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...That’s one historical nugget of a story from a London underground bullion store. (FT) Can Hill thrill after you’ve felt the Bern?...
...Total sales rose 13 per cent to $4.8bn, while same-store sales climbed 5 per cent in the period, slightly ahead of forecasts of a 4.7 per cent gain....
...DreamWorks Animation gained 14 per cent at $25.52 on reports toymaker Hasbro was in talks to buy the Hollywood studio that has been behind animated franchises such as Shrek and Madagascar....
...The run-up to Christmas was a busy period for store openings for Sainsbury, with 11 new supermarkets and 13 new convenience stores completed....
...Two weeks ago, Walmart announced that it would pull its line of Miley Cyrus-branded jewellery from its store shelves after tests conducted by the Associated Press determined that the products had elevated...
...London. www.uli.org Design decade A series of exhibitions across London will showcase the work of Hong Kong designers including Chelsia Lau, chief designer for Ford, Raman Hui, co-director of the film Shrek...
...I couldn’t walk into any music store in Britain and have bought that, but there it was. Is surfing a ‘work’ or ‘leisure’ activity? It’s both....
...Blockbuster said it would offer Blu-ray in 1,700 stores compared with about 250 for HD-DVD. It said Blu-ray rentals were “significantly outpacing” rentals of HD-DVDs....
...From Toy Story to Shrek the Third, computer graphics have contributed hugely to the movie industry....
...And then they’d be a music store and then they’d find out it’s just as bad being in that business as any other business, and they’d have to go back to coffee, and God bless them....
...In October, he announced a plan to sell ABC’s hit television programmes Desperate Housewives and Lost for download through Apple’s iTunes store....
...Even the animated world is for sale, with Shrek featuring images of Starbucks coffee and other brands....
...for the deluxe DVD edition of the Lord Of The Rings episode, The Return Of The King, which HMV expects to be its festive bestseller in the format, ahead of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Shrek...
...Disappointing DVD sales of the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, as well as of Shrek 2, were partly blamed by Woolies yesterday for flat like-for-like sales in its main stores in the four Christmas...
...Yes, 70 per cent of the population visits WHS stores, but half of them leave without buying anything. And those that do spend a pitiably small £5.50 on average....
...Woolworths, the retail chain, said it was pinning its hopes on Harry Potter, Shrek and a resurgent Tamagotchi, to boost its Christmas performance, as it reported narrowing losses for the first half and flat...
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