All Electricals articles – Page 138

  • Warranties
    Analysis

    Insurance: Got it covered

    2010-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The Competition Commission may have restricted the marketing of extended warranties, but insurance products still play an important role on the high street.

  • Best Buy
    News

    Best Buy picks UK merchandise system

    2010-01-15T00:00:00Z

    US electricals giant Best Buy has selected to use a merchandise system for the roll-out of its UK stores.

  • Currys
    Analysis

    January Sales: Which retailers delivered the goods for bargain hunters?

    2010-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The January Sales season started earlier than ever this year, but when consumers hit the shops which retailers were really delivering the goods?

  • Currys
    News

    DSGi smashes Christmas expectations

    2010-01-14T09:02:00Z

    DSG International has reported like-for-like sales up 8% in the 12 weeks to January 9 with a record-breaking Christmas in the UK in key categories.

  • BrightHouse enjoys strong festive sales
    News

    BrightHouse enjoys strong festive sales

    2010-01-11T00:02:00Z

    Rent-to-own electricals and furniture retailer BrightHouse has reported a strong Christmas with like-for-like sales up 9% in the 13 weeks to December 24.

  • News

    Walmart to cut costs

    2010-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Walmart is to launch a drive to cut billions of dollars of costs from its supply chain in 2010 by combining its store purchasing across national frontiers as it attempts to globalise its business, The Financial Times reported.The effort is part of the retailer’s plans to increase the proportion of ...

  • News

    Deal between Suning and Citicall Retail Management

    2010-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Suning, one of the leading electrical appliance retailers in China, has struck a deal to buy Hong Kong-based Citicall Retail Management for $4.5m (£2.76m), sources reported. Suning is due to complete its takeover of Citicall Retail Management by March. The Shenzhen-listed enterprise wants to extend its presence in Hong Kong ...

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    News

    Best Buy unveils new-look UK website

    2010-01-06T16:48:00Z

    Best Buy UK has upgraded its website with the addition of a range of new content ahead of the opening of its first shops in this country in the spring.

  • Online sales of electricals and books are set to overtake those on the high street within 10 years
    News

    Online sales of books and electricals to overtake those on high street by 2020

    2009-12-18T10:31:00Z

    Online sales of electricals and books are set to overtake those on the high street within 10 years.

  • Dido Harding
    News

    Talk Talk poaches Sainsbury’s Dido Harding

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s has said its convenience strategy will remain on track despite the exit of its convenience director Dido Harding, and that it will appoint someone to take over her responsibilities in the new year.

  • Dyson
    Gallery

    Dyson Bluewater

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    There is a sense currently that if it’s a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, then there will be a new pop-up store on the block and last week, Wednesday saw the opening by Dyson, the vacuum cleaner people, of a temporary store in Bluewater.

  • Cometfascia
    News

    Kesa chief brushes off UK Best Buy threat

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Kesa group chief executive Thierry Falque-Pierrotin questioned the impact US electricals giant Best Buy will have in the UK as Kesa posted better than expected results.

  • Dido Harding
    News

    Sainsbury’s Dido Harding to head up TalkTalk

    2009-12-16T08:43:00Z

    Dido Harding, head of Sainsbury’s convenience stores, is to join TalkTalk – the soon to be demerged broadband arm of Carphone Warehouse, as chief executive.

  • Kesa's adjusted group pre-tax profit jumped 37% to £14.9m in the first half
    News

    Kesa records better-than-expected first half

    2009-12-16T08:35:00Z

    Electricals retailer Kesa’s has revealed a better-than-expected first half, with adjusted group pre-tax profit jumping 37% to £14.9m in the six months to October 31.

  • Best Buy's domestic stores were strongest in third quarter
    News

    Best Buy sales and profits rise in third quarter

    2009-12-15T15:03:00Z

    Electricals giant Best Buy has posted a leap in third quarter sales and profits and upped full-year earnings guidance.

  • Tesco launches the iPhone in time for Christmas
    News

    Tesco launches iPhone with £20 monthly contract

    2009-12-11T09:42:00Z

    Tesco is to sell the Apple iPhone with a £20 monthly contract in time for Christmas, in a move that could spark a price war on the high street.

  • Best Buy
    Analysis

    Can Best Buy dent locals’ dominance in China?

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    After pursuing cautious expansion in China since opening its first eponymous superstore there in 2006, Best Buy is planning to ramp up expansion in the market next year.

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    News

    Phones 4U accelerates store refit programme

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Mobile phone retailer Phones 4U plans to ramp up its store refits in the new year with the aim of completing the whole chain by the middle of 2010.

  • VAT to return to 17.5% in January
    News

    VAT to return to 17.5% in January

    2009-12-09T13:53:00Z

    Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed in his pre-budget report that VAT will return to 17.5% on January 1, 2010.

  • danaher tim cutout
    Opinion

    Can’t win ’em all

    2009-12-08T11:14:00Z

    Nokia’s failure to make its Regent Street store work shows that a great location is no guarantee of retail success.