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Gartner has predicted that 2010 will see a "return to growth" for worldwide PC shipments. But such a reversal in fortunes will not be helped if Britain fails to shrug off what has been a prolonged decline in sales here...It is thought by some analysts...
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Majestic Wine promised not to pass on the 1 January VAT increase to its customers for a month yesterday, as it toasted a jump in half-year pre-tax profits which was ahead of market expectations. Steve Lewis, the chief executive of the wine merchant,...
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Pre-tax profits came in at £1.42bn, which was up 1.5% on the same period last year...Tesco also announced it had created 6,500 jobs in the six month period. The firm said the results were "solid", and chief executive Terry Leahy said that the supermarket...
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Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, posted its worst underlying UK sales for 16 years yesterday. The admission raised fresh fears that the juggernaut UK growth of Tesco may be grinding to a halt and that its 30 per cent-plus share of the grocery market...
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Tesco has suffered its weakest sales growth since the mid-1990s after targeting cash-stretched customers with cheaper brands. Britain's biggest supermarket chain reported this morning that like-for-like sales, excluding petrol, rose by 2% in the last...
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H Samuel and Ernest Jones parent Signet said today that sales in its UK and US markets dived in recent weeks as consumer confidence tumbled on both sides of the Atlantic. The group saw third quarter UK sales take a turn for the worse in the last three...
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Shares in Kingfisher soared today after an unexpected bounce back in second-quarter trading at B&Q, thanks to stronger sales of barbecues and garden furniture. Helped by the warmer weather, like-for-like sales at the UK DIY chain rose by 0.2% in the 10...
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