More on Me + Em – Page 2268
-
GalleryIlly, Sao Paulo
In the popular imagination, Brazil’s famous for a few things with samba, caipirinhas, a very large river and maybe Copacabana beach being among them.
-
NewsRetail crime website launched
British Retail Consortium (BRC) director general Stephen Robertson has called on police support to tackle retail crime with the launch of a new website.
-
Opinion
eBay signs up to use Facebook data
Facebook is keen for retailers to link up their customer data with its own social data on users, and eBay has become one of the first to step up.
-
NewsHarrods profits soar as it breaks £1bn sales barrier
Luxury department store Harrods profits soared 39% to £108.3m in its year to January 29.
-
Opinion
Happy birthday Sir Terence
Sir Terence Conran, who celebrated his 80th birthday with a dinner in London last night, was a true retail visionary
-
Opinion
Game goes on loyalty drive as it develops customer insight
Entertainment retailer Game is on a drive to get more from its loyalty card after it signed up an extra 1 million members over the last year.
-
NewsPeacocks bolsters board with key appointments
Value fashion group Peacocks has made two senior appointments in key roles.
-
NewsNorth beats south in flat week at John Lewis
Sales at John Lewis department stores were sluggish in the week week to October 8, when the continuing hot weather in the south at the start of the period proved a drag on sales.
-
NewsUK sales growth slows at Asos
Online fashion specialist Asos has posted a sharp slowdown in UK sales but overseas revenues continue to soar.
-
News
Eckhard Cordes resigns from Metro
Eckhard Cordes, chief executive of retail group Metro, announced that he will be resigning from his post by October 31, 2012. He has lead Metro since 2007 and will be a member of the supervisory board until his successor is found.
-
News
Hugendubel bookstore chain launches company’s first e-reader
Publishing company Weltbild and its Hugendubel bookstore chain have launched the company’s first e-reader. The eBook Reader 3.0 sells for E60 (£52), compared with E99 (£86) for Amazon’s Kindle, and has a colour display and capacity to hold 2,000 books. The company offers more than 120,000 e-books for download.
-
NewsCaption competition: What is Philip Clarke saying?
Yes, it is Tesco boss Philip Clarke accompanied on stage by a giant tomato at the IGD convention, but what on earth could Clarke be saying?
-
AnalysisWhich 100 brands are providing the best customer experience?
Amazon’s done it again. In a survey of more than 7,000 shoppers, the online giant has topped the list of the best brands for overall customer experience.
-
NewsIn focus: Waterstone’s
Can new managing director James Daunt protect the bookseller from the digital onslaught?
-
NewsBrand expertise key for new Mothercare chief
Maternity specialist likely to go beyond traditional retail skillset as it seeks Gordon’s successor.
-
NewsMatalan hires dedicated head to drive web sales
Value retailer Matalan has hired its first dedicated head of online and has appointed a former Sainsbury’s executive as part of plans to drive web sales and focus on its value offering.
-
NewsFormer Habitat creative director joins John Lewis
John Lewis has hired former Habitat creative director Theo Williams as its design manager for home, as the department store group looks to widen its appeal in the category.
-
NewsRising costs and promos take blame for dip in Clarks’ profits
Footwear retailer Clarks has blamed a poor performance in the UK for a steep fall in group profits in the first half to July 31.
-
NewsShoppers’ budgets reach ‘tipping point’
Consumers feeling squeeze but it is not all about price, IGD hears.
-
NewsMothercare suffers but retail improves
While retailers rose over the week, Mothercare’s shares went in the opposite direction as desperate trading in the UK claimed the scalp of chief executive Ben Gordon on Tuesday.