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AnalysisBrands: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again
Joining the ranks of high street failures such as Zavvi and Woolworths, high-profile retail casualty of the recession MFI is being resurrected as an online brand. But can failed or struggling brands successfully put their tattered reputations behind them and regain trust
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NewsWaterstone's to open food outlets in two stores
Bookseller Waterstone’s has confirmed it will next week open a restaurant and bar in its Deansgate branch in Manchester, as well as a new café in its Cambridge shop.
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NewsBook Depository sales up as it targets overseas
Online bookseller The Book Depository’s revenue soared 20% to £74.2m in the year to June 30 as the etailer focused on overseas territories.
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NewsWaterstone’s shop-in-shop a first for Fopp
HMV-owned music chain Fopp opened its first shop in Waterstone’s in the book chain’s Gower Street store in London on Saturday.
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CVS to roll out Redbox DVD rental kiosks
Drugstore operator CVS will roll out Coinstar’s automated Redbox DVD rental kiosks at locations across its mainland US, Puerto Rico and Longs Drug outlets in Hawaii. The roll-out, which follows a successful pilot programme, will start this quarter with about 700 installations by the end of this year and is ...
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Barnes & Noble considers sale
Barnes & Noble’s board of directors is to consider selling the company as part of an evaluation of strategies to increase stockholder value. The board believes the retailer’s shares are significantly undervalued.Evaluating strategic alternatives will be overseen by a committee of four independent directors who will make recommendations to the ...
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NewsHMV and Waterstone’s marketing departments merged
Entertainment retailer HMV has promoted marketing director Graham Sim to the newly created position of group marketing director as the retailer restructures its teams in order to deliver “significant synergies” between its HMV and Waterstone’s chains.
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NewsFopp opens store in Waterstone’s shop
HMV-owned music chain Fopp will open an outlet in Waterstone’s store on Gower Street, London.
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NewsThe Works focuses on expansion in the South amid sale speculation
Discount bookseller The Works will focus store expansion in the South of England as part of a plan to more than double its portfolio as its owners mull a sale next year.
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NewsApple previews Covent Garden store
Technology giant Apple has shown off its Covent Garden store, which opens to the public at 10am on Saturday.
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NewsAxed Waterstone’s boss takes home up to £494,000
Former Waterstone’s managing director Gerry Johnson could take home up to £494,000 in the year to April 24, despite being given the chop in January after a poor Christmas sales performance.
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NewsThe Works to be sold for £80m
The Works is set to be sold for about £80m after its owners implemented a quick turnaround of the discount bookseller.
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NewsFirebox managing director steps down
The managing director of online gift retailer Firebox, Christian Robinson is leaving the etailer after ten years at the helm of the business.
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NewsNew Amazon Kindle available in the UK for the first time
The new version of the Kindle launched today on Amazon with the e-reader device now available for the first time directly from the etail giant’s UK site.
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NewsHMV launches new digital download service
HMV has today launched its new digital music service, hmvdigital.com, in a bid to take on iTunes.
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NewsHMV completes refinancing
HMV Group has completed the refinancing of its £240m revolving credit facility with its existing group of eight banks.
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NewsAmazon selling more e-books than hardcovers
Amazon.com has sold more e-books than hardcovers – nearly half again as many – over the last three months, the company has revealed.
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Fnac in talks over Éveil & Jeux
Entertainment and electronics retailer Fnac, owned by PPR, has announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with ID Group for the sale of its 41-strong toy store chain Éveil & Jeux.ID Group is a specialist in the children’s market with brands such as Okaïdi, Obaïb and Jacadi and is ...
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NewsPaperchase bought in management buy out
Paperchase has been bought in a £30m management buyout backed by private equity group Primary.