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Kesa Electricals has revealed that its UK chain Comet made a half-year loss of 8.1m for the period up until October, with the retail chain blaming deteriorating market conditions for the results. That was in stark contrast to its 10.6m profit for the same period in 2007. MCV’s sister publication …

MCV’s sister site PC Retail reports that the chief executive of the mammoth electronics specialist has gone on record to speak about Best Buy’s plans in the UK, with a possible bid for DSGi and Comet among the options. Head over to PCR’s site for the full story.

Electricals specialist Comet has refitted its 85 stores with a bigger, bolder console hardware offering after a bumper year of sales. The retailer has seen huge growth within its games department over the last year, and has moved to capitalise on that by giving interactive entertainment a far greater in-store …