All General merchandise articles – Page 242
-
News
Eleven charged in US retail identity theft case
Retailers that fell victim to one of the biggest identity theft crimes on record have learnt that US authorities have charged 11 people from five countries with stealing and selling tens of millions of credit card numbers and data.
-
News
Consumer confidence plummets again
Consumers are becoming increasingly nervous, with consumer spending growth expected to slow to just 0.5 per cent next year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
-
News
Wrapit boss proposes deal with Debenhams and Liberty
Debenhams and Liberty have been approached to set up a voucher scheme to help couples set to lose out on their wedding gifts after the collapse of Wrapit this week.
-
News
Alliance Boots buys 25% of Athos Farma in Brazil
Alliance Boots has made its first foray into South America with its purchase of a 25 per cent stake in a Brazilian pharmaceutical wholesaler Athos Farma.
-
News
Woolies seeks outsider to turn fortunes around
Woolworths is almost certain to appoint a chief executive from outside the business as it eyes a radical reshaping of its store portfolio to halt declining sales.
-
News
Harrods unveils interactive store promo to examine shopping habits
Harrods is to host an in-store promotion to find out how its customers’ shopping habits are influenced by merging shopping with theatre.
-
NewsTJ Hughes grows again after fourfold profit rise
TJ Hughes has reignited its expansion plans after notching up full-year pre-tax profits more than quadruple the previous year.
-
News
Consumer confidence nosedives
Consumer confidence has plummeted to an all-time low as concerns over the economy and finances take hold.
-
News
Retailers rethink business travel
More than half of retailers say they have changed the way they consider business travel out of concern for the environment, a survey has revealed.
-
News
Argos distribution workers to strike
Argos distribution staff are to go on strike over pay, after they rejected a renewed offer from the retailer.
-
News
Argos strike back on
Argos distribution staff are going ahead with strike action over a 4 per cent pay offer after suspending it last week when Argos offered them a revised deal.
-
News
Decathlon sets sights on 40 stores in UK growth assault
French sportswear retailer Decathlon is preparing to reignite its UK expansion with aggressive plans to ramp up its store portfolio.
-
News
July sales volumes plummet
The Summer Sales have bought no respite for beleaguered retailers as they reported plummeting sales volumes in July.
-
News
Woolworths sales slide
Variety store group Woolworths revealed a like-for-like sales decline of 6.7 per cent at its core retail business in the six weeks to July 26.
-
News
Argos celebrates 35th birthday with biggest catalogue to date
Argos will launch its new catalogue tomorrow, which will carry 700 more products than a year ago.
-
Opinion
The Retail Week – July 25, 2008
The retail market may be volatile at the moment, but this doesn’t explain the extraordinary ups and downs in the official retail sales figures produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
-
News
Retail faces meltdown within 10 years
Rising costs and depressed demand could lead to a retail meltdown within 10 years, warns research consultancy Verdict.
-
News
M&S victorious in stolen laptop data protection row
Marks & Spencer has avoided a courtroom showdown and substantial fine after winning an appeal against the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over a data leak.
-
News
BrightHouse pushes South as sales surge
Sales at rent-to-buy specialist BrightHouse jumped 18 per cent in the first quarter and like-for-like growth was in double digits.