Tag: Retail
HMV offered lifeline as labels and studios slash DVD and CD prices
High street entertainment retailer HMV may be about to be offered a lifeline after entering administration last week. The chain, now in the hands of administrators Deloitte, may get a helping hand from Universal Music, Universal Studios, Warner Music, Warner…
Forget Blockbuster, HMV, Jessops – online sales soar thanks to mobile
It might be all grim on the high street given the recent failures of Blockbuster, HMV and Jessops but seemingly online sales continue to soar thanks to mobile and tablet devices. According to IMG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, online retail…
VIDEO: Internal Apple retail movie reveals instore philosophy
An internal Apple video detailing the company's approach to retail stores, never intended to be seen by those outside the company's operations, has leaked online. Narrated by Ron Johnson (Apple's former senior vice president of retail operations who left the…
UPDATE: Comet to go into administration next week
Following on from our post earlier today highlighting high-street gadget retailer Comet's current financial woes, it's now been confirmed that the company will go into administration next week. As many as 240 shops could be set to close, with some…
Trouble at retailer Comet as administration looms
UK gadgets and electronics high street retailer is in serious financial trouble, a report published by the Telegraph reveals today. Owners OpCapita may be forced to put the chain into administration. In an ironic turn, OpCapita now face with Comet…
Future of retailer GAME rocked; videogames industry holds its breath
Videogame retailer GAME are facing stiff financial challenges after poor profits last year rocked its credit insurance line. The retailer is now in talks with individual games publishers regarding the financial difficulties to ensure its stores are continued to be…
Intelligent Cheese Counter helps you buy difficult to pronounce fromage in shops
Introducing the Intelligent Cheese Counter, a new retail innovation that lets you buy cheese from an in-store seller, just by pointing at it through the display glass. No this isn't a joke, and we're a couple of months early for…
Pixar's Cars 2 digital camera racing off Asda shelves at just £14
Asda are selling what they claim is Britain's cheapest digital camera for the pocket-money sum of just £14 as part of their January sales. However, unless you're 4 years old, or the world's biggest adult Pixar fan, you may want…
eBay launches pop up shop with QR code shopping. Is this the future for retail?
By Becca Caddy Over the past few years we've seen QR codes everywhere, on food, clothes and even gravestones. Yes, we said gravestones. Well this Christmas, we'll be seeing hundreds of them on all kinds of clothes, gifts and furniture…
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 sells 6.5 million copies in 24 hours
Now we all knew this game would be big but none of us could have expect it to be this big, Modern Warfare 3 sold 6.5 million copies in North America and the United Kingdom in only 24 hours….
