All Aurum articles – Page 3

  • BT Retail Week Technology Awards 2010
    News

    BT Retail Week Technology Awards winners announced

    2010-06-16T07:39:00Z

    The winners of the BT Retail Week Technology Awards were announced at a ceremony in London last night.

  • Mappin & Webb
    News

    Aurum wants Mappin to be ‘next Tiffany’

    2010-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Jewellery group Aurum aims to lift sales above £350m this financial year with a plan to turn Mappin & Webb into “the next Tiffany”.

  • Aurum has a sparkling start to the year as profits rise
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    Aurum has a sparkling start to the year as profits rise

    2010-05-24T09:37:00Z

    Aurum, the owner of Mappin & Webb , Watches of Switzerland and Goldsmiths has reported full year operating profits grew to £6.5m in the year to January 31, up from £3.1m the year before.

  • Hamleys
    Analysis

    Life after Baugur

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    One year on, Amy Shields assesses the impact of the Icelandic investment giant’s collapse on UK retail and the chains it owned

  • Aurum
    News

    Aurum's sales sparkle

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Jewellery retail group Aurum beat internal expectations over Christmas with like-for-like sales increasing 3.1% in the nine weeks to January 3.

  • Mappin & Web: The retailer will adapt fascia name
    News

    Aurum to revitalise its Mappin & Webb fascia

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Jewellery group Aurum has outlined plans to invest in its staff and rebrand its Mappin & Webb fascia after completing financial restructuring.

  • Aurum: preparing for growth after refinancing
    News

    Goldsmiths owner Aurum agrees refinancing

    2009-11-09T09:30:00Z

    Aurum, the jewellery group formerly backed by Baugur, has agreed a debt for equity swap with lenders and said recent performance has been ahead of expectations.

  • Goldsmiths
    News

    Aurum drafts in top troubleshooter

    2009-08-14T07:00:00Z

    Jewellery group Aurum, owner of Mappin & Webb, Goldsmiths and Watches of Switzerland, has parachuted in retail restructuring and turnaround specialist Ian Gray to renegotiate rents with its landlords.

  • Analysis

    Don McCarthy

    2009-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Chairman
    House of Fraser and Aurum

  • baugur group logo
    News

    Baugur: who knew what?

    2009-06-19T07:00:00Z

    Baugur’s financial woes were known about almost a year before it finally collapsed, a new book claims.

  • Goldsmiths
    News

    Aurum first-quarter sales flat

    2009-05-29T14:14:00Z

    Jewellery group Aurum has announced that like-for-like sales were flat in its first quarter to April.

  • News

    Don McCarthy insists that Aurum's future is safe

    2009-03-27T07:48:00Z

    Aurum chairman Don McCarthy has insisted that the future of the jewellery group is secure and said the retailer has outperformed the beleaguered jewellery sector.

  • News

    Baugur files for bankruptcy

    2009-03-12T09:27:54Z

    Baugur has filed for bankruptcy after an Icelandic court refused to grant its application to extend its protection from creditors.

  • News

    Mosaic has three months to refinance

    2009-02-23T09:00:00Z

    Fashion group Mosaic has just three months left to refinance.

  • News

    Landsbanki keeps retailers at bay over Baugur pickings

    2009-02-13T06:08:00Z

    Department store groups eager to cash in on the demise of Baugur may have a long wait, after Landsbanki reiterated its intention to retain the shares it now controls in Baugur-backed brands.

  • News

    Baugur's retail stakes stir interest

    2009-02-09T08:37:08Z

    Retail investors including Sir Philip Green and Dragon’s Den star Theo Paphitis have been named as likely interested parties for Baugur assets, after its UK subsidiary was placed into administration at the close of last week.

  • News

    Baugur in administration

    2009-02-06T11:42:47Z

    Updated: Baugur’s stakes in retailers House of Fraser, Hamleys, Aurum and Iceland have been placed in to administration.

  • News

    Glitnir makes demands on Baugur; buyers circle Hamley's

    2009-02-06T10:03:18Z

    Nationalised Icelandic bank Glitnir has demanded repayments from beleaguered Icelandic investor Baugur, as tensions between it and its lenders intensify.

  • News

    Baugur stakes in retailers seized

    2009-02-05T17:34:40Z

    Baugur stakes in retailers including House of Fraser, Hamleys, and Iceland have been placed under the control of nominated receivers to prevent any asset sale.

  • News

    Baugur-backed Aurum confirms business review

    2009-02-05T10:07:08Z

    Aurum Holdings, the jewellery group backed by beleaguered Icelandic investor Baugur, has confirmed that it has appointed Ernst & Young to review the business and has distanced itself from the investor, which is on the brink of administration.