Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Bank Holidays, Back to School and Christmas are all key occasions for electrical retailers, as consumers hit the high street with the specific intention of buying something.

Retired Sony MD Steve Dowdle pays tribute to Danny Churchill, who died recently

The real cost of buying a new computer is the huge amount of time and skill it takes to reinstall favourite programs and transfer music, movies, photos and documents. The same is true for smartphones and tablets, with added time-cost if the owner has to unlearn one operating system and start learning a new one.

I just had to break my silence about what is going on in the high street and challenge the supposed retail experts who seem to take great pleasure in ripping into retail in the media.

So, HMV has been handed a dramatic lifeline by Canadian restructuring firm Hilco. Along with potential support from no end of major labels (Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers) all seemingly willing to club together, there may just be a light at the end of the tunnel for the embattled retailer.

The day before the Consumer Electronics Show officially starts at Las Vegas is always the time when manufacturers make pre-show announcements in the hope of grabbing the attention of the TV news.

Philips finally came up with a Hue LED lighting system for me to test "out of the box". We had previously only seen demos "made earlier" by Philips staff.

Graham Knight takes a tongue-in-cheek look at what might happen in the world of electricals as we go into 2013

I was fortunate to be invited to the Dorchester Hotel in London for the Christmas lunch that the Euronics/CIH buying group holds to thank its suppliers for their support over the past 12 months.