All Entertainment articles – Page 106
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Retailers’ stock rises as shorts buy and the weather improves
Retailers’ stock surged last week as shorts covered their positions and fine bank holiday weather was forecast.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 9, 2008
Magic Circle member Simon Fox has performed a skilful conjuring act at entertainment group HMV.
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HMV sales surge
Entertainment retailer HMV has posted a set of sparkling sales for the year ending April 26.
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Endless steps in to save The Works
Beleaguered bookseller The Works has been bought by private equity company Endless, as forecast by Retail Week ( March 28 ).
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Granada launches online store at ITV.com
Granada Ventures launched an online store with ITV.com on Wednesday, in a move it described as long overdue.
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The Works sale confirmed
Beleaguered discount bookseller The Works has been bought by private equity company Endless, as reported by Retail Week Online yesterday (May 6).
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Endless buys The Works
Beleaguered discount bookseller The Works is understood to have been bought by private equity company Endless, as forecast by Retail Week (March 28).
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Game widens focus as hardware launches slow
Game, which posted record results this week, has revealed that it will focus on software for a broader customer base as the product mix shifts away hardware releases.
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T-Mobile retail chief targets broadband sales
The new retail boss of T-Mobile has vowed to ramp up sales of mobile broadband products.
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Sound Control falls into administration
Sound Control, the UK’s biggest musical instruments retailer, has collapsed into administration.
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Game profits rocket
Game Group said that current trading has remained strong after it posted soaring full-year profits and sales.
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WHSmith turns focus to stores integration
WHSmith is to put its flurry of travel retail acquisitions on hold, after securing more than 120 new stores for the division in the space of a month.
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Hamleys chief to step down after four years
Hamleys chief executive Nick Mather is to leave the legendary Baugur-owned toy retailer after four years at the helm.
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Amazon sales rise 37 per cent
Online retailer Amazon has reported first quarter sales up 37 per cent to US$4.1 billion ( 2.08 billion), but warned that changes in global economic conditions could affect profit margins this year.
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2entertain wins Queen's Award
2entertain, the music and video joint venture between Woolworths and BBC Worldwide has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise .
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Analysis
Finding light in dark times
Retail is getting tougher in the developed world and this year’s World Retail Congress discussed the challenges facing retailers. Tim Danaher and Katie Kilgallen report from Barcelona
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Opinion
Store manager's diary: reading campaign makes waves on the radio
The cold weather over Easter was good news for us, with people happy to come in and spend a couple of hours in the store, keeping warm and browsing.
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Morrisons poaches Otto buyer to beef up expansion of non-food
Supermarket group Morrisons has hired a new non-food executive as it gears up to expand non-food ranges in stores this year.
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WHSmith profits climb but like-for-likes drop
WHSmith delivered another strong set of profits for the six months to February 29, but like-for-like sales fell.
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Tesco enters digital download battle
Tesco is to launch a music and film digital download service this month, offering 3.3 million music tracks.