All articles by Tim Danaher – Page 14
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NewsCarphone and Best Buy secure Google exclusive
Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy UK have secured an exclusive deal for the launch of Google’s new Nexus S smartphone.
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NewsFears for discretionary spending strike shares
The festive season may be in full swing but it is worries about next year that are hitting general retail shares, which underperformed the market this week.
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OpinionTime for Oxford Street to become traffic-free
Between tube strikes, snow and students being kettled in Oxford Circus, it’s not been a great week for West End retailers. Thank goodness for the traffic-free day on Saturday, the one day a year that shows Oxford Street could actually be a pleasant place to shop.
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NewsKingfisher profits up but B&Q sales down
Kingfisher has reported an 8.2% increase in third quarter profits, but like for like sales were down 4.2% in the UK.
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Opinion
Not just for Christmas?
Pedestrianisation of Oxford Street should be for good, not just for one day before Christmas
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OpinionShopping centres in demand
The £1.6bn sale of the Trafford Centre is set to shake up the shopping centre world
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Opinion
The money men
The private equity world has changed, but while the second half of this year has been quiet in the UK, there’s plenty of activity in the pipeline
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AnalysisMorrisons United
Retail transformation projects have a habit of causing disruption and falling short of their goals. Halfway through a radical four-year systems overhaul, how has Morrisons avoided the pitfalls? Tim Danaher speaks to the key players in the biggest transformation project in retail
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OpinionA white-knuckle ride into Christmas
It’s ironic that while Christmas decorations come into stores earlier every year, customers are leaving their spending even later.
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Opinion
The Green team
Arcadia’s results breakfast showed a side of Philip Green and his business which outsiders rarely see.
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OpinionRising costs puts focus firmly back on product
UK consumers have never had it so good. In fact, thanks in large part to sourcing from the Far East, we have been in such a long period of deflation that shoppers have got used to a world in which prices fall consistently.
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NewsArcadia boss Green warns on rising costs of doing business
Rates, raw materials and wages worry Sir Philip Green despite jump in the fashion group’s profits
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OpinionWill Bolland’s caution be enough for M&S?
Marc Bolland showed when he succeeded Sir Ken Morrison that he knew how to manage a legacy. And while the Dutchman was unmistakably in charge as Marks & Spencer announced its interim results this week, Sir Stuart Rose’s M&S will live on, because Bolland’s eagerly awaited vision wasn’t very radical ...
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Opinion
Making his Marc
Marc Bolland outlined his plans for M&S with a marathon session at the interims today, but how much of it was really new?
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NewsSlow sales growth in October
Like for like sales grew 0.8% in October, with total non-food sales falling in real terms according to the BRC.
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NewsBolland plans clearout of brands as M&S profits rise
Marks & Spencer is to rationalise its clothing sub-brands and reduce the number of branded foods stocked as new chief executive Marc Bolland refocuses the business around the core M&S brand.
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Opinion
Sitting comfortably
DFS did remarkably well through the downturn, but how much will Richard Baker tinker with the formula?