MPs are now backing the campaign for high-definition broadcasts on Freeview.
28 February 2007

Asda is to build a “minimum” of 18 new stores across the UK this year in a move that will also see a large-scale expansion of its non-food business.
28 February 2007

Retailers will cut the size of their stores as internet shopping gains ground, predicted Dixons boss John Clare.
28 February 2007

Plans to double sales, add 10 new department stores and create 35,000 jobs over the next 10 years have been officially revealed by the John Lewis Partnership.
28 February 2007

BSkyB has warned of a possible £20 million slump in profits if a row with Virgin Media leads to its basic channels being pulled from the cable network.
27 February 2007

Apple has delayed the release of its TV set-top box.
27 February 2007

This year’s Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) will be held from April 14 to 17 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
26 February 2007

Robert Adler, a US inventor who created the TV remote control, has died, aged 93.

23 February 2007

Apple and Cisco have reached an agreement that allows both companies to use the iPhone name, after Cisco sued the iPod maker for using it for a new multimedia phone.
23 February 2007

REPIC, the Recycling Electrical Producers’ Consortium, has launched ERIC, a be­spoke electronic recycling information centre.
21 February 2007

It is vital that the Chancellor takes no action in his 2007 Budget that will add to the burdens now facing “Joe Public”.
21 February 2007

Dealers and producers need to act now or fall foul of the WEEE Directive.
The environmental legislation, which comes into force on July 1, requires all retailers and producers of electrical equipment to register with a compliance scheme by March 15 – and time is running out.
21 February 2007

ERT Weekly’s Graham Knight recently wrote about Currys staff videoing their daft escapades and posting them on You Tube.
21 February 2007

Independent retailers could benefit from the satellite navigation market now that a household name has launched into the sector.
21 February 2007

A new kitchen appliance brand is being launched in the UK by Ultimate Products, which claims to be the country’s biggest product design and sourcing business.
21 February 2007

Blu-ray is a core part of Panasonic’s high definition strategy for full HD integration for 2007.
So said Etsuji Shuda, the company’s business group executive, networking group at a Panasonic product showcase held in Milan.
20 February 2007

Roberts has won the Glen Dimplex International Product of the Year Award 2006 for its Sound 23 DAB CD digital sound system.
19 February 2007

Sky Three, Sky News and Sky Sports News are to be removed from Freeview’s free-to-air line-up to make way for a pay-TV service on the digital terrestrial platform.
16 February 2007

With the WEEE Directive due to come into force on July 1, the UK is in a desperate state – and time is running out.
15 February 2007

Eight in 10 people in the UK are now aware that digital TV switchover will happen.
15 February 2007

Potential buyers are said to be circling the Victor Company of Japan, parent company of JVC.
14 February 2007

Panasonic is to build the world’s largest plasma TV plant with chemical group Toray Industries.
14 February 2007

An online petition has been launched to try and persuade the Government to ring-fence part of the analogue spectrum, freed up by the digital switchover, for use for terrestrial HD channels.
13 February 2007

Siemens has received a stamp of approval from the Good Housekeeping Institute (GHI) for its new range of washing machines incorporating an automatic stain removal system.
09 February 2007

The Home Office simply doesn’t understand the nature of the crime. It is not some victimless bit of naughtiness.”
British Retail Consortium boss Kevin Hawkins was hitting out at Home Office proposals on new measures to tackle anti-social behaviour.
09 February 2007

Ireland will show the UK how to do it when it launches its digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, which is expected to feature high definition content, according to an ERT Weekly investigation.
08 February 2007

Toshiba Corporation has announced that it will be a Tournament Sponsor of the Rugby World Cup 2007 to be held in France.
08 February 2007

In five years, there could be a 20 to 30 per cent drop in the number of people who watch TV shows and listen to radio programmes as they are broadcast.
07 February 2007

The Candy Group has acquired Turkish household company Doruk – the owner of the cooking brand Susler.
06 February 2007

Some of the biggest names in electrical retailing have scored badly in a survey of Britain’s high-street stores by Which?
06 February 2007

Previously UK commercial director, Charles Gordon has been promoted to the position of international markets director at Bissell.
05 February 2007

Interest rate hikes are beginning to have a major impact on high street sales.
02 February 2007

Electrolux was the official sponsor of LEAF London 2007, the premier architectural event bringing together architects and suppliers that are seeking to develop a greater knowledge of the UK market.
02 February 2007

The Electrolux Group has launched a new Zanussi-Electrolux consumer website, which completes a £10 million marketing investment made by the company across its brand portfolio over the last year.
01 February 2007