All articles by Emily Seares – Page 4
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Jaeger signs deal for Middle East stores
Jaeger has signed a franchise agreement to open up to eight stores in the Middle East over the next five years.
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Hugo Boss sales climb
Sales at designer fashion retailer Hugo Boss jumped 9 per cent to €1.63 billion ( 1.22 billion) for 2007, with net income soaring 20 per cent to €154 million ( 115.1 million).
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Evans launches bridalwear online
Plus-size clothing chain Evans has launched a bridalwear range exclusively online.
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Shop price inflation climbs 1.2 per cent
Shop price inflation in the UK was 1.2 per cent higher in January compared with the previous year, up from 1 per cent in December.
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Tesco slammed over cheap chicken welfare
Tesco has come under fire from animal rights campaigners for slashing the price of whole chickens to less than 2, because of concerns over the birds’ welfare.
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Tesco staff to share £174 million
About 51,000 Tesco employees will share 174 million, after the supermarket’s latest Save As You Earn scheme matured last week.
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Lovefilm snaps up Amazon UK and German DVD rental arm
Online film rental company Lovefilm is to acquire Amazon’s UK and German DVD rental business.
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Floors-2-go culls staff
Flooring retailer Floors-to-Go is thought to have made 90 people redundant, about 15 per cent of its total workforce, after like-for-like sales plummeted during January.
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NewsFat Face opens first Irish outlet store
Clothing chain Fat Face has opened its first Irish outlet store in The Outlet centre at Bridgewater Park in Banbridge, Northern Ireland.
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Woolworths names new chief to drive EUK arm
Woolworths has appointed Steve Lewis as EUK managing director to boost the performance of its entertainment wholesale arm.
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Downer back in charge as Roche quits Borders
Borders chief executive David Roche has resigned with immediate effect and Philip Downer has been appointed in his place.
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Tesco no longer to accept cheques
Tesco has become the latest in a long line of retailers to stop accepting cheques at tills.
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Woolworths bins HD-DVDs
High street chain Woolworths is to become the first major retailer to stock only Blu-Ray high-definition DVDs and to drop HD-DVDs.
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Spending on clothing plummets
The average weekly household spend on clothing and footwear has halved in the past five decades, according to the Office for National Statistics’ annual report on Family Spending.
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Tesco to take Express format to China
Tesco is planning to open its first Tesco Express store in China next month, in Shanghai, taking a slice of the convenience market in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
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Asda breaks Christmas sales record
Asda revealed that sales on Christmas Eve were its highest to date, a third higher than its previous biggest Christmas Eve in 2004.
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Asda sales
Asda revealed sales on Christmas Eve were its largest ever, a third higher than its previous biggest Christmas Eve (2004). The grocer completed 21 million transactions in the week before Christmas, with the busiest day being Saturday December 22. Its busiest store (Boldon in the North East) served more than ...
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Jessops ‘on track’ as like-for-likes edge up
Camera specialist Jessops, which reported plunging sales and profits last week, has managed to increase like-for-like sales in recent weeks.
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BestBuy posts strong profits
Profits at BestBuy soared 52 per cent to US$228 million ( 113.6 million) in its third quarter.