All Electricals articles – Page 166
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Comet suffers first like-for-like fall in two years
Electricals retailer Comet's like-for-like sales have dropped for the first time in more than two years, as parent Kesa Electricals posted results.
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Russia’s Eldorado hit with hefty back-tax bill
Russian electricals retailer Eldorado, in which UK retailer DSGi considered investing, faces back-tax claims of up to Rub15 billion ( 312 million), which could force it to sell assets.
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RWC08: DSGi to launch Tech Guys across Europe
DSGi chairman Sir John Collins has committed to roll out the retailer’s Tech Guys service across Europe after firming plans to improve service levels across the company to retain a competitive specialist edge.
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NewsDunstone vows to fight through the downturn
Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone fired a shot across the bows of his competitors this week, vowing to weather any downturn by growing market share.
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House of Fraser opens High Wycombe store
House of Fraser will open its second store in a week on Thursday (March 13).
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AnalysisRegional retailers: Local heroes
Regional retailers may not be able to compete with the national heavyweights on size, but they have plenty else going for them. Katie Kilgallen takes a look at some of the most successful
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Fnac scours London for debut sites
French entertainment and electricals specialist on the hunt for debut UK store in London
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PC World on the hunt for robotics supreme
PC World has embarked on a search for a director of robotics in an effort to accelerate sales from cutting-edge products.
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DSGi’s airport Dixons stores to get makeover
DSGi has picked Leicester-based design consultancy Checkland Kindleysides to revamp its Dixons airport electricals stores.
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PPR sales rocket
Luxury retail group PPR, the owner of Gucci, has reported full-year profits ahead of forecasts and expects to achieve further growth in 2008.
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Best Buy cuts forecasts as US slowdown starts to bite
Best Buy has slashed sales and profit forecasts in what analysts believe the latest sign of the country’s retail slowdown.
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Phones 4U snaps up online rival
Mobile phone specialist Phones 4U has bought online retailer Dial-a-Phone for 9 million.
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DSGi staff rush to join share schemes
Thousands of DSGi staff are signing up to new three- and five-year share schemes, convinced that the electricals giant’s shares will increase from their present low base.
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Wal-Mart backs Sony in DVD battle
Wal-Mart has said it will no longer stock Toshiba’s HD-DVD discs and players in favour of Sony-backed rival Blu-ray.
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Opinion
The web can’t work alone
All channels should be coherent points of contact working to the same overarching agenda
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DSGi raided in Intel probe
Electricals giant DSGi had its headquarters in Hemel Hempstead raided yesterday, as part of the European Union’s investigation of chipmaker Intel.
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OpinionDownwardly mobile
Commercial Street, in central Leeds, is typical of roads in many of the UK’s larger towns and cities. Walk its relatively modest length – it will take no more than about two minutes – and you pass no fewer than six mobile phone shops.
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DSGi kicks off strategic review
DSGi has hired a consulting team to carry out a strategic review of its operations.
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Kesa to embark on buy-back mission following sale of BUT
Electricals group Kesa is to mount a share buy-back programme to reward investors following its sale of French furniture chain BUT.
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Kesa share buy-back to follow BUT sale
Electricals group Kesa expects to complete the €550 million ( 409 million) sale of French furniture chain BUT next month and will return cash to investors via a share buy-back programme.