All Halfords articles – Page 9
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News
Pets at Home poaches Boots’ online guru to drive new digital strategy
Pets at Home has poached Boots’ chief product owner Marc Sbardella to help spearhead “a step change” in its digital strategy.
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Morrisons poaches Halfords’ chief information officer
Halfords’ chief information officer Anna Barsby is leaving to join grocery giant Morrisons, Retail Week can reveal.
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Halfords fourth-quarter sales rise: What the analysts say
Halfords earlier today posted a 2.6% rise in fourth-quarter like-for-likes as bike sales increased for a second consecutive quarter.
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Halfords sales rise 2.6% in fourth quarter as full-year profits on track
Halfords has posted a healthy rise in fourth-quarter like-for-likes as sales of bikes rose for a second consecutive quarter.
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Agenda: Tesco full-years plus Debenhams, Asos, WHSmith and Halfords updates
Retail Week looks to next week with full-year results from Tesco, interims from Asos and WHSmith, and an update from Debenhams on the agenda.
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Analysis
Be Inspired campaign: Rallying the next generation of female retail leaders
As Retail Week unveils a campaign to encourage women leaders, we look at the importance of role models in creating boardroom diversity.
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Halfords uses PoS technology to increase in-store personalisation
Debenhams, Halfords, Argos and Superdry have partnered with Yocuda – formerly known as Ereceipts – on a customer data platform.
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Video
Watch: A day in the life of a store manager at Halfords and Debenhams
How do store managers deal with the ever-growing pressure to engage with customers, to know more, to offer more and to close sales?
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Halfords reports flat like-for-likes over Christmas: What the analysts say
Halfords like-for-likes were flat as the retailer’s servicing offer offset the impact of the mild weather. Here’s the City’s reaction.
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Halfords slashes senior management bonuses after weak winter sales
Halfords has revealed it slashed its senior management bonuses in its last quarter after weak sales caused by the mild weather.
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Halfords reports flat third-quarter like-for-likes as cycling business grows
Halfords has posted flat retail like-for-likes in its third-quarter as sales of bikes and cycle repairs offset a dip in parts, accessories and clothing.
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Agenda: WHSmith, Pets at Home, N Brown and Halfords updates
Retail Week looks ahead to next week with trading updates from WHSmith, Pets at Home, Halfords and N Brown all on the agenda.
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Data
Christmas trading 2015: Retailers battle it out for the top spot
Find out how retailers have performed during the critical Christmas trading period with our league table comparing like-for-like sales.
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Review of the Year: Revolving doors in the boardroom
If 2015 has been characterised by anything, it has been the revolving door of the boardroom.
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Analysis
Luke Jensen’s five new rules to win in modern-day retail
Retail is undergoing a revolution as great as the move from counter service to self-service in the 1960s. Here’s how to play by the new rules.
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Video
The Retail Week: John Lewis' Europe tie-up, Halfords and Sainsbury's
Catch up on this week’s big retail stories with analysis from Retail Week news editor James Wilmore and stores editor John Ryan
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Halfords boss eyes up to 50 Cycle Republic stores
Halfords boss Jill McDonald says she sees potential for up to 50 of its upmarket Cycle Republic stores as the chain is “resonating well”.
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Analysis
Halfords half-year trading slip: What the analysts say
Halfords reported a 5.9% slump in first-half profits after a poor performance from its cycling arm. Here we round up the analyst reaction:
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News
Halfords bags Sir Bradley Wiggins to launch new kid's bike range
Halfords is launching a new children’s bike range next year in conjunction with Olympian and Tour de France champion Sir Bradley Wiggins.
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Halfords first-half profits drop after 'disappointing' cycling performance
Halfords has reported a drop in first-half pre-tax profits following a disappointing cycling performance in its second quarter.