More on Me + Em – Page 2668
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OpinionNo red card for CNP fraud
After years of rising card-not-present fraud, which retailers have had to shoulder, is technology finally winning the battle?
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NewsWhistles posts a £5m pre-tax loss
Whistles has reported a pre-tax loss of £5.1m for the 12 months ending January 31, 2009 in its first year under the leadership of former Topshop boss Jane Shepherdson.
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NewsSuperGroup to expand and launch marketing campaign after IPO
SuperGroup will use the £125m the expected float will raise to open 20 stores and launch a marketing campaign, founder Julian Dunkerton said.
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NewsHobbyCraft picks six suitors for second-round bids
Arts and Crafts retailer HobbyCraft has narrowed its list of suitors to six bidders.
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NewsSainsbury's and Asda set up youth training schemes
Sainsbury’s and Asda are setting up training schemes to push food as a career choice to young people.
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NewsCard Factory founders set to rake in £400m
Card Factory has received bids for the business from several private equity groups that could result in the founders taking home a £400m windfall.
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News
Retailer screening leads to decrease in card-not-present fraud
Phone, internet and mail order fraud has fallen by 19% to £266.4m from 2008 to 2009, according to new figures from the UK Cards Association.
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NewsShop vacancies on the rise
Shop vacancies rose in the three months to January 31, with more than one in ten shops on the high street lying empty.
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NewsJohn Lewis commercial director takes on 'bricks and clicks'
John Lewis has charged commercial director Andrea O’Donnell with overseeing retail development, format development and retail implementation at the department store chain.
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NewsRetail sales ahead 2.2% in February
UK retail sales grew 2.2% on a like-for-like basis in February, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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NewsDFS set to be sold within days
Sofa giant DFS is poised to be sold for more than £500m before the end of next week.
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Analysis
Securing payment data: The key to combating card crime
While PCI compliance is vital for beating card payment fraud, end-to-end encryption is the real answer, according to VeriFone marketing director Tony Saunders
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NewsGeorge at Asda launches 100-day returns policy
George at Asda has launched a 100-day returns policy across its entire range, as it seeks to step up the competition on rivals Primark, Tesco and Marks & Spencer.
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NewsN Brown to launch plus-size menswear
N Brown, the internet and home shopping group, is to launch a plus-size menswear brand called Williams & Brown
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NewsBlacks Leisure starts store expansion
Blacks Leisure has begun a store rollout programme which it said is the next phase in the company’s turnaround plan.
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NewsMatalan founder to pay himself £250m dividend
Matalan founder John Hargreaves is set to pay himself a £250m dividend as part of refinancing plans at the value chain.
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NewsGovernment mulls imposing VAT on food
Government could begin charging VAT on food as a means of reducing the national defecit.
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership staff to receive 14% bonus
John Lewis Partnership staff are expected to receive around 14% of their annual salary as a bonus as the retailer reveals strong full-year profits.
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NewsIPO to value SuperGroup at £395m
Fashion retailer SuperGroup is expected to reveal this week an IPO share price of 500p, valuing the business at £395m.
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OpinionScandi brands, Scandi bland?
News that Danish fashion chains Vero Moda and Jack & Jones are to open a dual fascia shop on Oxford Street should be greeted as good news by shoppers in search of variety on one of the UK’s leading commercial thoroughfares. Yet it is hard not to stifle a mild yawn.