The Nintendo Switch has proven incredibly popular since its launch back in March, becoming the fastest-selling console in Nintendo history. On top of that, launch title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, became the fastest-selling ...
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The Entertainer has smashed sales during the Christmas 2016 trading period, the retailer has revealed. In the five weeks leading up to December 31st 2016, the company reported an increase in total sales of 13.5 per cent, with December ...
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Retail giant Tesco has reported an increase in Christmas sales, with toys and clothing driving the company’s growth. The retailer revealed that sales from the six weeks ended January 7th 2017, were up in toys by 8.5 per cent and ...
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A confident Character Group has detailed a number of new appointments to take it to continued growth throughout 2016. The Character Group is celebrating strong Christmas sales as it sees revenue in the current financial year rise six per ...
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The NPD and BTHA kick off Toy Fair 2015 with news of a 4.4 per cent increase in toy sales for last year. The British toy market achieved a 4.4 per cent increase in 2014, reaching £3 billion at retail and enjoying its best result ...
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The retailer champions Black Friday as the starting gun for Christmas shopping. Shop Direct has seen a four per cent rise in total group sales over the Christmas trading period. Black Friday proved to be the busiest trading day on ...
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Retailer enjoyed online growth of 60 per cent during the five weeks to December 27th, 2014. The Entertainer enjoyed a boosted Christmas sales period thanks a surge in customers shopping on its website. RetailWeek states that the toy ...
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Esdevium distributed game sells out following weekend appearance. Rocket Games’ Pie Face board game was given a pre-Christmas sales boost at the weekend when it appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show. Distributed in the UK by Esdevium ...
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Shoppers to spend $45 billion in pre-Christmas retail sales Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has found retailers will be able to count on some steady improvement in retail sales over the Christmas ...
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The 2.6 per cent increase during the fourth quarter will take sales up to £90.7 billion over the holiday season, with general merchandise accounting for £53.6 billion of the total. Retailers will be treated to a £2.3 ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales will increase 4.1 percent year on year to approximately $619.9 million for the months of November and December 2014. The projected increase is higher ...
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Tesco's UK like for like sales drop 2.4 per cent, while Morrisons sees a 5.6 per cent fall in sales Tesco has revealed that it experienced weak trading over the crucial Christmas period. Britain's biggest supermarket chain announced ...
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The Stockmann Group’s preliminary revenue amounted to EUR 232.1 million in December 2013. Excluding the terminated franchising operations in Russia and Finland, revenue was down 6.1 per cent on the previous year. Christmas sales were ...
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Furniture Village welcomed 29,433 people across its 40 UK stores – up nearly 5% from the same time in 2012. In-store transactions on the day saw an increase of 19% compared to 2012, and online transactions almost doubled, with 71,007 ...
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Measles, traced to a man at a hip-hop dance competition in Sydney, spread across Australia and overseas, leaving tens of thousands exposed, officials say. Public health officials in Australia and New Zealand Health Authorities told the ...
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