More on Me + Em – Page 3039

  • Where in the world:
    Analysis

    Purple reign

    2008-06-19T10:47:00Z

    PC World’s Enfield branch is the test bed for DSGi boss John Browett’s plans to revive the group’s computing brand. John Ryan goes to the north London suburbs to investigate

  • Analysis

    Red light for retail?

    2008-06-19T10:40:24Z

    While harsh trading persists, retailers such as ScS and Land of Leather are reeling as supplier credit insurance is withdrawn. George MacDonald examines the power of the insurers

  • News

    Slater Menswear plans transactional web site

    2008-06-19T10:23:01Z

    Slater Menswear is to launch a transactional web site next month offering products from all its departments.

  • News

    Amplifon starts rapid rebranding of UK portfolio

    2008-06-19T10:20:43Z

    Amplifon, the Italian retailer and distributor of hearing aids and related services, is to start rebranding its 147 UK stores this week.

  • News

    May sales break record

    2008-06-19T10:13:24Z

    Retail sales leapt 3.5 per cent by volume last month as stores benefited from the warmest May on record, the ONS reported.

  • News

    Maplin sales rocket as rest of sector suffers

    2008-06-19T10:09:58Z

    Maplin has unveiled bumper sales and profits and forecast continued growth, despite the economic downturn and seismic change in the electricals sector.

  • News

    Moss Bros in turmoil as candidates for chair refuse job

    2008-06-19T10:00:53Z

    Moss Bros will be left without a new chairman this week after it emerged that potential candidates are unwilling to take the role at the beleaguered retailer.

  • News

    Land of Leather close to £18m refinancing deal

    2008-06-19T09:55:02Z

    Land of Leather was on the verge of an 18 million financial re-upholstering as Retail Week went to press, but even mid-week, the deal still hung in the balance.

  • News

    Clare returns to retail

    2008-06-19T09:50:34Z

    Marks & Spencer on board as former DSGi chief gears up for online launch.

  • News

    Mulberry sales buck gloom

    2008-06-19T09:26:47Z

    Mulberry has announced soaring sales and a strong start to the new financial year.

  • News

    Land of Leather plans rescue deal as sales collapse

    2008-06-19T08:59:03Z

    Land of Leather has announced plans to secure a rescue financing deal of 14.8 million, gross of expenses, by way of placing almost 30 million shares, underwritten by its brokers.

  • News

    May online sales hit £4.5 billion

    2008-06-19T08:28:02Z

    Online spending in May rose to more than 4.5 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent on April, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.

  • News

    Sainsbury’s site crashes

    2008-06-18T17:38:33Z

    Sainsbury’s has had to suspend its online grocery business because of a technical fault.

  • News

    Topshop installs photographic machine in stores

    2008-06-18T16:57:32Z

    Topshop has been setting up bespoke in-store photographic studios in an exclusive collaboration with The Helmut Newton Foundation.

  • News

    Hamleys opens in Jordan

    2008-06-18T16:41:42Z

    Hamleys has opened its first store in Jordan.

  • Manchester
    Gallery

    Manchester Shopping

    2008-06-18T16:41:00Z

    A short stroll around the capital of the Northwest reveals some of the best retailing outside London.

  • News

    Summer Fair to host Mary Portas

    2008-06-18T16:13:58Z

    TV celebrity and retail branding expert Mary Portas is gearing up to speak at the Summer Fair, which starts this Sunday.

  • Opinion

    A credit to internet retailing

    2008-06-18T14:17:52Z

    On Monday another sign that the internet is the saviour of retail emerged, when leading credit rating agency Moody’s issued a note explaining that it is starting to take internet sales more seriously when it comes to giving retailers a credit rating.

  • News

    Solutions Preview – Interactive

    2008-06-18T12:25:38Z

    Ahead of next week's Retail Solutions show at the Excel Centre in London, why not try out Retail Week's interactive Solutions preview? Click here to begin

  • News

    House of Fraser to link suppliers to data pool

    2008-06-18T10:45:00Z

    House of Fraser is to ask its suppliers to provide their product information through a data synchronisation service.