All Retail Week articles in February 25 2011 – Page 4
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NewsPeter Davies to grow recovered Ollie & Nic
Retail entrepreneur Peter Davies, who rescued Ollie & Nic as part of a pre-pack administration last week, has vowed to grow the accessories chain via stores and online.
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NewsNew Look’s Horspool to head design at Oasis
Barbara Horspool, the outgoing group design director at New Look, will build on Oasis’ feminine and contemporary handwriting when she joins the young fashion chain as design director in the summer.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Will the integration of social media into our website drive traffic?
Will the integration of social media identity into our website drive traffic and is it worth the investment?
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NewsMum’s gone to Iceland, Malcolm’s gone to Everest
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker is to follow the example of derring-do entrepreneur Richard Branson by climbing Everest to raise £1m for research into Alzheimer’s.
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NewsIn Focus: Peacocks
Primark may epitomise the rapid development of UK value retailing, but entering the new millennium, Matalan and George at Asda sales exceeded Primark’s, while Peacocks was not far behind, passing £200m a year and a close fourth in what was a burgeoning segment.
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GalleryA glimpse of the Morrisons of the future
As Morrisons boss Dalton Philips prepares to update the City, Jennifer Creevy visits the Leeds ‘lab store’ to reveal the direction he is taking the grocer in
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GalleryHarrods Wine Shop London
Pay a visit to the Harrods wine shop and you might be forgiven for expecting premium prices to be the order of the day.
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OpinionLike-for-like obsession is misleading
Reading Neil Gillis’s column ‘The like-for-like masquerade’ got me thinking about the relevance of like-for-like measurements for retailers.
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NewsWaitrose rebrands site as it takes on Ocado
Waitrose is expecting growth of 30% year on year in its ecommerce division as it prepares to relaunch its website and take on Ocado inside the M25.
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NewsConsumer confidence fails to improve in February
Consumer confidence remained almost unchanged in February, following its near-unprecedented crash the previous month.
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NewsAsda Income Tracker: Family spending power fell by £9 a week in January
The average family’s spending power fell by £9 per week in January, the largest fall on record and the second record breaking month in a row.
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NewsSales fall at John Lewis, but Waitrose continues strong run
Sales fell at John Lewis last week, with the department store chain blaming the timing of school half-term for the decline.
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NewsIceland to pay £100m dividend
Frozen food specialist Iceland is expected to pay a dividend of £100m this year, its first for three years.
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NewsOcado signs for new distribution spoke in Wimbledon
Online grocer Ocado has signed for a new distribution spoke in south west London with capacity for 14,200 orders per week.
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NewsGap warns of squeeze on 2011 margins
Gap said international like-for-like sales dipped 1% in its fourth quarter to January 29 and warned that it expected operating margins to be squeezed in 2011 because of cost inflation driven by rising cotton prices.
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NewsFocus offloads 6 stores to Asda
DIY chain Focus has offloaded six stores to supermarket Asda in a bid to raise funds.
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NewsJJB submits business plan to banks as CVA proposal delayed
JJB Sports has delivered its revised business plan to its lender Bank of Scotland and will release its detailed CVA proposal in the next week.
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NewsJane Norman chief Saj Shah exits after 35 years
Jane Norman veteran Saj Shah has taken early retirement from the women’s young fashion chain.
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NewsSainsbury's aims to double Fairtrade business over next 5 years
Sainsbury’s plans to double its Fairtrade business to £500m in the next five years.