Entries in 'uk retail' (18)
UK CHARTS: The Last of US is No.1
Sony's widely acclaimed PS3 thriller The Last of Us is the UK number one game this week.
E3: Ubisoft boss says 'good chance' pre-owned games won't change
The major third-party publishers have yet to decide their strategy on pre-owned games - but Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has a hunch little will change.
Retail rallies behind Xbox One. Pre-orders 'extremely high'
Critics attacked the reveal of Xbox One last week for a lack of games, too much TV content, and mixed messages on pre-owned.
UK consumers spent £2.9bn on games in 2012
Don't believe the doom-mongers - our latest research shows the games market is doing better than you think.
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Opinion: PwC last week suggested UK games retail halved - but that isn't true
Last week PricewaterhouseCoopers published what seems to be an inappropriate attack on games retail.
UK retailers discuss next-gen consoles in this week's MCV
This week's MCV – which is now available to view online – talks about E3 and the much anticipated launch of new games consoles.
UK retailers sell 2.2m boxed games in last big sales week before Christmas
UK boxed games retailers sold 2.23m video games last week.
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Big chill freezes UK games market
It's usually the biggest spending period for the games industry - but the last weekend before Christmas offered no growth for the UK games retail.
OPINION: HMV's game ambitions
Writing about HMV is a welcome change to all the doom and gloom surrounding retail at the moment.
Games hit hardest in entertainment slump
Video games face the prospect of slipping back to third place in the UK entertainment race following a report showing that the sector has suffered bigger declines than either video ...
UK retail reports Easter sales bonanza
UK video game retailers enjoyed a bumper Easter last weekend, with software value up 29 per cent over the previous week.
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DSi sells 92,000 in two days
GfK-ChartTrack has confirmed to MCV that DSi sold 92,000 copies at UK retail over its opening weekend.
GAME reports strong sales performance
GAME says its trading performance over the Christmas period has defied 'challenging trading conditions' showing a rise in group sales of 16 per cent.
Retail calls for uniform release day
Retailers have asked publishers to stick to Friday release dates in the wake of increased mid-week releases.
UK retail hails GTA IV as 'event of 2008'
The retail community is buzzing in anticipation of Grand Theft Auto IV’s release, following Rockstar’s confirmation of an April 29th release date – with many key figures from the trade ...Advertisement
Christmas footfall down at UK retail
The latest data from the Retail Traffic Index from analyst firm SPSL shows that the number of people shopping throughout December was down 3.2 per cent compared to the same ...
Xmas shopping shows minimal footfall increase
Figures for the first week of Christmas retail have been released, and have shown that footfall only increased by 0.01 per cent year-on-year.
