JB Hi-Fi starts selling eBooks through new JB NOW Books platform
JB Hi-Fi has expanded its digital content offering to now include books. Launched over the past weekend, JB NOW Books offers eBooks for iOS and Android devices, plus some other eReaders and personal computers, but not for Kindles.
Mon 22/04/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »How Channel Seven ownership created and eliminated TiVo in Australia
TiVo is effectively dead in Australia. No more devices are being sold Hybrid TV is winding down is support services. In this special feature, we chart the rise and fall of the promising PVR, isolating why it failed to take-off.
Mon 22/04/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »JB Hi-Fi retires "tarnished" Clive Anthonys brand
With the announcement of JB Hi-Fi's plans to sell appliances under the JB Hi-Fi Home banner comes news that existing Clive Anthonys stores will be rebadged. According to JB's CEO, it's time the brand was put to rest.
Thu 29/11/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »JB Hi-Fi to start selling appliances in new "JB Hi-Fi Home" concept stores
JB Hi-Fi is set to begin selling appliances by the end of the year with a trial roll out of four JB Hi-Fi Home concept stores. The stores will be converted from Clive Anthonys shopfronts, and will be accompanied by an e-commerce website.
Wed 28/11/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Steady results for JB Hi-Fi but ghosts of Clive Anthonys remain
JB Hi-Fi has released its results for the 2012 financial year, reporting a boost in sales up to $3.13 billion. But difficulties with Clive Anthonys (including "restructuring" costs from 2011) paint a grim picture for earnings and profits.
Mon 13/08/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »JB Hi-Fi projects drop in annual profits despite steady sales
JB Hi-Fi has announced its profit guidance for FY2012, projecting a slight increase in sales revenue for the year, but a drop in profits to below 2010 levels. Following today's announcement, the company's share price has taken a dive.
Fri 27/04/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Your loss is our gain: JB eyes WOW & Dick Smith market share
There have been big changes retail this year, with WOW Sight & Sound going into administration and Dick Smith announcing the closure of 100 stores by February 2014, but JB Hi-Fi is ready to take up that slice of the pie.
Fri 27/04/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »JB Hi-Fi defies downturn to post sales and profit growth, new stores planned
JB Hi-Fi has continued to defy the doom and gloom surrounding traditional retail, posting an improved normalised net profit after tax result of just over $134 million for the 12 months to July 2011.
Mon 08/08/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »JB to remain strong despite $33m write-down, iPad, 3DS and TV boom predicted
Despite price erosion in flat panel TVs and the $33 million write down to restructure the Clive Anthony's business, JB is still considered a retail business behemoth by Australia's premier investment bank.
Fri 01/04/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »JB Hi-Fi announces Clive Anthonys $33.4 million write-down
The ten Clive Anthonys stores under the JB Hi-Fi umbrella could face rebranding or even closure as part of a restructuring plan predicted to cost a one-off post-tax charge of $24.8 million.
Tue 29/03/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Cheap HD LCD TV recall at JB Hi-Fi and Clive Anthonys
All units of a recently released 42-inch HD LCD TV and its stand have been recalled nationally due to the risk of falling and causing injury.
Tue 22/02/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »JB reveals margin pressure and new Clive Anthonys branding
JB Hi-Fi is still racking up the sales and ticking over profits, but its margins have taken a huge hit. Plus, new Clive Anthonys branding, which proudly declares that consumers can pay less for cash.
Fri 07/05/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »CEO reveals: 'We've thought about renaming Clive Anthonys'
Clive Anthonys and Clive Peeters: they sound similar but are totally separate. Current.com.au can now reveal that JB Hi-Fi, owner of the Clive Anthonys chain, has repeatedly considered changing the name to avoid confusion.
Wed 25/11/2009 12:00:00 / Read More »JB CEO talks restructure and redundancies at Clive Anthonys
JB Hi-Fi CEO Richard Uechtritz has confirmed the closing of a Clive Anthonys warehouse on the Gold Coast. In an interview with Current.com.au, Uechtritz said that an unspecified number of staff were made redundant.
Wed 10/06/2009 12:00:00 / Read More »Retra rules in Queensland
The top five Queensland electrical retailers have been announced today, with Retravision taking a strong stand as two of the five state finalists came from the red, white and blue franchise.
Fri 28/03/2008 12:00:00 / Read More »JB ups store growth predictions
JB Hi-Fi has upgraded their predictions for total store numbers in Australia and New Zealand to 150, up from their previous estimate of 120 stores, and hinted at smaller stores for less densely-populated areas.
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