All Electricals articles – Page 168

  • News

    DSGi warns profit target will be missed by £50 million

    2008-01-03T08:30:00Z

    Electricals giant DSGi has become the first victim of harsh Christmas trading conditions and issued a profit warning.

  • News

    DSGi to close nearly a third of UK stores, analyst forecasts

    2008-01-02T13:13:17Z

    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.

  • News

    Game on course to double profits

    2007-12-31T10:01:47Z

    Specialist retailer Game is set to smash profit estimates, the company said in a trading update this morning.

  • News

    Kesa enters exclusive talks to sell BUT

    2007-12-28T17:42:54Z

    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.

  • News

    Christmas spending rises

    2007-12-28T09:45:32Z

    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.

  • News

    Jessops ‘on track’ as like-for-likes edge up

    2007-12-20T15:10:11Z

    Camera specialist Jessops, which reported plunging sales and profits last week, has managed to increase like-for-like sales in recent weeks.

  • News

    BestBuy posts strong profits

    2007-12-19T09:13:08Z

    Profits at BestBuy soared 52 per cent to US$228 million ( 113.6 million) in its third quarter.

  • News

    3 and T-mobile deny merger talks

    2007-12-19T09:10:05Z

    Mobile phone operators and retailers T-Mobile and 3 deny they were in talks to merge their UK operations as they formed a joint venture to combine their 3G mobile access networks.

  • News

    Brighthouse sales up

    2007-12-19T08:55:17Z

    Hire-purchase retailer Brighthouse posted double-digit growth for the year, boosted by new store openings.

  • News

    Tesco enters digital battle

    2007-12-13T16:45:15Z

    Carphone, Comet and DSGi in firing line as grocer unveils PC Guys support service in Cambridge

  • News

    DSGi to sell Dell computers

    2007-12-13T15:25:37Z

    DSGi is to start selling Dell notebooks and desktop computers in its European stores and online from next year.

  • News

    Jessops sales plummet

    2007-12-13T08:32:10Z

    Sales at Jessops plummeted 26.6 per cent year on year in the 10 weeks to December 9. Like-for-like sales also fell, by 7.3 per cent.

  • News

    Comet improves product data in GDS project

    2007-12-12T11:14:15Z

    Comet will improve the product information it provides by synchronising data from its suppliers through GS1 UK’s data pool.

  • News

    Game's sales rocket

    2007-12-11T09:02:26Z

    PC and video game specialist retailer Game’s sales soared in the 45 weeks to December 8.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week – December 7, 2007

    2007-12-07T09:23:30Z

    Yesterday’s interest rate cut was a welcome early Christmas present for retailers.

  • News

    Browett vows to put customers first at DSGi

    2007-12-06T15:48:57Z

    Incoming DSGi group chief executive John Browett has vowed to pursue a customer-centric strategy and re-energise the electricals giant as he took the helm this week.

  • News

    John Browett starts at DSGi

    2007-12-05T09:08:00Z

    Incoming DSGi chief executive John Browett will start at the retail giant today, replacing John Clare who retired in September.

  • Opinion

    Time for DSGi to take a breath

    2007-11-29T14:56:40.627Z

    DSG International finance director Kevin O’Byrne cut a lonely figure presenting the company’s interim results this week.

  • News

    O2 plans combined mobile, credit card and Oyster

    2007-11-28T10:45:05.053Z

    Mobile phone operator O2 is set to unveil a handset containing a built-in Barclaycard credit card and Oyster card for use on London’s transport system.

  • News

    DSGi profits drop 25%

    2007-11-28T09:40:55.630Z

    DSGi revealed that underlying pre-tax profits dropped to 52.4 million in the 24 weeks to October 13, compared with 70.3 million the previous year.