All Retail Week articles in 28 November 2008 – Page 4
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Analysis
Asda: In good company
Celebrating long-serving staff is great for morale and keeping staff turnover down. Jennifer Creevy finds out how they do it at Asda.
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News
Green will not bid for Moss Bros
Sir Philip Green’s Warbeck Holding Company has said it will not make an offer for Moss Bros.
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News
Halfords pilots second bike fascia to grow shopper base
Halfords is testing another standalone cycle shop format, called Cycle Republic, intended to provide an alternative to its existing Bike Hut fascia.
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News
Gordon Brown promises help for Woolworths staff
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has vowed to provide support for Woolworths staff threatened with redundancy.
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News
John Lewis slashes prices to match House of Fraser Sale
John Lewis has become the latest retailer to slash its prices, offering 25 per cent off branded goods to match prices at House of Fraser’s two-day Sale which began on Thursday.
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News
Zavvi confident stocks will be maintained after EUK collapse
Entertainment retailer Zavvi is understood to be confident it can maintain levels of stock in the run-up to Christmas, despite the collapse of Woolworths subsidiary EUK, which supplied it with almost all its product.
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News
Consumer confidence still poor in November
Customer confidence has improved slightly but still remains low, the latest GfK NOP Christmas survey data shows.
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NewsWoolworths circled by potential buyers
Potential buyers have come flooding in for both Woolworths’ stores and for the business as a whole.
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News
Contactless payment for all Pret A Manger sites
Pret A Manger is rolling out contactless payment to 171 stores, after an initial trail at seven sites proved a success.
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News
JD Sports mulls bid for rival JJB
JD Sports Fashion is said to be considering a bid for rival JJB Sports.
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News
Specsavers launches raft of stores in New Zealand
Specsavers launched in New Zealand this week with six store openings on the country’s North and South Islands.
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News
JJB store revamps drive sales
Embattled retailer JJB claims it has experienced a dramatic sales uplift in its “new era” stores.
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News
Wal-Mart overseas chief to take helm after Scott
Wal-Mart’s board of directors has elected head of overseas operations Mike Duke to succeed Lee Scott as president and chief executive in a move that signals its intention to continue with its overseas expansion programme.
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News
Arcandor: Christmas on track despite supply scare
German retail group Arcandor has said its Christmas sales will not be affected as some of its Asian suppliers face financing difficulties.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Le Studio SFR Rue Tronchet, Paris
Probably not the most festive shop in Paris, but telecoms network and technology retailer SFR offers one of Europe’s most interesting new retail environments.
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Opinion
Products need to be personal
More than ever, consumers will only make purchases that make them feel good about life.
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Opinion
Time to work on supplier relationships
The plaudits – and the brickbats – in retail are normally taken by the chief executive, with the finance director hovering at their shoulder.
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News
Strategic Retail losses deepen as consumer confidence dives
Strategic Retail, which owns homewares retailer Fads, has revealed pre-tax losses have worsened dramatically to 855,000 in the six months to August 30.
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Analysis
Video: The week in retail
TGi Friday: Tim Danaher and George MacDonald discuss Woolworths' fall into administration and the implications for the wider retail industry.
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News
CBI survey: Retailers fear dire Christmas
Retailers are expecting a lacklustre Christmas after reporting a decline in high street sales in November, according to the CBI's Distributive Trades Survey.