All Electricals articles – Page 152
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News
Electricals and toys bolster salesat Shop Direct
Electricals and toys lifted sales over Christmas at Shop Direct Group.
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Analysis
Video: DSGi opens joint Currys and PC World format
DSGi is trialling a joint Currys and PC World format in Weybridge, Surrey. Retail Week took a tour of the new store.
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Opinion
Pre-pack abuse needs to end
Retailers face many injustices, some real, others perceived. But they don’t come much bigger than this. One of your biggest rivals – which has been in administration and then bought out – has a store on a major high street. And you’re paying their rent.
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News
Carphone enjoys UK sales growth but margins suffer
Carphone Warehouse's retail arm Best Buy Europe has reported an 8.3 per cent increase in UK like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to December 27.
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News
Like-for-likes plummet at DSGi
Electricals giant DSG International has reported a 10 per cent fall in like-for-like sales in the 12 weeks to January 10, with double-digit falls at both Currys and PC World. However, the company's post-Christmas Sale started well.
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News
DSGi restructures executive team
Electricals retailer DSGi has dramatically overhauled its executive team ahead of revealing what is expected to be its poorest Christmas trading performance since the last recession.
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News
John Lewis sales rocket 27%
John Lewis has delivered a barnstorming start to its clearance with weekly sales soaring 27.4 per cent on the previous year.
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News
Negative trading statements soar in fourth quarter
Stores unveiled a record number of negative trading updates during the the fourth quarter of 2008 – a figure that has only ever been equalled in the first quarter of 2005.
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News
Retail rents fall for first time in 15 years
Retail rents fell for the first time in 15 years in 2008 and are not expected to return to growth until 2013.
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News
Tesco to launch £100 million sale on Boxing Day
Tesco is the latest in a long line of retailers to announce its biggest ever sale.
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News
Retailers' pre-Christmas Sales to hit new record
Retailers will embark on the biggest ever pre-Christmas Sales drive from now until Christmas Eve in a last-ditch attempt to lure shoppers onto the high street.
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News
Hundreds of retailers poised to collapse next year
Hundreds of retailers will hit the buffers next year as the recession kicks in, according to a retail insolvency expert.
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News
Mixed reports on crucial weekend trading
There have been mixed reports this morning about weekend trading that retailers hoped would bring a last minute Christmas rush onto the high street.
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News
Retail insolvency practice set for reform
Retail insolvency regulations will come into force next year, designed to stymie quick sales of retailers in administration.
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News
BrightHouse makes appointment to drive business change
BrightHouse has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Simon Mouncer as head of business change and IT.
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News
Kesa profits plummet on poor performance in UK and Spain
Kesa unveiled a lacklustre set of first-half results after the electricals group’s performance was dragged down by its UK and Spanish operations.
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News
Best Buy announces redundancy plans as profits slump
US electricals giant Best Buy is offering voluntary redundancy to its 4,000 head office staff and will halve capex after profits slumped and sales fell in its third quarter.
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News
Kesa profits slump as Comet posts a loss
Electrical giant Kesa’s retail profit has slumped 71.2 per cent to 13 million in the six months to October 31.
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News
Discounts fail to lift sales in London in November
Sales in London took a hit in November as discounts and promotions across retail stores failed to tempt shoppers to spend.
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Opinion
David Ross row won’t hurt Carphone Warehouse
Carphone Warehouse shares hit a five and a half year low on Monday as controversy raged over co-founder David Ross’s treatment of shares.