Articles about Comet

Bolton biz kingpin tables '7 figure' offer for Comet website

And rumour tells of mystery shopper eyeing 140 stores

Cawing retail vultures circle dying Comet, might rip some chunks off

Aaark! Aaark! say Maplins, Dixons, webshops

Comet confesses: The receivers are among us even now

Dixons shareholders skip and clap their hands for joy

Taxpayers to cough for Comet staff redundo

Last of stores to close tomorrow

Bargain! Desperate Comet SLASHES price of £4,400 iPod Nano

Comet has generously slashed 97 per cent off the price of an Apple iPod Nano, touting the pocket-stroker at £129 rather than an eye-watering, er, £4,444. Until now the chain's clearance sale may not have impressed deal-hungry shoppers, but this saving was sadly too good to be true. The photo below shows a standard Nano model on …

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Cashless Comet to close 41 stores, axe 500 jobs

Collapsed electricals retailer Comet is to shutter 41 stores over the next fortnight, administrator Deloitte has confirmed. So far Dixons Retail and Maplin are among the rivals circling the fallen retailer, although it appears the two are interested in just a handful of stores. As a result the closing down process began at 27 …

Cash-strapped Comet sheds ANOTHER 735 staff

It's P45s for Xmas as Deloitte Santa gets sacking

Dixons feasts on corpse of Comet, chortles over 'slab bonanza

Pixmania and southern EU remain sore boils on bottom line

Comet administrator Deloitte triggers ejector seats under 330 staff

Comet administrator Deloitte has swung the axe for the first time since it was brought in to take control of operations with 330 support staff getting the chop. Biz advisory outfit Deloitte confirmed 99 staff at the Rickmansworth HQ, 53 from the operation in Hull and 42 in the call centre in Clevedon were told of their fate on …

Deloitte in the saddle at Comet, seeking stability - and a buyer

Deloitte said its first task as Comet's administrative receiver is to steady the ship and then seek anyone interested buying an ailing veteran retailer, hamstrung by huge overheads and facing fierce competition from leaner online rivals. Good luck with that. After days of industry chatter, Comet finally called in the receivers …

Ailing Comet at last prayers: Cawing of accountants and VCs fills air

Suppliers wouldn't fill warehouse for Xmas on tick

Comet train set for SMASH, staff can only hope to be in right carriage

Inability to fill Santa's sack may mean sackings

Comet staff should be for life, not just for Christmas

Dixons to recruit 2,000 for festive peak season

Comet crashes to Earth: 125 stores wiped out

Thousands of chain's staff at risk

Dixons steps over Comet's bloodied body to nab bonus Xmas sales

Four per cent growth? Yoink!

UK gov probes Comet crash: Public, private sectors LOST £257m

But VC will pull £50m from flaming wreckage

Dixons returns to profit in UK, rubs hands as Comet circles drain

Losses overall down to crazy Pixmania, penniless 'peans

Current Comet owner hit with half year loss

Kesa looks forward to offloading ailing retailer

Comet sheds 450 jobs in biz survival struggle

Why did Comet fail? Hint: It wasn't just the credit insurers

Kesa shells out £50m to offload Comet

Comet cuts jobs as sales fall

Major Comet investor backs sale

Hungry bidders pick up Comet's blood trail

Comet can't sell anything, including itself

Comet in bad way after big losses

Credit insurance: The hidden data-driven force which killed Comet

'Zombie hunter' task force unleashed on the UK tech biz

A special force of crack zombie hunters swings into action today to rid old Blighty of the shuffling scourge of undead firms surviving only to pay the interest on debts. The mission of the task force, whose formation was revealed by The Channel last month, is to build a profile of private equity backed businesses in the IT …