All Retail Week articles in April 1 2011
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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NewsDixons warns on profits after dire trading
Electricals market leader Dixons has issued a profits warning and detailed an emergency plan to put the business on track after dire trading.
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NewsDFS half year EBITDA flat as sales rise 1%
Sofa giant DFS adjusted EBITDA remained flat at £41.2m in the 26 weeks to January 29.
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NewsGame staff bought up Tesco stocks of Nintendo 3DS
Game told its store staff to buy up Nintendo 3DS consoles from Tesco as it aimed to keep a steady supply in stores.
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NewsThe Co-op profits soar despite like-for-like dip
The Co-operative Group’s food business operating profits soared 33.3% in 2010 despite a 2.5% drop in like-for-likes which it blamed on disruption from the Somerfield integration.
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NewsMoss Bros narrows pre-tax losses
Menswear group Moss Bros narrowed its pre-tax losses from £3.9m to £2.7m in the year to January 29, as like-for-likes moved into positive territory.
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GalleryPutting the super into Superdrug
Asking shoppers to ‘take another look’ and then getting them to love the Superdrug brand is what the refurbished Wimbledon store is trying to achieve. John Ryan reports
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NewsRetail sales growth picks up but underlying trend remains subdued
Retail sales growth picked up in March but the underlying trend remains subdued, according to the CBI.
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OpinionIs eBay trying to be Amazon?
The purchase of ecommerce provider GSI Commerce by eBay has stirred up the ecommerce industry, but what does it mean for retailers?
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NewsSignet UK like-for-likes fall 1.4% in 2010 as tough trading continues
Signet UK like-for-likes dropped 1.4% in its year ending January 29 as tough trading continues in 2011.
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NewsAll Saints Lebanese deal off: new suitors in the wings
All Saints’ sale deal with M1, a Beirut-based business co-founded by the likely next Lebanese Prime Minister, has collapsed. However US investment firms Goode Partners and MSD Capital are understood to have stepped up their interest in buying the young fashion chain.
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AnalysisThe challenges of multichannel
Multichannel means different things to different businesses. But what difficulties are directors facing during multichannel projects, and how are they overcome? Rebecca Thomson finds out
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OpinionMultichannel gets more complicated
Just as retailers really start to understand what multichannel means to their business and how to capitalise on that, it gets more complicated
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AnalysisMultichannel integration
What are the common problems encountered by retailers trying to manage inventory across many different sales channels and how can integration help?
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AnalysisThe multichannel shopper
Patterns of consumer behaviour develop all the time - especially in the world of multichannel. Liz Morrell outlines what retailers need to know about today’s shopping habits
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NewsPhones 4U to double store openings in 2011
Phones 4U is ramping up its store expansion programme under its new owners to take advantage of customers who prefer to buy phones in shops rather than online.
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NewsBlackwell’s on track for profit by 2013
Blackwell’s, the academic bookseller, aims to return to profitability by 2013, and has halved annual losses and launched a text-book rental service.
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NewsBimba & Lola hunts for London store
Spanish fashion retailer Bimba & Lola is eyeing high-profile London locations for its first UK store.
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NewsTesco forced to cap PriceCheck refunds
Tesco has shrugged off initial teething problems with its new PriceCheck guarantee and said it remains committed to the promotion, despite having to cap refunds after some shoppers were making claims of more than £100.
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NewsWilkinson trials contactless payment
Variety chain Wilkinson is to trial contactless payments across 25 stores, ahead of a potentialroll-out of the technology across its 350 stores.
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NewsUK remains tough for Mothercare, but international strong
Mothercare’s like-for-like sales in the UK slipped in its fourth quarter, but the performance of its international business remained strong.