Publishing

‘New Virgin Megastores’ targets games after MBO

RETAIL stalwart Virgin Megastores is to disappear completely from the High Street in November – but the new group formed from its ashes wants to take on GAME in the hunt for market share. New retail operation Zavvi is to be headed up by former Virgin Megastores MD Simon Douglas …

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‘New Virgin Megastores’ targets games after MBO

RETAIL stalwart Virgin Megastores is to disappear completely from the High Street in November – but the new group formed from its ashes wants to take on GAME in the hunt for market share. New retail operation Zavvi is to be headed up by former Virgin Megastores MD Simon Douglas …

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PSP sales rocket after Lite launch

Sony has hailed the launch of PSP Slim & Lite as a success after the relaunched console notched up a four-fold increase in portable hardware sales. The revamped system launched across retail on September 14th. And ahead of the release of a range of lifestyle software under the Go! brand, …

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PSP sales rocket after Lite launch

Sony has hailed the launch of PSP Slim & Lite as a success after the relaunched console notched up a four-fold increase in portable hardware sales. The revamped system launched across retail on September 14th. And ahead of the release of a range of lifestyle software under the Go! brand, …

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COMMENT – Warner warms up

Initial stirrings and speculation about what kind of strategy the company may have is going to gradually clear, leaving a serious player which wants to invest in this business and grab a significant share over the next five years. That ambition is most vivid when it sets out an objective …

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COMMENT – Warner warms up

Initial stirrings and speculation about what kind of strategy the company may have is going to gradually clear, leaving a serious player which wants to invest in this business and grab a significant share over the next five years. That ambition is most vivid when it sets out an objective …

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INTERVIEW: Sega of America

JOURNALISTS have the luxury of rehashing a standard introduction to corporate profiles of Sega. So long as you shoehorn in the obligatory Sonic reference and mention the ‘tragic demise’ of the company’s console manufacturing epoch with a retro tear in your eye, you’re on course. Then it’s easy street: throw …

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INTERVIEW: Sega of America

JOURNALISTS have the luxury of rehashing a standard introduction to corporate profiles of Sega. So long as you shoehorn in the obligatory Sonic reference and mention the ‘tragic demise’ of the company’s console manufacturing epoch with a retro tear in your eye, you’re on course. Then it’s easy street: throw …

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