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'Bring it on, Tesco'

The independent PC retail sector has remained defiant in the face of impressive consumer electronic and laptop sales growth at the UK's largest supermarket.

Aggressive superpower or lucrative business opportunity?

The rhetoric employed to paint a picture of hugely powerful supermarkets swallowing up everyone else in the retail sector is certainly evocative enough to bring the plight of smaller retailers to the public's attention.

Clash with the titan

With Tesco�s consumer electronics division rocketing 31 per cent last year, Andrew Wooden speaks to IT buyer Matthew Leeser about the grocery giant�s positioning in the PC sector, and takes a wider look at just how threatened independent retailers really are�

Mystery Shopper � Part One

PC Retail asked infinite Field Marketing Solutions to go to Tottenham Court Road and ask retailers the question that befuzzles many a customer visiting the UK's tech-capital � just what is the best Media Centre PC I can buy?

DELL: In a store near you

Following our interview with UK channel director Andy Dow last month, Andrew Wooden talks to Bob Kaufman � the mouthpiece for Dell's global consumer retail strategy to explain the consumer facing aspect of the firm's retail attack plan...

Making cash is all about productivity

Microsoft Office might dominate the sector�s mindshare, but that doesn�t mean there aren�t some equally big names, and some smaller ones, that can help you 'produce' more money, as Ben Furfie found out this month�

DSGi's game plan

While Tesco and Woolworths may have been the first big name retailers to announce a range of own-brand software (in both cases courtesy of white-label operation FormJet) DSGi has gone one step further by announcing its intention to break into casual PC games publishing.

Opinion: What do you do when the future is in everyone's pocket?

Nearly 30 years ago I had a far-ranging discussion with various people including some boffins at Hewlett Packard and Ferranti (one of the stars in the UK technology arena for several decades) about the future use of computing technology.

The rise and rise of John Lewis

After a storming year topped off by scooping the High Street Multiple accolade at the PC Retail Awards last month, John Lewis has big plans to consolidate its position in the home computing market. Andrew Wooden talks to head of buying for consumer electronics Helen Keppel-Compton.

Questions from the other side of the Channel

When I sat down to write this first Mac Technology Association article for PC Retail it struck me that before I launched into any extended channel�centric tirades, I should firstly give some serious thought as to exactly who will be reading this column.