Video game company sales hit historic highs of $10.9 billion in the US as people are forced to remain home during coronavirus lockdown Video game sales have exploded to historic highs in the US this quarter Analysts say sales hit $10.86 billion which is a 10 percent increase over last year The boom is attributed to … Read more
Covid testing kits fuel sales boom at Novacyt as it racks up revenues of more than £90m By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 May 2020 A British producer of coronavirus testing kits expects ‘significant demand’ to continue for the rest of the year … Read more
Asia-focused insurance giant Prudential has seen its sales take a hit amid global lockdowns in the last few months, and its shares are down over 7 per cent today. The group’s sales across Asia fell by 24 per cent in the first quarter of this year, with Hong Kong seeing the biggest drop. But, on … Read more
Aside from its medieval chapels and the ancient universities which have educated many of the country’s elite, Cambridge and Oxford share another common attribute; they are the nation’s top cycling cities. London may have its Boris Bikes while Manchester has the National Cycling Centre, but apart from the Boat Race cities, the UK remains overwhelmingly a … Read more
Housebuilder Persimmon will reopen its sales sites to potential buyers tomorrow on Friday 15 May, beating rival Taylor Wimpey’s planned reopening date of 22 May. Persimmon, which did not furlough any of its staff and kept them on full pay, said that all its show homes and sales sites would reopen with ‘strict’ social distancing … Read more
Retailers suffer worst slump on record with sales of goods across the UK plummeting by almost a fifth in April By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:34 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 23:34 BST, 12 May 2020 Sales of goods across the UK plummeted by almost a fifth in April as the … Read more
Bike shops are running out of stock as Britons rush to get on two wheels in preparation for the post-lockdown world. Halfords, Decathlon, Evans and WheelBase are selling out of mountain and road bikes as Cycle to Work schemes see a 200 per cent surge in orders from emergency workers. One bike store in Bicester … Read more
Online supermarket Ocado has seen its revenue surge over 40 per cent this quarter, as locked-down Britons get their shopping delivered to their doors. The grocer said its decision to stop people ordering bottled mineral water helped it complete 6,000 extra orders a week. Across all its operations and partnerships, Ocado claimed it was enabling … Read more
Greene King sales slip as pub sector continues to lose its fizz and £2.7billion takeover by Hong Kong family looms Greene King said the decline in group sales was driven by ‘softer’ beer sales Net income across its pub arm slid 4.2% as it fell short of 2018 trading levels The looming takeover offers a … Read more
Blueprint to revive house sales: Sellers must wait in gardens and clean before and after viewings in plan being drawn up for Ministers By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 A blueprint to revive house sales under strict social distancing rules is … Read more