Dixons wipes the VCR from its stores
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The news that the Dixon&#39;s group is to stop selling the venerable VCR is the end of an era. As with the launch of Dire Straits &#39;Brothers in Arms&#39; CD in the early 1980s which was seen as the tipping point between
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Dixons, the UK&#39;s largest electrical retailer, has today announced plans to phase out the sale of video recorders by the end of the year.
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The maker of digital video recorders reported a net loss of $17.7 million in the second quarter, which included an $11.2 million inventory write-off.
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A traditional Shrove Tuesday pancake race in Britain was tossed off the menu due to overbearing health and safety regulations, newspapers reported.
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Best Buy announced today that it has pulled all remaining analog television products from store shelves and will henceforth only sell products with digital tuners. The company is the first consumer electronics retailer to publicly announce its departure from the analog television business.
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&quot;We&#39;re saying goodbye to one of the most important products in the history of consumer technology,&quot; Dixons marketing director John Mewett said.
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The name of Court TV is getting disbarred.
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Richard Branson on Monday sold his Virgin Megastores record shops in Britain and Ireland, shedding the brand which launched his Virgin empire.
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A legal campaign against sites that help people share films online appears to have forced a popular site to close.
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UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB   has temporarily shut down its fledgling broadband film service  after software provided by Microsoft  was cracked,  enabling the digital protection to be stripped.
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Part of the Managemyhome.com site goes offline after critics point out it revealed customers' purchasing histories.
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Â· Thomas the Tank Engine items taken off UK shelvesÂ· 70,000 Chinese-made playthings may be affected
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The retailer misses its mark and lowers guidance.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has closed an online movie download service it launched less than a year ago.
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Animated footage promoting the logo for  the 2012 London Olympic Games was removed from the organizers&#39;  Web site on Tuesday amid concern it could trigger epileptic  fits.
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ReplayTV, one of the pioneers in the DVR business and now in its faded glory, has been sold by its Japanese owner D&M Holdings to DirecTV.
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The retailer's same-store sales plummet.