All Retail Week articles in February 18th 2011 – Page 2
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NewsHobbs creative director to star in new BBC series
Fashion retailer Hobbs is to feature in a new BBC series called Working Girl,where creative director Sandy Verdon mentors a work-shy young apprentice in the world of fashion and retail.
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NewsKingfisher expects profit to be at top end of expectations, despite B&Q hit by snow
DIY group Kingfisher expects to report full year pre-tax profit at the top end of analyst expectations, despite B&Q being hit by the snowy weather in December.
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NewsSports Direct retail sales up 13.8%
Sports Direct has reported retail sales up 13.8% to £371m in the 13 weeks to January 23.
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NewsAurora starts multi-brand EPoS roll-out
Womenswear retailer Aurora Fashions has set up a multi-brand point-of-sale system to shops in Germany and Sweden that allows the group to take payment for several brands under one roof.
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NewsNew Dunelm chief plans multichannel push as profits rise
Value homewares group Dunelm’s new chief executive, Nick Wharton, who formally takes up the role today, is confident of continued growth despite tough trading conditions and highlighted multichannel opportunities.
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NewsTesco poised to be fastest growing global retailer
Tesco is set to be the fastest growing retailer of the global grocery top four, according to research house IGD.
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NewsMorrisons to send top managers on cricket coaching course
Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips is to send his top managers on cricket coaching courses to help them improve their management skills.
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NewsSocial media yields £1.5m sales for Tesco
Tesco’s clothing division has generated £1.5m of sales via social media in the past year to date and will continue to bolster its credentials in the fashion world.
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NewsGame’s new strategy aims to triple digital revenue by 2013
Retailer is aiming to be a fully multichannel business with a focus on downloads and mobile gaming
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NewsShare price soars at French Connection after stakebuilding
Fashion group French Connection’s shares rose sharply this week following stakebuilding by Standard Life.
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AnalysisFood fights as inflation pits grocers against suppliers
Who pays for the rising cost of food? It is becoming a growing source of contention between supermarkets and their suppliers around the globe.
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AnalysisUp against the clock
The immediacy of online buying has never quite extended to fulfilment, but that is starting to change. Joanne Ellul finds out about fashion group Aurora’s new 90-minute delivery promise
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OpinionSupply chain up against more challenges
Life is not going to be easy for many retail professionals this year, but supply chain teams are among those going into overdrive.
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NewsBlacks forecasts slashed as Gillis announces departure
Broker FinnCap has cut its forecasts for outdoor specialist Blacks Leisure, which last week revealed chief executive Neil Gillis is leaving.
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AnalysisBeing in the know
Headlines about unethical factory standards have once again highlighted the problem that retailers face with their complex supply chains
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NewsFindel to restructure in bid to lift performance
Home shopping group Findel aims to raise £80.5m via a rights issue and share placing as it plans to restructure its balance sheet and bids to improve performance.
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NewsBlockbuster UK boss says business isn’t under threat
Blockbuster UK has insisted that the troubles its US parent Blockbuster Inc are facing do not threaten the British division.
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NewsHobbyCraft bolsters its management with FD
Arts and crafts retailer HobbyCraft has further bolstered its management team with the appointment of Staples’ UK & Ireland finance director Claire Blunt.
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GalleryMills & Boon Selfridges, Oxford Street
Come, been and gone, its purpose served. The pop-up store in Selfridges’ Wonder Room Concept Store created by romantic fiction publisher Mills & Boon, was there for only one reason - to mark Valentine’s Day last Monday and, presumably, to shift a few volumes.
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NewsFormer Primark buying boss joins New Look to revamp product offer
New Look has hired former Primark buying and merchandising director Julian Kilmartin to help it fix the product mistakes it made in the latter half of 2010.