Further speculation that Best Buy may be seriously adjusting its plans to conquer the UK is raised as the parent company says it will be hiring far fewer staff than usual in America over Christmas... more
Dixons Retail takes a £310 million hit for closing its Spanish arm and writing down the value of its Greek arm, while insisting it would emerge as the winner from the crisis in the electricals market... more
The strife on the UK High Street increases as Kesa Electricals edges towards putting the For Sale sign over Comet, saying that it is looking at "strategic alternatives" for the struggling business... more
Almost nine out of 10 phones sold on contract by Carphone Warehouse are now high-revenue smartphones, helping to drive the company's profits up sharply in the year since it demerged from TalkTalk... more
Further doubts about Best Buy's ambitions in the UK emerge, after a near profit warning from the US electronics giant sends the shares tumbling... more
Best Buy, the US-based electronics chain trying to break into the UK market dominated by Dixons and Comet, says it is planning to close its branded stores in China and Turkey... more
A while ago, John Browett offered me this assessment of how Best Buy's mission to ace the UK electricals market was going: "I think they've given up," he said... more
Best Buy's plans to capture a huge slug of the UK electricals market have suffered a massive blow with the departure its UK brands chief executive, just three months after launching the first stores in this country... more
Carphone Warehouse upgrades its profits for the third time in six months, in the week it opens the first of its Best Buy Europe electronics superstores... more
Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, today revealed that the first two “Big Box” stores run jointly with the massive US electronics retailer Best Buy will open in the South-East next spring ... more
The three High Street banks taking refuge in the Government's lifeboat were the biggest fallers among blue-chip stocks today as City investors became increasingly disillusioned with the terms of their proposed fund-raisers.... more
US electricals giant Best Buy could light up Piccadilly, Oxford Street or another major central London shopping location when it makes its big entry into the UK... more
DSG International is retraining 20,000 of its in-store sales staff in an attempt to radically improve service and save itself from widely predicted doom... more
Carphone Warehouse chief Charles Dunstone promised the biggest shake-up of the British retail scene for decades, as he unveiled a deal with America's Best Buy... more
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