More on Me + Em – Page 2074
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NewsTaskforce launched to tackle struggling town centres
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is teaming up with the British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) to create a taskforce to help indebted town centre properties.
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NewsSupermarkets to host mobile police stations
Supermarkets such as Tesco are to host mobile police stations as the police attempt to cut costs.
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NewsGrocers back initiative to give surplus food to charity
Supermarkets could share excess food with families struggling in the economic downturn in a Government drive to cut food waste and help those in need.
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NewsN Brown chairman and chief executive to exit
N Brown chief executive Alan White and chairman Lord Alliance are stepping down from the home shopping group.
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NewsFenwick Bond Street managing director Jill Strieder dies
Jill Strieder, the managing director of Fenwick’s Bond Street store in London, has passed away, the department store chain has announced.
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NewsJulian Graves collapses into administration
Health food specialist Julian Graves has hit the buffers and Deloitte has been appointed administrator.
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InterviewQ&A: Poundland chief executive Jim McCarthy
Poundland chief executive Jim McCarthy speaks to Tiffany Holland about the retailer’s performance and growth prospects.
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OpinionComment: Walmart, The next 50 years - Big-Box Challenges
Fifty years ago in rural America, the big-box concept was a revolutionary idea.
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Analysis10 ways Walmart changed retail
It is 50 years to the day since the first Walmart store opened. Here we examine the most significant ways that that retailer transformed the stores sector.
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NewsMadonna's Material Girl range to launch in Freemans and Grattan
Madonna’s clothing line Material Girl will be available in the UK from September as Freemans owner Otto buys the European rights to the brand.
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NewsThe Kooples scales back UK expansion plans
French retailer The Kooples has pulled out of plans to open a store on Savile Row as it slows down its UK expansion plans.
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NewsTesco would leave US if profitability not achieved
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke told shareholders at last week’s AGM that that the grocer would abandon its loss-making US venture Fresh & Easy if it fails to become profitable.
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NewsFurniture chain Oka posts profits jump
Furniture retailer OKA has posted a £500,000 pre-tax profit in 2011.
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NewsKingfisher appoints Vodafone's Karen Witts as group finance director
Kingfisher has appointed Vodafone’s Karen Witts as group finance director.
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AnalysisWalmart at 50: Founder Sam Walton's 10 rules for business success
Fifty years ago today the first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas. Retail has been transformed in the intervening years, but founder Sam Walton’s golden rules remain just as relevant
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NewsPoundland posts record results as profits jump
Poundland has delivered pretax profit up 50% to £18.2m from last year’s £12.2m for the year to April 1 as the retailer continued to attract value-conscious shoppers in the downturn.
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NewsSir Terence Conran signs design deal with JC Penney
Design veteran Sir Terence Conran has for the first time partnered with a US retailer after signing a deal to create a homewares collection for department store JC Penney.
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NewsBoots and Walgreens’ cultural crossover?
It remains to be seen whether the merger between Alliance Boots and US giant Walgreens will result in hamburgers, milkshakes and apple pies hitting much-loved UK Boots store shelves alongside its No7 Protect and Perfect serum.
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OpinionHigh Street Revival: Creating better town centres
You’d expect a conference bringing people together around the sombre fact that the North West has the highest number of empty shops to be a pretty solemn affair.