All articles by George MacDonald – Page 242
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News
Tax ruling goes against DSGi
Electricals group DSGi, owner of the Currys and PC World chains, has had a tax ruling made against it.
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Opinion
Asda means business in grocers' price war
It's payday, and the big grocers are parking their tanks on each other's lawns as a new front opens in the price war.
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News
Sales fall at John Lewis but show week-on-week improvement
Sales at John Lewis department stores fell 1.5 per cent in the week to February 21, while turnover at grocery stablemate Waitrose dropped 1 per cent.
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News
Consumer confidence improves slightly in February
Consumer confidence improved marginally in February but remains extremely weak, GfK NOP's Consumer Confidence Index has found.
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News
New Look poaches Esprit boss to head global push
New Look has hired a leading international retailer as chief operating officer as it bids to become a global force in fashion retail.
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News
Asda cuts prices and pledges 'absolute' price transparency
Asda will start to cut another 5,000 prices this weekend and has pledged to provide customers with “absolute” price transparency.
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Opinion
Don't write off Fresh & Easy
The weekend story that Tesco had “got it wrong in the US” made for great headlines but didn’t reflect the bigger picture.
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News
Retailer anger mounts over rate rise
Top retailers have renewed their attack on the proposed 5 per cent increase in business rates scheduled for introduction in April.
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NewsTop retailers lobby Government to reverse rate rise
Top retailers are to lobby Local Government Minister John Healey to reduce the rise in business rates planned for April.
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News
Sir Philip Green to merge Bhs and Arcadia
Tycoon Sir Philip Green is to merge his Arcadia and Bhs businesses.
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Opinion
Brands and nostalgia: the new dynamic in food
Comfort eating has taken on a new meaning in these downbeat, recessionary times.
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News
Retail sales up 0.7 per cent in January
Retail sales volume rose 0.7 per cent in January and advanced 1.5 per cent on a three-month basis, the Office for National Statistics reported.
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News
Asos poised for childrenswear launch
Online fashion retailer Asos is expected to launch its childrenswear business, called Little Asos, this afternoon.
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News
Banks compete to sell former Baugur stake in Iceland
Icelandic bank Landsbanki is understood to have held a beauty parade of investment banks vying to run the sale of a stake in frozen food retailer Iceland.
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News
Asda eyes Irish web move to cash in on pound's slump
Grocery giant Asda is investigating opportunities for its online business to take advantage of the boom in cross-border shopping in Northern Ireland.
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News
Ex-John Lewis boss Luke Mayhew is new BRC chair
Former John Lewis managing director Luke Mayhew has been appointed chairman of industry association the British Retail Consortium.
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Opinion
Getting JJB match-fit again
Like Didier Drogba, sports retailer JJB has spent more time on the bench than in competition of late. Once hailed as a premiership business, JJB has been teetering on the brink of permanent relegation for several seasons – outplayed by rivals such as Sports Direct and top of the league ...
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News
Mixed retail signals polarise City opinion for industry’s prospects
Food retailers and general merchandisers alike fell last week but still outperformed the market. The industry’s prospects continue to polarise City opinion, however.
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Analysis
21 years of Kingfisher
The Kingfisher story sums up UK retail over the past 21 years: a tale of ambition, innovation, internationalisation and transformation.
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News
Ziff buys Stylo stores
The management of shoe retailer Stylo, led by Michael Ziff, has bought 160 Stylo stores and 165 concessions from administrator Deloitte.