All Retail Week articles in 24 October 2008 – Page 2
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News
Tough outlook for Home Retail as profits fall
Home Retail Group has posted a plunge in first-half profits and warned that the full-year figure will be at the low end of expectations unless trading conditions improve.
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News
Arcadia to double size of Topshop chain
Sir Philip Green will double the size of his Topshop and Topman chains in the next five years.
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News
News distributors avoid Competition Commission referral
The magazine and newspaper supply sector should not be referred to the Competition Commission, the Office of Fair Trading has decided.
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News
Jessops steps up web presence
Jessops is making improvements to its e-commerce site to provide customers with a faster and more personalised experience.
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News
House of Fraser taps into youth market with its MMS campaign
House of Fraser is running a marketing campaign to target 16 to 24-year-olds through their mobile phones.
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News
Morrisons opts for integrated EPoS system
Morrisons is to replace four different EPoS systems with an integrated system from Retalix.
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Opinion
Co-op and Morrisons: the IT challenge
The Co-op has finally got the go ahead from the Office of Fair Trading for its acquisition of Somerfield. It will be interesting to see what happens to the two companies’ IT strategies in response.
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News
Scotland: Worst retail sales growth since March 2006
Retail sales growth in Scotland was at its slowest rate in two and a half years in September, as consumer confidence and rising living costs squeezed spending.
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News
Woolworths creates new board as four directors leave
Woolworths has made a raft of changes to its management structure, including the creation of a retail operating board, two new appointments and four senior management departures.
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News
Verdict: Retailers facing dismal Christmas
Retailers are facing the “toughest trading environment ever” this Christmas according to research company Verdict, which is predicting the second lowest consumer spending growth in a fourth quarter for 20 years.
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News
My-wardrobe.com hires new finance director
Online fashion e-tailer My-wardrobe.com has appointed a new finance director.
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News
Wyevale director leaves after four months in the job
Garden centre chain Wyevale’s director of e-commerce and marketing Deborah Poll has left the company having only joined in June of this year.
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News
Retailers win key victory on rents
Smaller retailers have won a key concession in the battle to secure monthly rental payments.
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News
Sports Direct trading on track
Sports Direct has revealed today that trading is in line with expectations, but that it continues to be the hardest the group has ever experienced.
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News
DSGi to slash capex as like-for-likes fall
DSGi is to slash capital expenditure after revealing first-half like-for-likes tumbled 7 per cent.
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News
Wal-Mart's supplier standards drive could hit profits
Wal-Mart has admitted that its profits could be dented by plans to force Chinese suppliers to meet new quality and environmental standards or risk losing its business.
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News
Retail sales growth slows further
Retail sales volume growth has continued to slow in the three months to September, rising only 0.1 per cent.
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News
Amazon cautious about Christmas sales
Online retailer Amazon is expecting an uncertain Christmas for 2008.
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Analysis
Planning process holding up retail development
An underfunded and overcomplicated planning process is holding up the development of shopping centres and supermarkets, costing retailers valuable trading time. Ben Cooper asks how it could be made more efficient.
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Analysis
Asos: The big picture
With sales flying, Asos is coasting the downturn. IT chief Gary Mudie tells Joanna Perry how his technology plan will keep it in fashion.