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Tesco has reported a like-for-like sales rise of 2.5 per cent for the seven weeks to January 10th – its smallest Christmas rise since 1993. The supermarket has announced plans to create 10,000 new jobs by December despite the setback. The like-for-like sales discounted gains from new stores. Total group …

GAME says its trading performance over the Christmas period has defied ‘challenging trading conditions’ showing a rise in group sales of 16 per cent. The games specialist this morning provided an update to investors on its trading over the six weeks around the holiday and 50 weeks up to January …

Nintendo is expecting the nation’s post-Christmas health push to drive sales of Wii Fit in January – but has told MCV that there may be stock shortages during the month. The title, which comes with the Wii Balance Board, secured the No. 10 spot in the ChartTrack/ELSPA Christmas top ten …

Do you have a pic of your sales director doing the dosey doe with Lara Croft? Was your store manager ever snapped burning his Carmageddon POS stuff? Perhaps your MD had his arms round a man dressed as Croc – with a face that said ‘this is definitely going to …

After warning that sales of the latest Tomb Raider game were below expectations (despite shifting over 1.5m units globally), Eidos has admitted it might once again redesign the title’s iconic heroine Lara Croft. The move would come as the publisher looks to attract a wider audience, our sister site Develop …

Iceland snaps up 51 Woolworths stores Frozen food grocer Iceland has bought 51 former Woolworths stores – and plans to create 2,500 new jobs. According to the BBC, the announcement comes three days after the final 200 Woolworths stores closed their doors for the last time. "We are confident we …

Sure, despite an impressive rise to claim 17 per cent of the software market in 2008, the PS3 has yet to factor greatly in the expansion the trade is celebrating. But despite what the bloggers might want to believe about the PlayStation division being a slaughter-worthy ‘sacred cow’ – as …

Exclusive end-of-year ELSPA/Gfk-ChartTrack data supplied to MCV has shown that Mario Kart and FIFA were the big winners as part of 2008’s 4bn bonanza we detailed earlier this week . According to the Top 10s for unit sales of both individual SKUs and the All Formats listing, Nintendo formats drove …

Shares in Eidos PLC have tumbled 27.5 per cent on news that it has slashed its revenue forecasts for the year. The news will be sure to have piqued the interest of potential suitors for the firm – thought to be led by Warner Bros, which already owns a 20 …

The hard-hitting support for Sony’s PlayStation Home service just keeps coming with news that the EA Sports Complex space should be in place by spring this year, according to Electronic Arts. We’re proud to support the PlayStation Home Beta with a very robust offering from EA Sports,” said Peter Moore, …