All General merchandise articles – Page 45
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DataData: Cyber Monday flops as Black Friday shifts online
Cyber Monday failed to lure shoppers this year, according to data, as consumers shopped for deals online across the Black Friday weekend.
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NewsShop price deflation ‘coming to an end’, BRC warns
A run of shop price deflation stretching back more than four years is about to come to an end, new figures have warned.
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NewsPets at Home profits slip as boss Kellett steps down
Pets at Home has posted a drop in first-half profitability as group chief executive Ian Kellett prepares to exit the business.
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NewsPep&Co to expand into Europe through Dealz tie-up
Pep&Co will roll out shop-in-shops in Poundland’s European retail arm Dealz next year in Ireland, France and Spain.
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Analysis
Analysis: What does the Budget mean for retail?
Has Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Budget retailers craved? Or has he left the industry high and dry?
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GalleryFirst look: Hema's new London flagship
Hema has brought its UK store count to seven with the opening of its new flagship in central London.
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News
Budget 2017: Business rates to switch to CPI from April
The Government will base business rates increases on the CPI index rather than RPI two years earlier than planned, it revealed in today’s Budget.
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NewsRetail sales in first year-on-year fall since 2013
October’s retail sales fell for the first time since 2013 on a year-on-year basis, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsCard Factory sales rise but 'external' pressures bite
Card Factory said sales grew 6.7% in the nine months to October 31, but warned that it still faces pressure from slumped Sterling and rising wages.
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GalleryWHSmith: The 225-year-old chain through the ages
At 225, WHSmith is the oldest retail chain in the world. Retail Week chronicles its history, looks back at store fronts through the ages and speaks to its high street boss about the retailer’s future.
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NewsArgos lifts the lid on two-week Black Friday ‘bonanza’
Argos is preparing to push the button on its Black Friday event, which starts in earnest tomorrow and will run for a fortnight.
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InterviewRetail Week Live: John Rogers on how to beat Amazon
Sainsbury’s pulled off the biggest retail acquisition of the year in 2016 when it snapped up Argos owner Home Retail Group in a £1.4bn deal.
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NewsB&M profits soar as it ploughs on with store expansion
B&M has recorded a spike in interim sales and profits as boss Simon Arora said the retailer continued to “prosper in a challenging retail environment”.
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OpinionOpinion: As M&A activity slows, don’t forget the float
Despite the rush for retail consolidation sparked by Tesco’s move for wholesale titan Booker, 2017 has been a relatively slow year for mergers and acquisitions.
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AnalysisDo October’s ‘meagre’ sales mean Christmas is off?
The steepest slump in non-food sales on record has shaken the retail industry in the run-up to the critical festive period
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OpinionOpinion: Sainsbury’s – one step forward, one step back
With headwinds from the second half of its 2016/17 financial year, the first half of 2017/18 was always going to result in a decline in year-on-year profitability from Sainsbury’s.
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NewsSainsbury’s Coupe allays Christmas slowdown fears
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe has played down fears of a shopper spending slowdown this Christmas, but admitted the golden quarter will be “difficult to predict”.
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NewsHalfords profits down despite strong retail performance
Halfords profits dipped at the half-year mark despite a strong performance in its retail services division.
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OpinionOpinion: How shoppers will cope with the real pay squeeze
On the face of it, households appear to be coping with the squeeze on their real incomes fairly well.
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NewsArgos beefs up Fast Track with new fulfilment centres
Argos is taking its Fast Track proposition up a gear with the opening of two new regional fulfilment centres in time for the Christmas peak.