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More than half of GAME’s customers use trade-ins to fund purchases of new titles, the firm has told MCV. CEO Ian Shepherd revealed the specialist retail giant’s pre-owned offer was a key driver in all sales over the competitive Christmas period. He highlighted trade-in as a real point of difference” …
Read More »Trade day added to Gadget Show Live
A trade event has been added to The Gadget Show Live, bolstering the hugely popular consumer expo. The Gadget Show Live Professional will take place on Tuesday April 12th, the day before the five-day consumer exhibition takes place at the Birmingham NEC. Some 250 companies will take part in the …
Read More »NPD: Black Ops tops 2010 chart
Despite not arriving until November, Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has been named by NPD as the best selling game of 2010 in the US. The success mirrors the dominance shown by the shooter on this side of the Atlantic. And also echoing the UK charts, EA’s football game …
Read More »NPD: US market down 5.7% in 2010
The latest numbers from US games tracker NPD have shown that the US video games market declined 5.7 per cent year-on-year in 2010. This means that of the world’s leading video games markets the US market declined less the least. The Japanese market shrank by nine per cent in 2010 …
Read More »Tesco posts 0.6% Christmas UK growth
Retailer Tesco has reported UK like-for-like sales growth of 0.6 per cent for the six weeks ending January 8th 2011. Overall UK sales were up 4.2 per cent with new store sales up 3.6 per cent. Overall Tesco Group sales were up 7.6 per cent over the period, with European …
Read More »Vaizey confirms PEGI delay
The rollout of the new PEGI video games classification system will miss its current April deadline and will not be introduced until July of this year at the earliest. Back in July 2010 the VSC, who will be assuming a central role in the application of the new ratings system, …
Read More »Argos sales dip 4.9%
Argos has posted a 4.9 per cent like-for-like drop in sales to 1,861m from August 29th, 2010 to January 1, 2011. The catalogue retailer’s parent Home Retail Group again cited video games as the most challenging category, echoing its financial statement made last September. A statement read: In difficult markets, …
Read More »GAME posts 9.7% UK sales decline in 2010
The GAME Group has reported a total sales decline of 12.3 per cent for the 49 weeks ending January 8th in the UK and Ireland. On a like-for-like basis the UK drops hit 9.7 per cent. The Christmas period was more successful for the chain, however, with UK and Ireland …
Read More »Games to play major role at Toy Fair
Gaming will play a greater role in this year’s Toy Fair thanks to products based on some of the sector’s biggest names. Toy Fair 2011 will once again take place in the Grand Hall at London’s Olympia venue, running from January 25th to 27th. Up to 250 exhibitors are expected …
Read More »Bee.com slashes triple-A pre-orders
New online retailer Bee.com has signalled its intentions in the video games market by offering a number of upcoming new titles for a discounted price of 29.99. Part of the Music Box Leisure Group, the site offers a range of goods including DVD, Blu-ray, music and gadget. Its games offering …
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