All Retail Week UAT articles in 19 December 2008 – Page 2
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News
HobbyCraft profits climb
Arts and crafts retailer HobbyCraft has revealed its pre-tax profits climbed 10 per cent to 3.2 million in the year to February 24, 2008, while its profits for this year are “well ahead of forecast”.
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News
Tesco slashes optical prices in Christmas Sale
Tesco has added prescription glasses to its Sale as it seeks to drive shoppers through its doors in the key Christmas trading period.
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Opinion
Tesco makes its non-food mark
Tesco has perfected its non-food image and now ranks among the specialists as a formidable player.
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News
Carphone Warehouse gathers data on customer experience
Carphone Warehouse is the latest retailer to work with Fizzback to assess the experience it provides to customers.
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Opinion
Do shoppers know it's Christmas?
In the words of an unkempt Irishman and a diminutive Scotsman, 'Do they know it's Christmas time at all?' While the words were originally sung by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure for very different reasons, the Live Aid song's lyrics could be asked of the UK shopping public as we ...
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Opinion
Beating the binge-drinking blame game
“Come to my pub. I’ve got two convenience stores within yards selling alcohol until 11pm. Stand outside them with me and watch the young people coming out with cheap booze to drink before they hit the town centre.”
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Opinion
Wake up and smell the turkey
Things may be tough, but there’s plenty for retailers and consumers alike to be positive about.
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Analysis
Consumer behaviour: A new era of frugal living
Asda’s Andy Bond is convinced shopper habits are changing permanently as recession sets in. Nicola Harrison investigates how the new frugality is affecting retail and asks if it is here to stay.
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News
Costco’s US sales lift offsets overseas drop
US discount retailer Costco has reported a rise in sales in its home market for the first quarter of its 2009 financial year, offsetting a decline internationally.
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News
Big loss for Arcandor as Karstadt costs soar
Arcandor has revealed full-year net losses of 745.7 million ( 663.7 million), as restructuring and tough trading at its department store chain Karstadt continued to pull down the German group’s earnings.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Globus, Mumbai
In these troubled times, when even Russia has announced that it has gone into recession, India is one of the world’s few remaining economic highlights.
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NewsHollister to press ahead with Continental push
Abercrombie & Fitch sister brand Hollister is to defy the economic slowdown as it forges ahead with a Continental European roll-out.
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News
Furniture clearance player cashes in on sector gloom
Furniture clearance retailer Trade Secret has reported strong sales as shoppers seek to rein in spend and seek out bargains.
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News
John Lewis sales continue to rise
John Lewis said its sales have continued to gain momentum in the run-up to Christmas as it revealed its top sellers in the trading days from Sunday December 14 to Wednesday December 17.
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Opinion
HMV whistles a happy tune
“Over the last two weeks there have been unprecedented changes to the competitive landscape of the entertainment sector.”
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News
Kesa profits plummet on poor performance in UK and Spain
Kesa unveiled a lacklustre set of first-half results after the electricals group’s performance was dragged down by its UK and Spanish operations.
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News
Monthly rents demand as Carpetright struggles
Carpetright has revealed to Retail Week that it will only take on new stores from landlords that offer monthly rents.
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News
Sports Direct: The City View
Sports Direct, the group controlled by controversial tycoon Mike Ashley, pleased the City with a better than expected first half.
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News
City waits with bated breath as Christmas hangs in the balance
Goodwill towards retailers was in short supply as the countdown to Christmas became increasingly nervy.
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News
Thorntons opens its first Hot Chocolate Bar
Chocolatier Thorntons has opened its first area dedicated to hot chocolate products in a store in Nottingham.