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High Street sales in the nation’s capital have continued to buck the nationwide retail slump, with like-for-like sales climbing 5.9 per cent in February – a stark contrast to the national year-on-year 1.8 per cent decline seen across the UK. The news continues the trend seen in January, with like-for-like …
Read More »PC sales in record decline
Worldwide PC sales will fall at their sharpest rate in the history of the sector this year, according the latest figures from Gartner. According to the research firm, a total of 257m units will be shipped during 2009, a decline of 11.9 per cent compared to last year. The biggest …
Read More »NPD: Sony silent after January losses
Sony is the only one of the three platform holders to not yet issue a statement after NPD’s January stats for the North American market showed that PS3 was the only major console to see an annual decline in monthly sales . The numbers showed that whilst Wii sales grew …
Read More »WHSmith sees like-for-like decline
UK stationer, newsagent and entertainment retailer WHSmith has said that like-for-like sales at its High Street stores fell seven per cent for the 20 weeks ending January 17th compared to the same period one year ago. Overall like-for-like sales, which include the businesses’ online arm, fell by five per cent. …
Read More »More sales falls at entertainment retailers
There was more doom and gloom on the High Street this morning as two major players in the entertainment retail sector reported significant sales declines over the Christmas period, The Retail Bulletin reports. Argos suffered a 7.5 per cent like-for-like decline in the 18 weeks to January 3rd compared to …
Read More »Wretched month on UK High Street
Whilst shopping numbers have to date remained buoyant amidst the current global credit crunch, October stats from the Retail Traffic Index make for sombre reading for retail, with a 3.1 per cent year-on-year drop in shopping trips reported. The numbers were also 1.3 per cent down on September. Dr Tim …
Read More »JAPAN: PSP leads half-year sales battle
The latest figures from Enterbrain, the parent company of legendary Japanese games magazine Famitsu, have shown that PSP was the biggest selling console in the six months ending September 28th. However, sales of both hardware and software for the period were down compared to the same period in the year …
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