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The Hut Group is on the search for a brand agency as it looks to launch an awareness campaign designed to highlight its recent resurrection of Zavvi. The move comes after The Hut bought the rights to the Zavvi name and its online retail restructure. Marketing Week says The Hut …
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Best Buy’s UK launch delayed
Best Buy has postponed the launch of its UK division until the first quarter of 2010. The joint venture with Carphone Warehouse was due to open its first store in the south east of England this summer, but Best Buy UK’s chief executive Rodger Taylor revealed the launch has been …
Read More »Blockbuster close to collapse
Giant entertainment retail chain Blockbuster is close to collapse, according to national reports. The US chain, which has 700 stores in the UK, has been suspended on the New York Stock Exchange after its shares fell more than 76 per cent. The firm has asked law firm Kirkland & Ellis …
Read More »PRICE CHECK: F.E.A.R 2 cheapest at Play.com
RETAIL BIZ: MCV visited Staines, Middlesex, this week for its latest retail price check, looking at the price differentiation between High Street and online outlets on the latest releases. Play.com was the cheapest retailer overall, undercutting both its online and bricks-and-mortar rivals on three out of five titles. It sold …
Read More »The official UK games charts
RETAIL BIZ: The official ELSPA/gfK-ChartTrack charts are in – but it’s not all about the All Formats list. By visiting MCV’s official single format charts each week, you can keep fully up-to-date with what’s going on at UK tills. Killzone 2 dominates PS3’s list this week and Microsoft’s Halo Wars …
Read More »Toys R Us trialling pre-owned
US retail giant Toys R Us has become the latest High Street retailer to test out the pre-owned game waters with the news that it is trialling a second hand scheme in some of its North American stores. A spokesperson for the company confirmed to Joystiq that it’s testing the …
Read More »50 megastores planned in Currys push
DSGi has revealed that as many as 50 Currys megastores could be rolled out over the next couple of years, and its High Street presence could be reduced to just 100 stores. The firm yesterday confirmed its plans for a new chain of Currys megastores. It also detailed the progress …
Read More »PC sales in record decline
Worldwide PC sales will fall at their sharpest rate in the history of the sector this year, according the latest figures from Gartner. According to the research firm, a total of 257m units will be shipped during 2009, a decline of 11.9 per cent compared to last year. The biggest …
Read More »Campaign Of The Week: Killzone 2
RETAIL BIZ: The long-awaited Killzone 2 continues to ride high after its successful UK debut, and Sony is keen to maintain the game’s momentum. The critically acclaimed FPS title seized the No.1 spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Chart this week , and is supported by an ongoing 2 …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Codemasters
You’re both relatively new to Codemasters. How does it compare to your previous roles? Jeremy Wigmore: Coming from old Atari to this, it was quite eye-opening. In a good way. The product line-up is Euro-centric, that’s very encouraging. There is a lot of UK-made stuff that will sell. And we …
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