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Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s are reportedly eyeing HMV outlets as a potential way to expand their own store counts. Earlier this week, restructuring firm Hilco acquired 120m of HMV’s debt, giving it control of the company. However, reports suggest Hilco only wants half of HMV’s 230 stores, meaning up to …

Leading UK supermarkets have backed new guidelines designed to make sure consumers are not misled by special offers. Eight grocers have signed up to a new voluntary code laid out by the Office of Fair Trading, according to The Independent. The OFT launched an inquiry in February to investigate if …

Both Tesco and Sainsbury’s have reported a quarterly rise in sales, leading to hopes that the worst could be behind the High Street. Leading retailer Tesco posted a slight 0.1 per cent rise in like-for-like sales excluding petrol. That’s the first rise in seven quarters at the chain. Pre-tax profit …

It’s one of the biggest video game retail highlights of the year. And today we should find out how far retailers are willing to go to secure their day one marketshare. Hundreds of retailers will be opening their doors at midnight tonight to welcome the arrival of the game and …

Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons have stalled in their bids to become the next major players in video games, ERA reports. Based on Chart-Track figures, supermarkets accounted for 27.3 per cent of all games sold last year – that’s down 0.2 per cent from the previous year. In terms of …

Asda has become the first UK supermarket to promote its PlayStation Vita price – and it’s the lowest price we’ve yet seen for the console. The supermarket will tonight put the Wi-Fi version of the new handheld on sale for just 197. The same price is available online.

The UK’s largest retailer, Tesco, has reported a 2.3 per cent like-for-like drop in sales in the UK for the seven weeks ending January 7th. It’s the chain’s worst UK performance in two decades. The numbers are in contrast to Tesco’s best ever international performance, with total group sales climbing …

Argos may have thrown in the towel, but other mass-market retailers insist their own used games ventures are fighting fit. MCVuk.com broke the story that Argos had completely withdrawn from the pre-owned video games market last week. And critics told MCV last month that mass-market retailers – including the supermarkets …

A line of fresh hidden object games can ignite the casual market on 3DS, says Licensed 4U. The publisher has nine titles heading to the handheld in the first half of next year. It follows comments made by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime that mainstream-friendly titles can boost demand …

Last year, Argos, Asda and Tesco made headlines by accepting trade-ins. For years, second-hand was the domain of the specialists – GAME’s way of coping with the aggressive pricing of online retailers and those pesky grocers.Suddenly this was under attack. Tesco would accept used games in its Extra stores, Asda …