All General merchandise articles – Page 157
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NewsMothercare UK head of retail in surprise exit
Mothercare’s UK head of retail for the UK, Jeff Fagan, is to leave the maternity specialist less than a year after taking up the role.
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Seiyu to cut prices across 1,400 items
Walmart’s Japanese business Seiyu plans to cut prices across 1,400 grocery, clothing and homewares items by the end of the year.The reductions are designed to reflect changing consumer needs after the March 2011 earthquake.In the initial stage the retailer has lowered the price of 500 items in daily essentials and ...
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NewsVideo: Halfords launches Tour de France campaign
Halfords has launched an innovative new marketing campaign as part of its sponsorship of the Tour de France showing the race through an amateur cyclist’s eyes.
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NewsMothercare braces for battle as US childrenswear giant moves into Gulf
Mothercare’s strong position in the Middle East maternity market could be threatened as US counterpart, childrenswear giant The Children’s Place, prepares to make its debut in the region.
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NewsRetail sales continue to grow in June, says CBI
High street sales continued to grow in June, although sales remained below the level expected for the time of year, according to the CBI.
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AnalysisOverseas growth: Why the VISTA countries are worth considering
Retailers eyeing overseas growth often look at the BRIC markets, but VISTA countries – Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa, Thailand and Argentina – are worth considering.
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NewsNumber of retail chain stores up in first quarter
The number of shop branches held by multiple retailers has continued to rise in the first quarter of 2012 despite the recent spate of administrations, according to a study by CBRE.
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NewsMarks & Spencer in £1.1m legal row with landlord
Marks & Spencer is fighting the landlord of its Paddington head office for a £1.1m over-payment of rent, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
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NewsThree quarters of retailers resort to summer Sale
Almost three quarters of high street retailers are on Sale or advertising promotions in their shop windows, up from 40% three years ago.
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Costco to take full ownership of Mexican subsidiary
Costco is to take full ownership of its Mexican subsidiary after reaching an agreement to purchase Comercial Mexicana’s 50% share for pesos10.65bn (£529m).In addition, Costco Mexico has declared a cash dividend of approximately pesos4.8bn (£238.4m), 50% payable to a subsidiary of Costco and the remaining 50% to Comercial Mexicana. The ...
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NewsDisney Store: Transforming UK trading
The children’s retailer aims to sprinkle some fairy dust on its UK fortunes.
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NewsDisney Store losses widen as it invests
Disney Store losses widened in the year to October 1, 2011 as it invested in the launch of its websites in France and Germany.
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AnalysisGrocers’ move into digital entertainment: What do retailers need to know?
Supermarket giants Sainsbury’s and Tesco see digital entertainment as a key driver of growth in their non-food strategies
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AnalysisProfile: Kevin Styles, chief executive, American Golf
The new chief executive of specialist sports retailer American Golf should quickly get into the swing of things as he focuses on continued growth and multichannel.
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NewsRetail sales values jumped 3.9% in May
Retail sales values, excluding fuel, jumped 3.9% year-on-year in May as Brits prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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Woolworths to reduce number of self-checkouts
Woolworths plans to reduce the number of self-checkouts in city stores, ZDNet.com has reported.The retailer has already installed about 2,000 NCR Selfserv Checkouts throughout its store portfolio but is expected to remove them from inner-city locations. They will be replaced by a single-line queue.Woolworths said the change was “about customer ...
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NewsKiddicare to roll out localised websites
Morrisons-owned maternity etailer Kiddicare is localising prices on its international websites to make its offer more targeted and competitive.
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OpinionRetailers must do their research before international expansion
Recently I returned from a trip to China where I visited Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing developing an advisory package for retailers looking at expansion opportunities in the increasingly competitive Chinese market.
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Sporting goods retailer Oxylane opens flagship Decathlon store
French sporting goods retailer Oxylane has opened a flagship Decathlon store in Taiwan.The new store is 53,800 sq ft in size and will be expanded to 86,000 sq ft. It will be one of the largest Decathlon stores in Asia, aiming for annual sales of T$500m (£16.9m). Decathlon Taiwan plans ...
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OpinionBoost for Argos as it stems decline
So used has the City become to dismal trading at Home Retail’s flagship Argos business that any sign of respite prompts jubilation.