All Entertainment articles – Page 96
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Zavvi creditors call in restructuring team, reports claim
Zavvi has denied reports this morning that creditors have drafted in an emergency restructuring team from Ernst & Young as the Woolworths fallout hits the retailer hard.
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Christmas on Oxford Street: Tinsel town
Stores must be on top form if they’re to capture dwindling consumer spend. Charlotte Hardie and Itim Consulting’s Simon Puryer take a stroll down Oxford Street to see how they’re doing.
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HMV warns of weakening book market
HMV has reported flat first-half like-for-like sales and warned of a “marked deterioration” in the book market over the past five weeks.
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Verdict: Retail profits to dive in 2009
Retailers should brace themselves for one of the worst years on record in 2009, as high street spending goes into reverse and retail profits nosedive.
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Like-for-like retail sales slide 2.6 per cent
Retail Sales Monitor: UK like-for-like retail sales slipped 2.6 per cent in November, and total sales fell for a second consecutive month for the first time since records began in 1995.
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Oxford Street festival draws 2 million shoppers
More than 2 million shoppers flooded London's West End this weekend taking advantage of big retail discounts and a traffic-free Regent Street and Oxford Street in the run-up to Christmas, it was claimed today.
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Ex-Kroll chief David Buchler circles Woolworths
David Buchler, former chairman of the European division of turnaround specialist Kroll, has emerged as the latest potential bidder for Woolworths.
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Virgin Group caught up in Woolworths' collapse
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is reported to be embroiled in the collapse of Woolworths through the music chain it sold to the management more than a year ago.
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AnalysisBorders: All systems gone
When Borders split from its US parent, IT boss Simon Thomas was charged with replacing every system the company had in just a year. He tells Joanna Perry how he managed it.
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Cycle Republic: Halfords takes bikes up a gear
Halfords’ Cycle Republic format attempts to rival independent stores and cash in on their affluent shopper base. John Ryan visits Norwich to see how it measures up.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Disney Store, Westfield London
Look at Disney Store’s financial record for the year to September 2007 and you might be inclined to think it isn’t doing very well.
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Phones 4U to take on games with new site
Mobile phone retailer Phones 4U is making a play for the games sector by launching a web site devoted to games and consoles.
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Hamleys enters discount battle to fight Westfield
Hamleys is offering a 20 per cent discount for early-bird and late night shoppers to counter what it calls the “Westfield effect” on its footfall.
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Interest rate slashed to 2%
The Bank of England has cut the interest rate by 1 percentage point to 2 per cent in a move that will bring some respite to retailers.
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Retailers ramp up pre-Christmas Sales
Retailers have stepped up their discounting dramatically in recent weeks, with three quarters of the UK's leading chains offering discounts in the run-up to Christmas.
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Leading entertainment distributor collapses
Pinnacle, one of the UK’s leading entertainment distributors, has gone into administration.
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Amazon launches digital download offer
Amazon has launched its long-awaited digital music download service, Amazon MP3.
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Zavvi to resume selling a limited range online
Zavvi is to resume selling CDs, DVDs, and video games online this afternoon after the collapse into adminstration of its exclusive supplier, Woolworths' distribution business EUK, forced it to stop selling many of its products on Tuesday.
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Woolworths' 2 Entertain poised for administration
Woolworths' joint venture with BBC Worldwide, 2 Entertain, is poised to enter administration by the end of the week.
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Zavvi stops selling online after EUK collapse
Zavvi has stopped selling DVDs, music and video games online in the key pre-Christmas trading period as it is hit by the administration of its supplier, Woolworths' entertainment wholesaler EUK.