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Tesco sales jump 8.1%

Tesco sales jump 8.1%

NEWS

The UK's biggest supermarket chain has posted an 8.1 per cent rise in group sales, bringing the figure up to £67.6 billion.
 
Profits rose 12.3 per cent to £3.8 ...

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on Apr 19th 2011 at 1:02PM
Dixons issues profit warning

Dixons issues profit warning

NEWS

Dixons Retail has issued a profit warning for the financial year, reducing its forecast to £85 million from predictions of £100 to £110 million made in mid January.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Mar 30th 2011 at 1:07PM
Amazon offers publishers more money

Amazon offers publishers more money

NEWS

Amazon is to give publishers a greater share of profits from e-books sold for the Kindle platform.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Nov 9th 2010 at 1:33PM
Target boosts turnover by 35%

Target boosts turnover by 35%

NEWS

Distributor Target Components increased turnover by 35 per cent for the year ending March 31st, bringing the figure up to £17.5 million, with £500K profit.

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on Aug 12th 2010 at 10:16AM
Comet reports 14% profit growth

Comet reports 14% profit growth

NEWS

Comet has seen its year-on-year profits rise by 14 per cent , making £11.5 million in fiscal 2009, compared to £10.1 million in the previous financial year.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jun 23rd 2010 at 11:41AM
AMD reports strong Q1 results

AMD reports strong Q1 results

NEWS

AMD has reported healthy results for the first quarter of the year, with revenue of $1.57 billion.

by Nicky Trup
on Apr 16th 2010 at 11:43AM
Half of IT retailers saw 'more profitable' Christmas last year

Half of IT retailers saw 'more profitable' Christmas last year

NEWS

Over half of IT retailers found Christmas more profitable in 2009 than the year before, according to a survey commissioned by PCR.

by Nicky Trup
on Feb 9th 2010 at 4:34PM
Apple reports 50% profit growth

Apple reports 50% profit growth

NEWS

Tech lifestyle leader Apple has revealed a 50 per cent year-on-year jump in profits for the quarter ending December 26th.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jan 26th 2010 at 10:46AM
Fortune 500 sees strong IT presence

Fortune 500 sees strong IT presence

NEWS

The Fortune 500 listing has been released with eight IT firms occupying spots in the top 100, which were ranked by overall revenue.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jul 13th 2009 at 5:59PM
Xerox issues profit warning

Xerox issues profit warning

NEWS

Xerox has seen its share value fall by twenty per cent after it reduced its revenue forecast by up to 85 per cent.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Mar 23rd 2009 at 10:48AM
Lenovo boss quits after $96 mil loss

Lenovo boss quits after $96 mil loss

NEWS Lenovo is replacing its chief executive William Amelio with current chairman Yang Yuanqing, after the firm suffered a $96.7 million loss in Q3.

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on Feb 5th 2009 at 3:56PM
Intel issues second profit warning of the quarter

Intel issues second profit warning of the quarter

NEWS The world’s largest chipmaker, Intel has issued another profit warning for the final quarter of fiscal 2008, with the firm advising that revenue would now be 20 per cent less ...
Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jan 8th 2009 at 12:07PM
Lenovo warns of ?material loss?

Lenovo warns of ?material loss?

NEWS Chinese PC vendor Lenovo has seen its share price drop by over 20 per cent after issuing a profit warning for the fourth quarter of 2008, claiming it would suffer ...
Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jan 8th 2009 at 10:28AM
C2000 shines despite wider Tech Data gloom

C2000 shines despite wider Tech Data gloom

NEWS IT distributor Tech Data has reported a halving in its profits despite its UK subsidiary, Computer 2000 showing bottom line growth of 51.9 per cent.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Nov 26th 2008 at 11:49AM
Dell admits to middleman myth

Dell admits to middleman myth

NEWS Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell, has said that operating a reseller channel costs about the same as running a direct sales model.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Nov 26th 2008 at 11:47AM
Sony slashes profit forecast

Sony slashes profit forecast

NEWS Sony has been forced to severely curtail its profit forecasts for the next quarter as the combined effect of a weak Euro and a strong Yen has seen Japanese export ...
Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Oct 24th 2008 at 12:09PM
John Lewis profits slide ?20m

John Lewis profits slide ?20m

NEWS John Lewis has seen a dramatic fall in profits as the credit crunch bites, down £21m – 34.4 per cent – to £40m, with the retailer blaming difficult trading conditions ...
by Ben Furfie
on Sep 11th 2008 at 11:59AM
Computacenter confident of growth

Computacenter confident of growth

NEWS Following a strong second quarter, infrastructure and services giant Computacenter has predicted the highest rate of organic growth for ‘a number of years’, CRN has reported.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jul 11th 2008 at 11:21AM
Profits down at Comet

Profits down at Comet

NEWS Profits at the second largest electrical retailer in the UK fell in 2007, despite continued strong sales of laptops and flat screen televisions.

by Ben Furfie
on Mar 19th 2008 at 12:13PM
Record revenues for Foxconn

Record revenues for Foxconn

NEWS Foxconn Electronics has revealed that its revenues grew 42.5 per cent in 2007 over the previous year. According to the company's filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Foxconn's revenues have ...
by Christopher Dring
on Jan 10th 2008 at 10:38AM