All News articles – Page 2084
-
News
Mice division rescued by its management
A division of failed shopfitting giant Mice Group, which collapsed in the summer, has been bought out by its management, with backing from the Royal Bank of Scotland, for 4.3 million.
-
News
Hollister targets Covent Garden for UK debut
London’s Covent Garden is the favourite destination to land the first UK store for Abercrombie & Fitch’s teen brand Hollister.
-
News
Princesse Tam.Tam on hunt for first raft of London shops
Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing has instructed agent Harper Dennis Hobbs to search for sites in the UK for its lingerie brand Princesse Tam.Tam.
-
News
Pets at Home ad drive will groom it for float
Pets at Home is to raise its brand profile with the launch of its first ad campaign next year, as chief executive Matt Davies gears the business up for a float.
-
News
Arcadia rejigs Burton offer as it readies overseas web push
Arcadia is conducting a review of the brands in its Burton Menswear stores in an attempt to shake up its menswear offer.
-
News
Debenhams: the city view
The department store group showed off its latest fashion and home lines to analysts on Tuesday.
-
News
Borders plans site relaunch for distinctive feel
Borders is to relaunch its web site in the first quarter of next year, backed by a database of hundreds of thousands of customer e-mail addresses.
-
News
Retail shares plummet as fears grow over consumer spending
General retailers took a knock-out blow over the week when their shares slid almost 6 per cent as worries persisted about the health and direction of the consumer economy.
-
News
Interflora installs smart search to refine results
Interflora has deployed a search tool on its web site that constantly refines results based on past customer behaviour.
-
News
Clinton Cards sales growth hit by lacklustre October footfall
Clinton Cards’ like-for-like sales rose 2 per cent in the 16 weeks to November 18, despite sales slowing in October following a decline in footfall.
-
News
Shoppers split over ways to cut plastic bag use
Shoppers are divided over the idea of restricting free plastic bags, according to an exclusive ICM poll commissioned by Retail Week .
-
News
Blacks allays City fears by hiring external chief
Outdoor specialist Blacks has calmed City fears about a leadership vacuum with the appointment of former Esporta boss Neil Gillis as chief executive.
-
News
Leahy urges retail to ramp up apprenticeship offers
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has called on the retail industry to get behind apprenticeships and vastly increase the number on offer.
-
News
Dreams to sponsor ITV1 Christmas programmes
Bed retailer Dreams will sponsor Christmas on ITV1 this year. The retailer will bumper a series of programmes aired from 5pm until 11pm, running from December 1 to January 6.
-
News
Wilkinson goes local with small one-stop format
Hardware and variety store group Wilkinson has moved into neighbourhood retailing with the launch of a small-store format that has 7/11 opening hours.
-
News
Dabs gives PayPal and Google payment methods green light
Dabs.com has given Google Checkout and PayPal the thumbs up, as 25 per cent of shoppers have opted for the new payment methods a month after the computing and electronics e-tailer introduced them.
-
News
Bata mulls its return to the UK high street
Global footwear giant Bata is mulling a return to the UK high street after pulling out of the market more than 40 years ago.
-
News
East wins £4m to revive expansion plan
Fashion retailer East’s financial backers have injected 4 million to reignite growth at the fashion retailer, 18 months after aggressive expansion plans were shelved
-
News
John Lewis to open smaller shops to hit growth targets
John Lewis plans to open department stores of half its typical branch size to achieve its ambition of doubling in scale over the next 10 years.
-
News
TK Maxx to shake up market with new homewares chain
Value retailer to bring its Canadian HomeSense fascia to the UK next year with Southeast stores.