All Electricals articles – Page 167
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DSGi to cut costs with standard IT platform
DSGi has kicked off a massive IT transformation programme, in an effort to deliver multimillion-pound cost savings and operating efficiencies.
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Emergency rate cut in US helps store groups outperform at last
The US Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut – the biggest in 25 years – helped markets rise mid-week and gave store groups a lift.
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Electricals retailers to stop selling analogue TVs
Currys, Dixons and PC World will stop selling analogue televisions to focus on digital TV sets.
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Carphone rings up Christmas profit rise
Mobile phone specialist Carphone Warehouse’s tills rang out a merry Christmas, as December sales and profits climbed.
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Spending: innovation will keep it up
The way to keep consumers buying is to offer something that is different and inventive
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Share carnage is over the top
Wouldn’t life be easy running an energy business, or a rail operator? Your customers have little choice but to use your services and you can raise prices at a whim.
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Comet seasonal like-for-likes flat
Comet, the UK electricals chain owned by Anglo-French retailer Kesa, has posted like-for-like growth of 0.7 per cent for the period from November 1 to January 8.
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DSGi picks Italy chief
DSGi has appointed Mario Maiocchi as managing director of its operation in Italy.
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Browett has a long road ahead
Crucial as it is, making the sale is the final point in the retail chain. Knowing what to buy – and buying at the right price – is the starting point.
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Shares take beating as festive casualties arise
Quoted retailers suffered an unhappy new year as shocking profit warnings and panic about prospects destroyed value.
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Retail shares dive as Christmas trading statements disappoint
Wednesday brought another battering for the stores sector, which had already lost more than a tenth of its value in the previous week, as Marks & Spencer’s shares plunged 20 per cent after a damp squib Christmas.
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Opinion
The Retail Week - January 4, 2008
DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?
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Opinion
The Retail Week – January 4, 2008
DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?
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DSGi warns profit target will be missed by £50 million
Electricals giant DSGi has become the first victim of harsh Christmas trading conditions and issued a profit warning.
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DSGi to close nearly a third of UK stores, analyst forecasts
John Browett, the new chief executive of electricals group DSGi, is likely to shut as many as 200 of the retailer’s 700 UK stores, broker Credit Suisse has forecast.
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Game on course to double profits
Specialist retailer Game is set to smash profit estimates, the company said in a trading update this morning.
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Kesa enters exclusive talks to sell BUT
Anglo-French electricals giant Kesa has confirmed that it is in exclusive talks to sell its French furniture and electricals business BUT to a private equity consortium.
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Christmas spending rises
Spending by UK shoppers in the run-up to Christmas rose 3.8 per cent on last year - the best festive performance for three years, according to one of the first estimates to be published.
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Jessops ‘on track’ as like-for-likes edge up
Camera specialist Jessops, which reported plunging sales and profits last week, has managed to increase like-for-like sales in recent weeks.