More on Me + Em – Page 1865
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OpinionComment: North London retail rents - a lesson in greed
A small London ‘village’ where rents are rising serves as a microcosm for what is happening everywhere.
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NewsCard Factory considers IPO as owner hires Goldman Sachs
Budget greetings cards retailer Card Factory is planning a £700m stock market flotation.
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NewsPrimark signs for first French stores in Marseille and Dijon
Primark is to provide a “mainstream” alternative to high-end French fashion after signing for its first two stores in the country, and it is now scouting for more shops.
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NewsSun European pays £23m to creditors after Dreams collapse
Beds retailer Dreams’ new private equity owner Sun European Partners has paid suppliers and trade creditors £23m to clear some of the debt owed when it collapsed into administration.
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NewsBusiness rates drive tax burden increase for retailers
Retailers are struggling under the weight of a tax bill that has rocketed by 65% since 2005 amid rising business rates, corporation tax and property taxes.
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GalleryStore of the week: Argos, Camden
Argos would seem the sort of place where the iPad should have a greater ability to come into its own, in helping shoppers get what they want.
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NewsEx-Woolworths and Ethel Austin staff win £5m compensation
Ex-Woolworths and Ethel Austin staff are set to share over £5m after winning a legal case against the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How do you solve a problem like Bhs?
As losses are posted once more at Sir Philip Green’s department store arm, Retail Week asks, how do you solve a problem like Bhs?
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NewsBhs losses widen to £116m after exceptionals relating to leases
Bhs losses widened by 53% to £116m last year as the Arcadia-owned department store chain was hit by costs incurred on leases of loss-making stores.
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NewsGoldsmiths-owner Aurum full year profits jump 7% to £12.9m
Jewellery group Aurum, owner of Goldsmiths, Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland, full year pre-tax profits jumped 7% to £12.9m.
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NewsConsumer confidence index edges up five points in May
Consumer confidence has risen as the UK attempts to climb out of the “pit of economic pessimism”.
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NewsStores call for tax ‘rethink’ in struggle against online retail
A working group has been set up to attempt to level the playing field between tax paid by online and store-based retailers.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales rise 4.2% driven by electricals
Sales at John Lewis rose 4.2% last week as a strong performance in electricals offset weak trading in fashion and homewares.
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NewsJD Sports to step up overseas expansion with Dutch debut
JD Sports is to step up its international expansion with the opening of 10 stores in the Netherlands over the next five months.
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NewsUnseasonable weather reins in retail sales forecasts
Unseasonable weather combined with the difficult economy has led to a downward revision of retail sales growth by an average of 0.7 percentage points across the next six months.
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NewsMorrisons to take on rivals as it plots online launch into adult clothing
Under-pressure Morrisons is poised to go head-to-head with supermarket rivals in the hard-fought grocery fashion market as it plots an adult clothing range.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Appliances Online, AO, Let’s Go
Appliances Online’s first TV advertising is an off-the-wall comic campaign that should help build brand awareness for the pure-play electricals retailer.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Target suffers disappointing first quarter
Target can now be added to the list of US general merchandise retailers, which already includes Walmart, JC Penney and Kohl’s, whose first-quarter results disappointed.
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OpinionComment: There is desire and opportunity for British retailers abroad
The latest Bank of England view on growth is challenging for retail as inflation continues to run ahead of consumers’ earning growth and spending power.
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AnalysisSites: The Original Cookware Company Vs Zara
Gemma Lovelock, Founder of promotions marketing agency Lock-In Marketing, shares her view of good and bad sites.