Game and Gamestation brands survive following acquisition

Highlighting the importance of integrated bricks and clicks operations
Price-savvy customers are increasingly sceptical of ‘low price’ messages in stores:
Shopper Marketing’s next big thing or the potential trap of having a solution and trying to fix a problem with it?
New Look’s group marketing director Joe Irons has left the company to join Monsoon Accessorize as ecommerce and multi-channel director. View the source
The importance of the convenience market has been highlighted in recent weeks with both Morrisons and Waitrose committing to the c-store sector. Whilst targeting different markets,will both retailers make a success in the convenience sector?
Waitrose, the upmarket supermarket, has announced plans to expand into the convenience market and has pledged to open 20 new Little Waitrose outlets within the M25 by the end of 2012.
Unilever is shifting its organisational focus to emerging markets to better anticipate the needs of a growing but “ever more demanding” class of consumer, CEO Paul Polman told delegates at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity this morning.
Whether its Greece selling its islands or Austria auctioning its mountains, it is clear that further austerity measures are going to be impacting the European consumer.
Retailers must transform themselves into entertainment destinations online using social media to attract and engage consumer, according to a new report from retail analyst Verdict.
Morrisons is meeting with suppliers today to kick start a major own-brand review.
Tesco has earmarked China, India and the US as its three target growth markets and is expected to launch ranges of new brands this year.
Electricals group Dixons, owner of chains including Currys and PC World, has agreed a £59m sale and leaseback of its Nordic distribution centre.