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Argos Plans Digital Outlets in Sainsbury’s

by Helen Vince

Argos is planning to open 10 pilot digital stores within Sainsbury’s supermarkets across the UK before the summer. The new format stores will provide customers with a choice of over 20,000 non-grocery products, including …

Tags:Argos| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Vol 22 - Issue 06

UltraHD Sales Rose Ahead of Super Bowl

by Vanessa Browning

US retailers said that the Super Bowl was helping them to sell UltraHD TVs before the event – despite no broadcaster transmitting in the format. Best Buy’s TV sales volumes were up 2.6% YoY …

Tags:4k| Best Buy| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Retailers| TV Set Market| UltraHD| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 05

UltraHD Climbing Rapidly in Korea

by Tom Allen

UltraHD TVs represented more than 50% of 55″+ TV sales at the end of Q4’14 in Korea, said domestic retailer Lotte Hi-Mart, speaking to ET News. A Korean channel source forecast that the share would rise …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Panels| Retail| Retailers| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung Closes Flagship London Store

by Helen Vince

Samsung is reported to have closed its flagship Samsung Experience Store at the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in London. The company said that its remaining nine Experience Stores in the UK will remain …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Panasonic Opens Pop-Up Store In New York

by Raverstead

Panasonic is opening a pop-up store in New York City’s Union Square area which will be open daily through to November 25. The store will feature a collection of Panasonic’s latest consumer products from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Retailers| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46

John Lewis’ EHT Sales Dip 3.2%

by Raverstead

John Lewis reported “a solid performance” in the last week of October, though sales in the electrical and home technology sector were down 3.2% from the previous week, which the company attributed to the …

Tags:John Lewis Partnership| Large Display Monitor| Retailers| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Media-Saturn Creates Electronics Online Group

by Raverstead

Media-Saturn is to create a portfolio of online pure-play companies and concepts under the name Electronics Online Group (EOG), with its existing online business Redcoon as the core. EOG will be led by Martin …

Tags:eTailers| Large Display Monitor| MediaMarkt (Saturn)| Retailers

Media-Saturn Creates Electronics Online Group

by Raverstead

Media-Saturn is to create a portfolio of online pure-play companies and concepts under the name Electronics Online Group (EOG), with its existing online business Redcoon as the core. EOG will be led by Martin …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MediaMarkt (Saturn)| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers

Argos Makes Key Appointments

by Super User

UK retail chain Argos has made two new appointments as part of its strategy to become a digital retail leader. Ian Dobson joins the company as head of customer and market insight, in which …

Tags:Argos| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Retailers| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Fnac to Open Smaller Stores

by Super User

French electronics retailer Fnac plans to open seven new smaller stores by the end of year, including three in Portugal and two in France. The move is part of Fnac’s strategy to focus on …

Tags:Fnac| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Media Markt Trials Drive Concept

by Super User

Media Markt is trialing a new drive concept in Germany, in a bid to strengthen its multi-channel strategy. The electronics retailer is reported to be the first in Germany to launch this format, which …

Tags:eTailers| Large Display Monitor| MediaMarkt (Saturn)| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Phones 4 U Falls into Administration

by Super User

The UK’s Phones 4 U mobile phone retailer has fallen into administration, blaming the recent withdrawal from its business of Vodafone and EE. However, within days of the announcement, both Vodafone and EE were …

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Vodafone| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21