall to bank control
Electronics retailer Technosila could end up in the hands of MDM Bank as the retailer is not able to pay off its debts.The bank is also expected to receive controlling stakes in Business PRO, Technosila’s main wholesaler, and Multibank, which provided express loans in Technosila stores. MDM Bank has been ...
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Komplett sells Dutch, Belgian and Irish operations
Norway’s online and mail order electronics retailer Komplett has completed the sale of its operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland to Dutch sector player ParaDigit Holding BV.The takeover also includes a licence agreement that allows ParaDigit to use the Komplett name for its online operations. The Norwegian retailer has ...
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Food inflation falls to three-year low
Food inflation fell to a three-year low and overall shop price inflation slowed in March to 1.2% from 1.7% in February according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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Apple sells 300,000 iPads in one day
Apple sold 300,000 of its new iPad device on its launch day on Saturday, falling short of some expectations.
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Opinion
Same old same old in electricals
Travelling to Mumbai and Toronto in the same week gives the opportunity to see different sides of the retail spectrum and to compare what is on offer with what happens in the UK. And one of the unifying factors of these two wildly opposite cities is the manner in which they treat the business of selling electricals.
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Sex scandals spice up demand for Pixmania’s spying devices
Celebrity sex scandals have sparked a spike in sales of spying and eavesdropping products at electricals specialist DSGi as suspicious partners keep an eye on their other halves.
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Retail chiefs forecast slow consumer recovery
Retail chiefs including Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose, Next chief executive Simon Wolfson and New Look chief executive Carl McPhail have warned against expecting a consumer recovery this year, a report has found.
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Comet to provide free IT training to 50,000 OAPs
Comet has committed to providing free IT training for 50,000 senior citizens as the first retailer to sign-up to work with the Race Online 2012 initiative led by Martha Lane Fox.
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Best Buy to open first UK store in May
Best Buy will begin opening its big box stores in this country in May.
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John Lewis reports strong home sales
Sales at John Lewis department stores rose 15.8% last week to £51.4m, helped by strong sales of home products.