All Entertainment articles – Page 110

  • News

    Game's acquisition of Gamestation cleared

    2008-01-16T08:49:00Z

    The Competition Commission has cleared Game’s acquisition of Gamestation.

  • News

    Game celebrates “outstanding” Christmas

    2008-01-15T08:58:52Z

    Computer entertainment specialist Game has disclosed stellar Christmas trading figures, as a result of focus on a changing customer base and “unprecedented” range and quality of products.

  • News

    Zavvi restructures board

    2008-01-11T11:56:31Z

    Entertainment retailer Zavvi has restructured its board following a bumper Christmas sales performance.

  • News

    Unhappy Christmas for US retailers as sales fall

    2008-01-11T09:11:47Z

    Many US retailers have suffered just as disappointing a Christmas as their UK counterparts, December sales figures showed.

  • News

    Zavvi to branch out as games drive sales

    2008-01-10T15:04:21Z

    Entertainment retailer Zavvi is poised to broaden its product ranges after phenomenal growth in game sales helped it rack up a strong Christmas performance.

  • Opinion

    Browett has a long road ahead

    2008-01-10T12:48:44Z

    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.

  • News

    Woolworths stock checker proves a hit with shoppers

    2008-01-09T10:36:52Z

    Woolworths’ recently launched stock-checking system has won support from both customers and staff.

  • News

    Games propel Zavvi to strong Christmas

    2008-01-09T08:46:41Z

    Entertainment retailer Zavvi enjoyed a strong first Christmas, driven by spectacular growth in game sales.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week - January 4, 2008

    2008-01-04T11:33:54Z

    DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week – January 4, 2008

    2008-01-04T09:52:24Z

    DSGi needs to be switched on to cope with ailing sales at its PC World business, or is it time to pull the plug?

  • Opinion

    Still basking in the warm glow of Christmas

    2008-01-03T10:59:18Z

    Christmas has been and gone and it was really busy here. We all had a great time. A surprise big seller was Russell Brand’s autobiography My Booky Wook. The comic seems to be on TV every day and public interest in him has been phenomenal – he’s definitely captured the ...

  • News

    Play.com offshoot ups ante against Amazon

    2008-01-03T10:09:35Z

    Play.com has intensified its march on Amazon’s market share as it aims to double the size of its product exchange site PlayTrade.

  • News

    Music download sales double in 2007

    2008-01-03T09:48:34Z

    UK consumers downloaded nearly 50 per cent more music tracks in 2007, helped by a end-of-year surge in iPod sales.

  • News

    Play.com to launch music download service

    2008-01-03T09:41:20Z

    Play.com is set to launch a rival to Apple’s iTunes, called PlayDigital, which will offer up to 1 million songs for customers to download.

  • 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

    Record Christmas for Amazon

    2007-12-28T09:32:23Z

    E-tail giant Amazon.co.uk broke all its sales records this festive season, receiving orders for 950,000 items in the run-up to Christmas.

  • Analysis

    March

    2007-12-21T11:41:00Z

    Like-for-like sales rose 3.9 per cent, driven by sales of clothing and DIY and gardening equipment because of mild, sunny weather. This was compared with a slide of 1.4 per cent for the same month last year

  • Analysis

    July

    2007-12-21T09:46:26Z

    Like-for-likes advanced only 1.2 per cent, representing the lowest month-on-month growth since November 2006. Food and fashion both suffered as a result of strong World Cup comparatives and bad weather. Total sales increased 3.1 per cent

  • Christmas promise: A
    Analysis

    Promises, promises: retailers fulfilling pre-Christmas online orders

    2007-12-13T16:56:00Z

    Fulfilling online orders placed just days before Christmas sounds like a nightmare but, as Charlotte Dennis-Jones discovers, plenty of retailers believe that it can be done

  • News

    Game hits jackpot as results bedazzle City

    2007-12-13T15:28:47Z

    Game chief executive Lisa Morgan expects next year to be “exceptionally good” for the computer entertainment specialist, following soaring sales this year.