All articles by George MacDonald – Page 159
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OpinionComment: Terry Duddy's legacy at Argos and Home Retail
Other than founder Richard Tompkins, perhaps nobody is more associated with Argos than Terry Duddy, chief executive of parent Home Retail, who has revealed he will step down by next July.
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NewsMarks & Spencer loses customer insight boss Steve Bond
Marks & Spencer’s director of insight Steve Bond, who has worked for the retailer for 22 years, has left the business.
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OpinionComment: Would Morrisons/Ocado merit a mention in Robert Peston Goes Shopping?
Robert Peston’s TV programme on shopping on Monday made enthralling viewing.
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OpinionComment: Can Dixons keep its spark?
Electricals group Dixons, owner of Currys and PC World, reports on first-quarter trading next Thursday following a strong performance last year.
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NewsUPDATED: Six of the UK's largest furniture retailers to be investigated over Sales
Carpetright has confirmed it is one of the six furniture retailers that are being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading over their Sales practices.
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OpinionComment: House of Fraser's IPO prospects
House of Fraser chiefs are considering whether there would be an appetite for an IPO of the department store business, almost a decade after it was taken private.
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OpinionComment: At home and abroad, the Tesco empire strikes back
All eyes were on Watford last week as Tesco unveiled the first incarnation of a new model for its big-box Extra format.
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OpinionComment: Chris Bryant's criticism of Next and Tesco missed the real retail jobs story
British retailers employ 3 million people in the UK, but you’d think from Labour immigration spokesman Chris Bryant MP’s comments that they all come from Gdansk or Warsaw rather than Dagenham or Wakefield.
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NewsMarks & Spencer shuts four Irish stores with loss of 180 jobs
Marks & Spencer is to shut four of its stores in the Republic of Ireland with the loss of 180 jobs.
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NewsAussie retailer Target drafts in former Tesco clothing boss Richard Jones
Australian retailer Target has raided British retail for top talent and is expected to draft in more new blood under boss Stuart Machin.
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OpinionComment: What Bezos's Washington Post deal says about retail and HMV
Amazon is as much a media business as it is a retailer, so are there retail lessons to be learned from the etailer’s founder Jeff Bezos’s acquisition of US newspaper the Washington Post?
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NewsTesco culls senior management team
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke is to cull senior management as part of his efforts to turn around the retailer.
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NewsWhite Stuff profits rocket as retailer returns to form
Fashion retailer White Stuff is back on form after putting problems behind it to post a big rise in profits and sales.
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NewsRobert Dyas profits and sales surge under Theo Paphitis
Profits have rocketed at homewares retailer Robert Dyas following its acquisition by entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis.
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OpinionComment: M&S shows signs of improvement as its autumn collection launches
The first lines from Marks & Spencer’s much-anticipated autumn collection started to go into stores last week and the drop seemed to be accompanied by a feeling of genuine confidence and excitement at the retailer.
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GalleryIn pictures: M&S's critical autumn clothing range hits the shops
Marks & Spencer’s autumn range, which is viewed as critical in transforming the retailer’s under-pressure clothing business, has officially hit the shops today.
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NewsLakeland targeted in ‘sophisticated and sustained' cyber-attack
Kitchenware specialist Lakeland has revealed a “sophisticated and sustained attack” on its website and warned customers to take action to protect their data.
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OpinionComment: Tesco's latest food launch shows strategic progress is being made
Tesco boss Philip Clarke’s recovery strategy will stand or fall as much by skill of execution as intellectual coherence.
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OpinionComment: SuperGroup's global appeal excites investors
SuperGroup’s full-year figures showed “a return to form”, maintained founder and chief executive Julian Dunkerton as he unveiled a rise in profits and sales.
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NewsTesco to launch new TV marketing campaign to revive food image
Tesco is poised to launch a new marketing campaign as part of chief executive Philip Clarke’s plans to reinvigorate its fresh food offer to turn around the UK business.