All Retail Week articles in October 2, 2009 – Page 5

  • Laura Ashley, autumn 2009
    News

    Laura Ashley finance chief quits

    2009-09-28T13:02:00Z

    Laura Ashley has said its chief financial officer and company secretary is to resign from the furniture and homeware retailer for personal reasons.

  • Retailers like Tesco may be forced to pass on a new “shopping tax” to customers
    News

    Retailers to be hit by local car park tax

    2009-09-28T11:11:00Z

    Retailers may be forced to pass on a new “shopping tax” to customers under new plans by local authorities to charge for parking spaces.

  • Jacques Vert
    News

    Jacques Vert confident profits will beat expectations

    2009-09-28T10:49:00Z

    Womenswear retailer Jacques Vert has revealed a 0.8% fall in like-for-like sales for the 22 weeks since the beginning of April, but expects increased pre-tax profits for the full year.

  • ryan john cutout
    Opinion

    Thinking local, acting local

    2009-09-28T09:41:00Z

    In a previous life, as a fashion buyer, an older and much-lauded colleague was prone to observing: “You never did nothing wrong by buying black.” The same, it would appear, applies to much of store design.

  • Blacks Leisure is planning a CVA in order to secure its future
    News

    Blacks considers CVA

    2009-09-28T09:20:00Z

    Blacks Leisure is planning a company voluntary arrangement in order to secure its future.

  • Gap co-founder Don Fisher dies
    News

    Gap co-founder Don Fisher dies

    2009-09-28T09:16:00Z

    Don Fisher who along with his wife founded Gap in 1969, died yesterday aged 81 after a long battle with cancer.

  • H&M signs Sonia Rykiel collections
    News

    H&M signs Sonia Rykiel collections

    2009-09-28T08:53:00Z

    Swedish clothing chain H&M has signed French fashion veteran Sonia Rykiel to design a range of lingerie and related accessories, to be launched in December.

  • New Look Shopfront
    News

    New Look mulls float

    2009-09-28T08:49:00Z

    New Look, the fashion chain owned by two private-equity companies Apax and Permira, is reportedly considering a £1.7bn stock-market flotation.

  • Comet owner Kesa has appointed Dominic Platt as it finance director.
    News

    Kesa appoints new finance director

    2009-09-28T08:43:00Z

    Comet owner Kesa has appointed Dominic Platt as it finance director.