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Former GAME workers staging sit-in protests at Irish branches are to be updated by administrators PwC today. MCV yesterday published a number of pictures posted by the protestors, who are unhappy with PwC’s demand that they pursue the Government for redundancy pay after being told they would receive nothing from …
Read More »Sainsbury’s eyes up GAME customers in new promotion
GAME’s recent troubles were always going to spark a move from rival retailers to try and grab all those spare gamers – and supermarket Sainsbury’s appears to have made its move. The chain has announced not only that it has increased its video game stock but also that it has …
Read More »Express: Ian Shepherd "should not shoulder the blame" for GAME woes
UK national newspaper The Daily Express has said that former CEO Ian Shepherd should not be blamed for GAME’s current predicament. Shepherd resigned from his role of CEO and left the company yesterday after The GAME Group entered administration and PwC were put in charge. When Ian Shepherd took charge …
Read More »INDIE PERSPECTIVE: GAME’s demise and the struggle on the High Street
In a piece published on the Playtime.co.uk blog, long-term indie games retailer Gareth Rowbotham shows that he knows how it feels to be downed by the quarterly rent bill. Here he highlights the similarities between what happened to his chain and yesterday’s events at GAME, and also discusses the problems …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Irish GAME sit-in
Staff staging a sit-in protest at GAME’s now closed Monaghan store have posted a number of pictures of their exploits on Facebook. They are demanding compensation for both the lack of notice of their job termination and PwC’s advice that they should pursue the Government for redundancy compensation. Staff member …
Read More »PwC "just needs a bit more time to push GAME deal over the line"
Administrator PwC has said that GAME just needs to hold on for a short time longer so it can finalise an acquisition deal. We just need a bit more time to push the deal over the line,” PwC’s Mike Jervis stated. There is a huge amount of complexity in the …
Read More »Irish GAME staff considering sit-in due to redundancy dispute
Some staff from GAME’s 13 Irish stores are reportedly considering a sit-in protest over unpaid redundancy. Administrators PwC have told staff they will pay them their March wages but nothing beyond – including their April pay from their notice period and any redundancy compensation. Instead, PwC has told staff to …
Read More »PwC: GAME job losses are "regrettable"
Administrators PwC have said that today’s loss of over 2,000 jobs at GAME and Gamestation is regrettable” but that the move will place the company in a stronger position”. And furthermore, the company still intends to agree a sale for GAME’s remaining assets and for the company to continue trading …
Read More »277 GAME and Gamestation stores close, 40% of workforce axed
Administrator PwC has today closed the doors on 277 of The GAME Group’s 609 UK and Ireland stores, MCV understands. The result is that by the end of the day around 2,104 GAME employees will have lost their jobs – 40 per cent of its UK workforce. 15 of these …
Read More »GAME suspends Reward and Gift Cards
Customers are no longer able to use their Reward Cards in GAME or Gamestation stores. Customers are also no longer able to issue refunds or exchanges. There have also been isolated reports of violence at some stores as customers are stopped from spending their trade-in credit, with some losing three …
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