Tag: stores
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Steam Sections Arriving In GAME This Autumn
Steam is where it’s at for gaming on the PC, but did you know that soon Steam is going to make the transition over to the less complex and more affordable console market? We’ve been hearing about Steam Boxes, Steam Controllers and Steam console operating systems for years now, and true to their word Valve…
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Apple Watch Won’t Sell In Stores Until June
Apple has dropped a clanger recently about their highly celebrated Apple Watch – your online pre-order gives you a much better chance of actually getting your hands on one than turning up on stores on release day. It’s just not going to happen apparently. Apple quietly announced the other day that the release date for…
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UK Shops Allowing Mobile Payments In 2015
With the upcoming Apple Pay service arriving in the UK for the iPhone 6 in 2015, as well as the pre-existing NFC payments with certain debit cards, the UK is already on its way to embracing wireless payments next year. But if that wasn’t enough, we’ve recently heard that several big high street retailers will…
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Competitors Rally to Save Phones4U Jobs
We’ve been hearing a lot about the recent Phones4U administration fiasco, when the successful high street phone company got left high and dry by unscrupulous maneuvering by competitors. The company was forced into administration after sneaky rivals managed to leave them with not a business contact to their name. After the closure of Phones4U’s stores…
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HMV announces it is now in administration
UK high street retailer HMV is the latest to feel the pinch from the online shopping boom, announcing last night that it has called in the administrators. The news comes less than a week after another high street electrical retailer, Jessops, entered administration and closed all stores, and shortly after Comet closed its doors. For…
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UPDATE: GAME and Gamestation Stores Set for Administration?
It’s looking like sad news is coming for GAME and Gamestation staff in the coming weeks, as the high street video game retailers are looking set to face the administrators in the coming months unless a last minute sale can save the day. More than 10,000 jobs may be lost as the UK’s biggest game…