All Retail Week articles in July 1 2011 – Page 5
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OpinionRetail’s week of woe could be just the start
In bad times, weak retailers fail. None of the names that have hit difficulty in the past week will have come as a surprise to anyone who follows the sector.
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OpinionTime to mobilise
Retailers need to capitalise on how mobile devices are changing habits, says Simon Burke
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AnalysisThe not-so-usual suspects
Customers are increasingly defying stereotypes, so fitting them into traditional marketing segments is getting harder. Rebecca Thomson finds out how to deal with the changes
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NewsEx-Tesco man McCann resurfaces at Ahold
Highly rated former Tesco and Carrefour man James McCann has joined Dutch grocer Ahold in a new role of chief commercial and development officer.
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NewsTesco row hits supplier profits
Food giant Premier Foods has partly blamed a proft warning on the delisting of some of its Hovis products by Tesco.
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NewsStart of Clearance fires John Lewis sales
John Lewis sales soared 18.2% excluding VAT in the week to 25 June, with the start of its Clearance sale driving a strong week.
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NewsJudith McKenna promoted to become Asda chief operating officer
Asda has named Judith McKenna as chief operating officer, succeeding Simon King.
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NewsJane Norman’s former life
Sometimes the wires get crossed even in the rocket-scientist world of the City bankers.
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NewsAl Fayed returns to retail by snapping up etailer Cocosa
Former Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed has made a return to retail by acquiring online retailer Cocosa.
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AnalysisDeveloping employees’ strengths
Waitrose is to produce development plans for every one of its staff. Rebecca Thomson reports
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OpinionThe importance of promotions
At the supermarket recently a staff member on the public address system announced the latest offers available.
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AnalysisLining up an Olympic opportunity
With less than three months before opening, Rebecca Thomson visits Westfield Stratford as it prepares for the 2012 games to commence
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OpinionRetail surgery: Should retailers provide multichannel offers?
Is it now essential for retailers to provide a multichannel offer?
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GallerySuper markets
Food retail store design thinking says that supermarkets lack character and that if elements of traditional markets can be put into them, all will be well. But is this viable? John Ryan reports
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NewsBrightHouse EBITDA jumps despite economic gloom
Rent to buy electricals and furniture retailer BrightHouse has defied the economic gloom by posting a 16.4% rise in underlying EBITDA to £39.7m in the year to March 31.
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NewsNext nets £65m as it sells its customer service business Ventura
Fashion chain Next has sold its third party customer service business Ventura to support services company Capita for £65m.
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NewsCSL sales up as it plots South East expansion
Sofa retailer Csl has reported like-for-like sales growth of 6% in the nine weeks to June 26 amid a punishing big ticket trading environment.
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NewsMoonpig in exclusive sale talks with Photobox
Moonpig is in exclusive sale talks with online photo business Photobox, which is interested in acquiring the online greetings card retailer.
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NewsSelect set to open 30 new stores
Young fashion chain Select is set to bolster its store portfolio with 30 store openings this year.