All Catalogues articles – Page 7
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Findel assesses future of underperforming brands
Home shopping group Findel has reported group sales down 3 per cent for the 44 weeks to February 6 compared to the same period last year.
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Tesco Direct to introduce customer reviews
Tesco Direct has signed a deal enabling shoppers to review its products online.
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Retail like-for-likes up 1.1% in January
Like-for-like retail sales figures rose 1.1 per cent in January, the biggest increase since May, although the outlook remains 'challenging'.
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Traditional home shopping retailers fail to engage customers
Catalogue operators are failing to fully engage with customers, as the home shopping sector continues to change gear to an increasingly online-dominated market.
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The White Company sales leap over Christmas
Upmarket homewares and clothing retailer The White Company saw sales climb 14 per cent in the 10 weeks to December 27.
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Mail order clothing sales hit £56.5m in December
Sales of clothing through mail order hit 56.5m in December.
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Argos changes tack on prices
Catalogue store group Argos has jettisoned a long-standing element of its price promotion strategy and introduced a new marketing strapline to emphasise its value credentials.
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Overseas growth expansion to drive N Brown growth
Home shopping group N Brown has pushed the button on international expansion and hopes to generate 10 per cent of sales from overseas.
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Flying Brands issues profit warning
Home shopping group Flying Brands has issued a profit warning as the Jersey-based retailer continues to struggle with rising costs and shrinking margins.
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Otto UK reviews 3,800 jobs
The jobs of up to 3,800 staff at Otto UK are under review as the home shopping group revealed plans for a huge overhaul of the business.
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M and M Direct festive sales surge 31%
M and M Direct has become the latest online retailer to report a strong Christmas, with sales up 31 per cent in the 10 weeks to January 4.
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Shop Direct Group online sales soar
Shop Direct Group sales climbed 9 per cent in the six weeks to January 2 as more shoppers took advantage of later online delivery deadlines in the run-up to Christmas.
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Shop Direct's Mark Newton-Jones: On the double
It’s been an exciting three years for Shop Direct Group chief Mark Newton-Jones, since Littlewoods’ merger with rival GUS. Lisa Berwin finds out how the turnaround is progressing.
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Findel: The City view
The home shopping group delivered interim benchmark pre-tax profits of 7 million – down from 8.5 million last time – on sales up 1 per cent to 294.7 million.
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Findel profits up
Home shopping group Findel has reported a total pre-tax profit of 5.7 million in the six months to September 30, up from 2.5 million the year before.
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OpinionMultichannel needn’t mean every channel
Ordering by phone is a habit. Amazon killed it for books and CDs. Should clothing and general merchandise be any different?
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Multichannel: Channel hopping
As consumers increasingly shop across more than one channel, retailers need to ensure they provide a multichannel service that meets their changing demands. Joanna Perry reports.
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AnalysisCode cracker: Lack of post code system hampers home shopping in Ireland
Home shopping and internet retailing have failed to achieve their potential in Ireland. And there is one very good reason why: aside from Greece, Ireland is the only European member state that does not have an established postal code system, which means that offering a home delivery service is proving an extremely complex and often expensive challenge.
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Tesco gears up for catalogue drive in autumn
Tesco is to integrate its online and store non-food buying teams as it prepares for its much-anticipated catalogue launch this autumn.