All International articles – Page 177
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NewsBlue Inc expects Christmas cheer as full-year profits soar
Young fashion group Blue Inc expects a strong Christmas trading period after posting soaring full-year profits.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Exiting Malaysia would be shrewd for Carrefour
The rumour mill is pumping out speculation that Carrefour’s time in Malaysia is coming to an end, with the group to sell its local operations to Japanese giant Aeon for JPY20bn (£155.9m).
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NewsAnalysis: Claire’s Accessories aims to improve performance
Claire’s Accessories will be seeking a strong Christmas sales performance after a tough year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Leading the way online
Standing still is not an option for retailers with online ambitions, as the pace of digital development offers increasingly lucrative opportunities.
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AnalysisAnalysis: International markets
Despite global economic problems, there are still opportunities for retailers to expand internationally. Rebecca Thomson reports on three markets that look likely to bear fruit.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to push button on European online roll-out
Marks & Spencer is launching local transactional websites in four new European territories next month.
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GalleryStore of the week: Piccino, Valencia
Walking into Piccino, a kidswear shop in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, is like entering the pages of a children’s book.
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OpinionComment: Recession should drive overseas growth
From recession to secession is more than just a direct alphabetical sequence.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Evaluating sourcing strategies
Retailers need to revisit their sourcing strategies constantly, juggling and rejigging the equations of supply, demand and delivery. Liz Morrell investigates which regions they currently favour.
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OpinionBlog: Asos opens stores. Kind of.
Well it’s finally happened; Asos has opened a store. Kind of.
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NewsAnalysis: Hobbs set for international expansion
The retailer is launching international websites as a precursor to physical overseas expansion.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Small stores and digital key to Carrefour’s future
Last week, the world’s second largest retailer, Carrefour, posted its third-quarter results.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Iceland’s bullish boss holds the grocer steady
Despite a tough six months, Iceland founder Malcolm Walker insists the frozen food retailer can excel and explains why staff should think of him as Father Christmas.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five things you didn’t know about Hotel Chocolat
As Hotel Chocolat prepares to launch a range of health and beauty products under its own Cocoa Juvenate label next month, Retail Week takes a look at some of the finer details of the quirky chocolatier.
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OpinionComment: Encouraging trends reported at N Brown
Andy Higginson will have been pretty pleased with his first set of figures as chairman of home shopping group N Brown.
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OpinionComment: Is it wise for Tesco to introduce Fresh & Easy products to the UK?
Tesco has launched its US private label brand Fresh & Easy in its UK supermarkets, introducing the first in a range of products that will use the American branding from its loss-making US chain. What is the motivation behind this launch?
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NewsGap promotes Sunnucks as it unveils new structure
US fashion giant Gap has promoted international president Steve Sunnucks to global president as part of a new structure.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Chinese strategy rethink needed as shopper behaviour changes
Retailers in China will need to rethink their strategy in the country as consumer behaviour has started to change rapidly.
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NewsDebenhams international expansion powers ahead with raft of new openings
Debenhams is powering ahead with its international expansion with the opening of its first ever store in Georgia this weekend.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: WHSmith - The margin was the message
Kate Swann’s real achievement over the past nine years has been engineering a huge rise in the company’s gross margin.