World Cup 2010
Retailers prepare for the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa
News
United Carpets warns positive results will be hard to replicate
Floorings specialist United Carpets posted full-year results ahead of expectations but weaker current trading led to downgrades of this year’s profit forecasts.
Wolfson and Harris: tough times in store
Bellwether retailers Carpetright and Next spooked the City on Tuesday with cautious updates presaging punishing times for the stores sector.
Sports Direct makes strides despite England’s early World Cup exit
Sports Direct lost out on sales and potential profits after being left with excess stock following England’s early exit from the World Cup.
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Sports Direct profits soar but World Cup impact mixed
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John Lewis sales benefit from England’s World Cup exit
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Retailers predict return to form after England’s World Cup KO
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HMV withdraws 'anti-English' World Cup goods from Scottish stores
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Home Retail fails to score TV sales growth from World Cup
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DSGi reports World Cup sales boost
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World Cup no open goal for retailers in tough climate
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Asda halves the price of England World Cup shirts
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DSGi looks to score with World Cup TV sales
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Screwfix adopts ‘British Football Time’ opening hours during World Cup
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Argos taps World Cup fever with microsite launch
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Argos to launch interactive TV buyers guide
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Morrisons hopes England World Cup backing will drive footfall
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Umbro previews England kit in Shoreditch shop
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Tesco and Asda market share slips during World Cup
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Vuvuzela warning sounded
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Currys to honour promotional promise on Frank Lampard goal
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Selfridges and Nike host World Cup ‘pop-up stadium’
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JD Sports pushes overseas growth with Paris store
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JJB to expand own-brand and increase tie-ins in recovery bid
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Sainsbury’s offers staff World Cup working hours
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Tesco wants to curb sale of cheap alcohol
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M&S recruits 1966 World Cup winners to front menswear campaign
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Online retailer Kitbag trials first pop-up shop
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Best Buy promises opening weekend bonanza
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Tesco to be official supermarket of England World Cup team
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Asda wins rights to sell official FIFA World Cup merchandise
In Depth
Retailers root for England
As the World Cup approaches, retailers are busy planning their own match tactics to draw the crowds and tap the lift in consumer sentiment the tournament brings.
The new North-South divide
With looming public sector cuts and job losses set to hit the North harder than the South, will regional disparities return?
Retailers prepare to tap World Cup fever
Retailers were said to have coined in £1.25bn from the 2006 World Cup but will recession-hit shoppers have football fever this time?
Comment
A lesson in teamwork
England’s failure shows why working and training together is key to success, says Lord Kirkham
Tough times lie ahead but retail looks resilient
An early exit from the World Cup and weather that was more suited to the beach than the shopping mall didn’t augur well for a bumper June in the shops. Yet this week’s BRC sales figures, backed up by anecdotal evidence from leading retailers, suggest a steady recovery is continuing.
Retailers win the World Cup
Not many retailers will be crying today. What was remarkable about yesterday’s debacle was the air of resignation about a defeat that the majority seemed to have viewed as inevitable.
