All News articles – Page 2023
-
News
Ikea marks 21 years in UK
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is celebrating its 21st birthday in the UK this month with the launch of a coffee table book and marketing campaign.
-
News
M&S makes concessions to rebel shareholders
Marks & Spencer has made a series of concessions to its rebel shareholders in an effort to calm the row over Sir Stuart Rose’s planned elevation to executive chairman.
-
News
Jysk makes UK debut with 500-store target
Danish furniture and homewares retailer Jysk opened its first two UK stores in Lincoln and Mansfield today and revealed ambitious plans for 500 shops around the country.
-
News
Art falls into administration
Prints, posters and frames retailer Springfield Retail has gone into administration.
-
News
New-look stores get T5 off to flying start
Cancelled flights, lost baggage and irate travellers grabbed the headlines, but the opening of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 represented a new dawn for travel retail.
-
News
Industry slams empty-property laws revision
Leading retailers and industry associations have come out fighting in response to changes to the empty-property relief laws that came into effect on Tuesday.
-
News
Swedish model to open London lingerie store
Swedish celebrity model turned designer Victoria Silvstedt has signed for her first UK store to stock her lingerie range.
-
News
Primark named second anchor in Corby centre
Primark has taken the second anchor spot at Willow Place in Corby town centre.
-
News
Ferrari gears up for UK debut on Regent Street
Italian car giant Ferrari is set to power into London’s Regent Street with the opening of its first UK store.
-
News
‘An exceptional step in exceptional circumstances’
Marks & Spencer acts to justify Rose’s promotion in wake of shareholder opposition
-
News
Cheshire draws up master plan for Kingfisher revival
Kingfisher chief executive Ian Cheshire has outlined the priorities that will characterise his leadership and also appointed a new chief executive for the UK.
-
News
Tesco: the city view
As top grocer Tesco prepares to unveil full-year results a week on Tuesday, it finds its prospects for continued success increasingly under question.
-
News
Stocks outperform market again as results season’s stars emerge
A raft of results and updates brought mixed news, but retailers’ stocks rose once again during the week and outperformed the market.
-
News
Harrods opens gift area
Harrods unveiled an eye-catching new gift area in its Knightsbridge flagship yesterday.
-
News
Otto to sell Grattan as it reviews retail division
A for-sale sign is understood to have been hoisted over catalogue fashion retailer Grattan as parent company Otto UK nears the end of its strategic review.
-
News
City waits for results of Signet price-hikes
Jewellery giant Signet is expected to indicate next week that trading has softened in its key US market.
-
News
Asda raids Tesco for Living marketing job
Asda has hired a former Tesco executive to spearhead the marketing strategy of its burgeoning Asda Living non-food format.
-
News
Superdrug on hunt for successors as it parts with two top executives
Health and beauty giant Superdrug has been dealt a double blow this week with the departure of two senior executives.
-
News
Land of Leather seeks new bed link-up
Land of Leather is in talks with another furniture retailer about 25 bed concessions in its stores, following Sleep Depot’s collapse this week.
-
News
H&M to link with Comme des Garçons for autumn collection
Fashion retailer H&M will collaborate with Comme des Gar ons founder and head designer Rei Kawakubo to create its autumn guest designer collection