Festive flop hurts Game

Christmas failed to bring any cheer for retailer Game Group as the continuing slump in the computer games market saw a further slide in its sales.

Game shares fell more than 6% after the firm revealed worse than expected sales figures and said profits for the full year would be below City forecasts at between £87m (€97m) and £93m (€103.6m) – although this would still be its second best annual figure.