Electronics Boutique Forecasts Monster Christmas
News Electronics Boutique saw its turnover rise 25 percent to £143.1m in the six months to 31 July 2001. In the six months to the end of July 2001, Electronics Boutique made a pre-tax loss of £4.6m, an improvement on the £6.5m loss it registered for the...
[October 2, 2001, 14:01]
Electronics Boutique Buys Barrysworld
News Electronics Boutique, the UK's largest retailer of computer software and video games, is to buy the BarrysWorld online gaming service for £400,000. In a statement released today, Electronics Boutique said the acquisition is a further step in its...
[February 27, 2001, 14:36]
PS2 Games Get Electronics Boutique's Tills Ringing
News High street retailer Electronics Boutique (EB) has announced record-breaking sales figures for pre-Christmas trading in the UK -- thanks to strong demand for PlayStation2 (PS2) games. In the five weeks before Christmas, Electronics Boutique stores...
[January 8, 2002, 12:30]
Consoles Aplenty For Xbox Launch
News Some merchants, including Toysrus.com and Electronics Boutique, would only sell the Xbox in packages with software and additional hardware, allowing them to charge more. As he walked out of an Electronics Boutique store in San Francisco, computer...
[November 16, 2001, 9:23]
Gameplay Axes Remaining Staff
News The company said it has completed the £1.4m sale of its Spanish boxed games and online gaming business to Electronics Boutique. Troubled gaming e-tailer Gameplay is rapidly approaching "game over" with the announcement on Friday that it will lay...
[June 8, 2001, 13:54]
Sony Slashes The Price Of Its PlayStation2
News Electronics Boutique and several other major chains have already adopted the new price tag, but it may take several days for prices to adjust across the country. The consumer electronics company told Gamespot UK on Tuesday that it was slashing £30...
[June 6, 2001, 11:15]
Gameplay Site Goes Down
News Gameplay recently sold its Spanish operations to Electronics Boutique, and said it would keep a few members of staff on to sell the company's remaining assets. The Web site of venerable UK e-commerce operation Gameplay has apparently ceased...
[June 21, 2001, 13:11]
GameCube Arrives In North America
News While units at specialist retailers such as Electronics Boutique and Gamestop were primarily allocated to preorders, larger chain retailers like Toys "R" Us and Best Buy had stocks of GameCubes ranging from 40 to more than 100 units per store...
[November 20, 2001, 10:39]
Sony Cuts Playstation2 Christmas Supply
News As far as we are concerned PS2 stock levels are in line with our expectations for the pre-Christmas period," said Lisa Morgan, commercial director of the UK's largest specialist game retailer, Electronics Boutique.
[November 10, 2000, 10:50]
I Am Woman, Hear Me ... Click (part 2)
News Women.com is launching a new clothing and accessories boutique next month to take advantage of that interest, said Pack. There was an assumption in the early days that things you didn't have to touch and feel would be the ones to sell well -- books...
[September 13, 1999, 9:50]
