Carphone Warehouse rings up higher sales
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Europe&#39;s biggest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, said in a trading update on Wednesday that sales were up on the back of a 25 per cent leap in new connections.
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Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone retailer and telecommunications group, has joined a growing band of consumer companies that missed sales targets over Christmas.
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Supermarket group Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, has said that its sales increased by 9.6 percent during the third quarter, helped by solid growth in non-food items.
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Handheld maker's revenue buoyed by strong sales of phones, other devices; after-hours shares fluctuate wildly.
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Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth-biggest mobile phone maker, posted higher second-quarter sales on Wednesday but its profit and its average phone sale prices were below analysts' estimates.
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Carphone Warehouse CPW.L expects interim pretax profits of at least 27 million pounds, with a buoyant mobile phone market helping it to beat its own expectations, Europe&#39;s top mobile retailer says.
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Nokia said Thursday its third-quarter revenue and profits would be better than expected, citing an increase in mobile phone sales.
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Qualcomm Inc. on Friday raised its  quarterly profit forecast due to strong demand for its mobile  phone technology.
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The UK's largest supermarket - Tesco - says strong petrol sales aided a rise in third quarter sales across all parts of its business.
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Nokia raised its earnings and revenue forecasts for the current quarter because of growing mobile phone sales, the first glimmer of good news in months for the besieged world leader in mobile phones.
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Samsung Electronics, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, expects its handset sales to rise 16 per cent next year to more than 100m units.
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Just enough to recover from Thursday's slump Shares in Carphone Warehouse closed up 2.6 per cent on Friday after rumours that Vodafone were looking to acquire the company surfaced. The recovery made up for the drop on Thursday when sometime competitor DSG International issued a profit warning, the combination putting CPW shares about where they were last week.â¦
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Specialist retailer Jessops says the popularity of digital cameras has helped to boost its profits.
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Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse says recent trading has been better than expected thanks to "robust" demand.
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Heavy price cuts help deliver a stronger than expected rise in UK High Street sales, official figures show.
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Retail sales have risen sharply in the run-up to the key Christmas season, adding to data which suggests the economy is gathering pace and interest rates may rise next year.
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MOBILE phone maker SonyEricsson reported a tripling in quarterly pre-tax profits yesterday as it benefited from an upsurge in demand for its camera phones.