All Electricals articles – Page 162

  • Opinion

    Reinvention will be our lifeline

    2008-06-27T14:38:00Z

    Continually striving to improve everything we do will help retailers ride out this downturn

  • News

    Richer Sounds extends video demos from web to stores

    2008-06-27T12:06:00Z

    Richer Sounds is to extend its use of video demonstrations from its web site to its stores.

  • News

    Kesa: The City View

    2008-06-27T11:12:00Z

    The Anglo-French electricals combine reported a rise in retail profit of 3.1 per cent to 141.3 million in the 12 months to April 30, when revenues rose 14 per cent to 4.51 billion.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week - June 27, 2008

    2008-06-27T09:48:12Z

    A comment from DSGi chief executive John Browett in this morning’s Times caught my eye. Describing the new training programme for the company’s UK staff announced alongside yesterday’s terrible full-year results, he said: “This is not rocket science, it’s what anyone would do.”

  • Analysis

    Foot on the pedal

    2008-06-27T08:00:00Z

    Halfords’ bold poaching of David Wild from Wal-Mart indicates that it is serious about boosting its overseas presence. But that doesn’t mean it will take its eye off the UK. George MacDonald assesses the new chief’s likely impact

  • News

    HMV social networking gets closer to full launch

    2008-06-27T08:00:00Z

    Entertainment retailer HMV will next week move a step closer to the launch of its social networking web site, Getcloser.com.

  • News

    DSGi launches broadband deal to take on Carphone

    2008-06-27T08:00:00Z

    DSGi is to go head on against rival Carphone Warehouse in the mobile broadband and laptop arena by launching an initiative called Get Connected.

  • Opinion

    How good will Best Buy be?

    2008-06-27T08:00:00Z

    How typical of a journalist to accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive, but here goes.

  • News

    DSGi profits plunge

    2008-06-26T09:11:42Z

    DSGi has revealed a 30 per cent slump in pre-tax profits in the 53 weeks to May 3 and has said it will focus on cost-control and cashflow to counter the customer downturn.

  • News

    Shoppers to spend less in summer Sales

    2008-06-24T10:50:26Z

    UK shoppers will spend an average of 305.90 each in the summer Sales this year, but just 8 per cent will spend more than they did last summer, according to research by Sainsbury’s Finance.

  • News

    Kesa warns on consumer confidence

    2008-06-24T09:06:14Z

    Electricals giant Kesa has reported a 3.1 per cent increase in group retail profit to 141.3 million for its new financial year, but warned of difficult trading ahead.

  • News

    Home Retail Q1 stable but tough times ahead

    2008-06-20T12:10:00Z

    Home Retail Group recorded flat first-quarter like-for-like sales at its flagship Argos chain – ahead of expectations – but warned that the outlook remains challenging.

  • News

    OFT approves Best Buy and Carphone tie-up

    2008-06-19T15:15:13Z

    The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cleared the joint venture between Carphone Warehouse and US electricals giant Best Buy.

  • Where in the world:
    Analysis

    Purple reign

    2008-06-19T10:47:00Z

    PC World’s Enfield branch is the test bed for DSGi boss John Browett’s plans to revive the group’s computing brand. John Ryan goes to the north London suburbs to investigate

  • News

    Amplifon starts rapid rebranding of UK portfolio

    2008-06-19T10:20:43Z

    Amplifon, the Italian retailer and distributor of hearing aids and related services, is to start rebranding its 147 UK stores this week.

  • News

    Maplin sales rocket as rest of sector suffers

    2008-06-19T10:09:58Z

    Maplin has unveiled bumper sales and profits and forecast continued growth, despite the economic downturn and seismic change in the electricals sector.

  • News

    May online sales hit £4.5 billion

    2008-06-19T08:28:02Z

    Online spending in May rose to more than 4.5 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent on April, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.

  • News

    Best Buy to roll out Best Buy Mobile to all stores

    2008-06-17T15:18:31Z

    Best Buy, the US electricals giant that snapped up half of Carphone Warehouse’s retail business last month for 1.1 billion, has announced a drop in first-quarter earnings.

  • News

    3G iPhone sparks massive interest

    2008-06-17T09:50:08Z

    Interest in the next generation 3G iPhone is almost four times than that for its 2G predecessor according to mobile phone retailer O2.

  • News

    DSGi credit rating cut

    2008-06-17T09:36:43Z

    DSGi’s credit rating has been cut on the back of its decreasing operating profit margin.