All Bonmarché articles – Page 5
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GalleryStore gallery: Le Bon Marché’s Japanese promotion makes a good store better
Luxury Parisian department store Le Bon Marché has used its Japanese promotion to add clever details to its already impressive store design.
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NewsBonmarché launches menswear to appeal to women buying for husbands
Mature fashion retailer Bonmarché has launched a menswear range in 50 stores and online as it targets women buying for their husbands.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Could BrightHouse be a popular IPO with the City?
BrightHouse ticks all the right boxes as a potential IPO, with investors likely to say: never mind the APR’s, feel the profits.
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NewsBonmarché like-for-likes up as summer ranges and warm weather boosts sales
Value fashion retailer Bonmarché has reported a 13.5% surge in like-for-likes in the 13 weeks to June 28.
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NewsBonmarché targets more affluent shoppers with Ann Harvey relaunch
Bonmarché is targeting a more affluent customer with the relaunch of plus-size brand Ann Harvey a year after its disappearance from the high street.
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NewsBonmarché plans to return to pre-administration locations as it grows estate
Bonmarché plans to open up to 25 stores and concessions this year, returning to locations before it fell into administration with former owner Peacocks.
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NewsBonmarché full-year profits soar as it rolls out garden centre concessions
Older womenswear retailer Bonmarché’s full-year pre-tax profits soared as it begins a “significant roll out” of garden centre concessions.
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NewsB&M Bargains propelled into the retail big league with £2.7bn valuation
B&M Bargains has set its offer price at 270p, valuing the discount retailer at £2.7bn and catapulting it into 10th place by market capitalisation.
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OpinionComment: Marks & Spencer should continue to show transparency in its updates
Under-pressure Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland offered a glimmer of hope in last week’s trading update. In what was a break from tradition, the retailer split out its clothing sales from the wider general merchandise performance.
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NewsBonmarché sales driven by product and customer service improvements
Bonmarché recorded a strong sales uplift, despite the wet weather at the beginning of the year, as a result of improvements across product and customer service.
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NewsBonmarché full-year sales jump driven by online surge
Bonmarché like-for-likes rose 10.4% in its full-year to March 29 as it revealed its financial performance is expected to be ahead of expectations.
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NewsRestructuring firm GA Europe promotes Milton Guffogg to chief executive
Restructuring firm GA Europe has promoted its chief operating officer Milton Guffogg to the role of chief executive.
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AnalysisRana Plaza compensation: What do retailers need to know?
Primark begins making payments to victims of the Rana Plaza collapse this week. Retail Week looks at the compensation process.
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OpinionComment: What makes a float successful
As interest grows in IPO, Gareth Iley, consumer partner at advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance, discusses conditions that are conducive to a successful IPO.
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OpinionComment: How to float and not sink
After a prolonged hibernation, the retail IPO market is open for business. However, in the rush to list we may see as many rumoured IPOs sink without trace as actually float.
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NewsRetailers demand Cambodian prime minister acts after factory protest killings
Primark, Tesco, Asda and Marks & Spencer are among a raft of retailers who have written to the Cambodian prime minister demanding an investigation into the “deadly force” used on factory workers striking over minimum wage.
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AnalysisIn numbers: Round-up of retail's Christmas trading updates
Dozens of the biggest retailers have updated the market on their all-important Christmas trading in the last few weeks. Here’s a glance at the headline numbers.
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NewsBonmarché Christmas like-for-likes up 6% as online sales rocket
Bonmarché has revealed like-for-like sales jumped 6% over Christmas, driven by its strong online business.
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AnalysisReview of the year: What retail learned from Bangladesh
Never has the supply chain been more of a priority for retailers than in 2013. The devastating collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka in April killed more than 1,100 people, leading to a rethink of how retailers handle their overseas supply chains.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Poundland - will investors in the IPO be quids in?
Five years on from the demise of Woolworths, fund managers will soon have a new discount retailer to invest in.