| 词条 | Entertainment UK |
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| name = Entertainment UK | logo = Entertainment UK.png | type = Private | genre = | fate = Dissolved | predecessor = EMI | successor = | foundation = 1966 (as Record Merchandisers Limited)[1] | founder = EMI Records | defunct = 2009 | location_city = Middlesex | location_country = UK | location = | locations = | area_served = UK | key_people = Mike Thomas, IT and Business Development Director, Graham Barnetson, Sales & Marketing Director, Paul Ludlam, Trading Director[2] | industry = Retail supply and distribution | products = Books Consoles DVDs Games Music | services = | revenue = £1.22bn (2008)[3] | operating_income = | net_income = £12.3m (2008)[3] | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 375[4] | parent = Woolworths Group | divisions = | homepage = {{url|http://www.entuk.co.uk}} (dissolved) | footnotes = }}Entertainment UK Limited (EUK) was a retail supply and distribution company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Woolworths Group. The company, and Woolworths plc, entered administration with Deloitte on 26 November 2008.[5] EUK claimed to have had a turnover in excess of £1.4 billion per annum, and over 160,000 lines of products.[6] HistoryEntertainment UK was founded as Record Merchandisers Limited in 1966 by EMI Records to distribute music to non-specialist retailers. It later became a joint venture between a number of record companies. Woolworths became Entertainment UK's largest customer and in 1986 Record Merchandisers Limited was acquired by Kingfisher plc. In 1988, Record Merchandisers Limited changed its name to Entertainment UK (EUK). EUK became the property of Woolworths Group after the demerger from parent company Kingfisher in 2001. In 2006, Woolworths Group acquired Total Home Entertainment Distribution Limited (THE) to form part of EUK division.[1] In November 2007 EUK acquired Bertram Books, a major book wholesaler and distributor.[7] AdministrationEUK was the most profitable arm of Woolworths Group and it was this portion of the business that the management hoped to retain when it attempted to divest itself of its retail arm and its liabilities. However, with the failure of the restructuring talks EUK went into administration with its parent company on the 28 November and immediately stopped deliveries.[8] On 12 December 2008, 700 staff were made redundant.[5][9] EUK is continuing to operate with a reduced workforce of 375. On 14 January 2009, Deloitte announced a further reduction of 134 employees across all 4 of EUK's remaining sites, and is continuing in its efforts to sell any remaining stock within the warehouses in order to service the debt. Following a number of "active discussions" with prospective suitors of Bertram Books,[10] the administrators announced the sale of the company to Smiths News.[11] On 13 March 2009, Gardners Books based in Eastbourne, East Sussex visited Entertainment UK's Greenford Auriol Drive site for talks about a possible purchase of the lease to the automated warehouse, and at one point it was believed that a deal totalling £1,500,000 was struck to purchase the lease. The Entertainment UK business was eventually officially dissolved on 20 April 2015.[12] Awards and acclaimsIn 2005 and 2006, Entertainment UK was given 'The European Supply Chain Excellence' and 'The Global Retail Technology Forum' awards respectively in addition to the 'Best Retail Buying Team' at 2006 MCV Industry Excellence Awards.[6] OperationsEntertainment UK supplied many major retailers and signed new partnerships with Zavvi (formerly Virgin Megastores) and Asda in 2007.[13][14] Other notable customers included Morrisons, Sainsburys, W H Smith, Tesco and the Borders UK entertainment back catalogue. It also ran two Amazon Marketplace stores on Amazon.co.uk; "market plus", run by the offshore subsidiary Entertainment Plus (Guernsey) Ltd, and "direct-offers", the UK based stock clearance arm of Entertainment UK. As a consequence of EUK entering administration, Zavvi became unable to source stock on favourable terms from other supplies. It entered administration on 24 December 2008.[15] References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.entuk.co.uk/content/17.chtml |title=History |accessdate=5 January 2009 |publisher=EUK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226230539/http://www.entuk.co.uk/content/17.chtml |archive-date=26 December 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.entuk.co.uk/content/25.chtml |title=Board of Directors |accessdate=5 January 2009 |publisher=EUK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218080643/http://www.entuk.co.uk/content/25.chtml |archive-date=2008-12-18 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/76617-deloitte-reveals-cost-of-keeping-euk-going.html |title=Deloitte reveals cost of keeping EUK going |publisher=The Bookseller |date=5 February 2009 |accessdate=5 February 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/11752-deloitte-makes-700-euk-staff-redundant.html |title=Deloitte makes 700 EUK staff redundant |publisher=Talking Retail |date=15 December 2008 |accessdate=5 February 2009}} 5. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE4BB5D320081212 |title=Administrator to EUK says failed to find buyer |publisher=Reuters |date=12 December 2008 |accessdate=5 February 2009 | first=James | last=Davey}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.entuk.co.uk/content/16.chtml |title=Key Facts |accessdate=5 January 2009 |publisher=EUK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226230534/http://www.entuk.co.uk/content/16.chtml |archive-date=2008-12-26 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.woolworthsgroupplc.com/media/news_release_article.cfm?id=141 |publisher=Woolworths Group |title=Acquisition of Bertram Group Limited |date=17 January 2007 |accessdate=17 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205132921/http://www.woolworthsgroupplc.com/media/news_release_article.cfm?id=141 |archive-date=5 December 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7755443.stm |title=Shops get emergency CD deliveries |publisher=BBC News |date=28 November 2008 |accessdate=10 December 2008}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article5331048.ece |title=Woolworths CD business axes 700 workers |publisher=The Times |date=12 December 2008 |accessdate=12 December 2008 | location=London | first1=Helen | last1=Power | first2=M&A | last2=Correspendent}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/76617-deloitte-reveals-cost-of-keeping-euk-going.html |title=Deloitte reveals cost of keeping EUK going |publisher=The Bookseller |date=5 February 2009 |accessdate=5 February 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 11. ^Acquisition of the business and assets of the Bertram group{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Smiths News PLC 12. ^{{cite web|title=Entertainment UK Limited|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00409775|publisher=Companies House|accessdate=6 April 2017}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/30/bcnwool30.xml&site=1&page=0 |title=Woolworths' Virgin deal |accessdate=2 June 2007 |last=Blackden |first=Richard |date=30 January 2007| publisher=telegraph.co.uk | location=London}} 14. ^{{cite news |title=Virgin strikes exclusive EUK deal |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/news/25499/Virgin-strikes-exclusive-EUK-deal |publisher=MCV |date=30 January 2007|accessdate=24 December 2008}} 15. ^{{cite news |title=Zavvi placed into administration |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6386153.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=24 December 2008 |accessdate=24 December 2008}} External links{{wikinews|UK retailers MFI and Woolworths collapse}}
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