All Primark articles – Page 33
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OpinionComment: Primark is successful because it keeps changing
The discount fashion retailer shows that success is posited as much upon store environment as it is upon the offer on display.
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NewsPrimark owner raises profit forecasts after strong summer
Primark owner Associated British Foods (ABF) has raised its second-half profit expectations after strong summer sales at the fashion retailer.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Appliances Online, Primark and Asda
Retail news round-up September 9, 2013: Appliances Online eyes float, Primark owner raises profit forecasts and Asda boss calls for free bus passes for young people.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Primark's denim campaign hits all the wrong notes
Primark’s new campaign, which promotes the value fashion retailer’s Denim Co brand, showcases its range of jeans but is a missed opportunity to fully exploit digital.
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OpinionComment: How reliable a source of growth is international retailing?
With demand flat and most retailers having too many stores, genuine growth has become challenging to achieve and sustain.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The top 10 UK retailers making a splash internationally
Retail Week’s International Report reveals the UK businesses generating the most international revenue and the tactics being used to expand globally.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Primark
Retail news round-up July 31, 2013: Which? critcises supermarkets, ASA rejects Sainsbury’s complaint, Morrisons trials NOW SIMs, Primark Denim Co launches.
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OpinionComment: Is Sports Direct the 'Consumer’s Champion' as it claims?
Sports Direct chief executive Dave Forsey said the retailer’s strategy of being the “Consumer’s Champion” was paying off when he unveiled a 40% rocket in full-year pre-tax profit today.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What challenges does new Matalan boss Jason Hargreaves need to tackle?
As Matalan founder John Hargreaves’ son Jason Hargreaves takes the helm, Retail Week takes a look at how he can improve performance after a first quarter slowdown.
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NewsPrimark sales surge 20% in third quarter driven by new stores and warmer weather
Primark sales surged 20% in its third quarter driven by new stores and “good” like-for-like sales growth due to the improved weather.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Bonmarché's focus on older fashion pays dividends
Bonmarché revealed pre-tax profit of £10.5m a year after it was acquired through a pre-pack administration deal. Retail Week takes a look at how it delivered the performance.
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NewsRetailers back Bangladesh factory inspection plan
A group of 70 retailers including H&M, Marks & Spencer and Primark, have signed up to a plan to inspect their clothing factories in Bangladesh in the wake of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in April.
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NewsRetailers meet Government to improve factory conditions
Major UK retailers including Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Primark were among 20 retailers called to a Government meeting to discuss how clothing can be produced in safe conditions following the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh.
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OpinionComment: Retailers should market brands through wholesale channels
All the talk about omnichannel, and the restructuring of retail fulfilment processes, implies a serial decoupling of the classic chain of distribution.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: The stores that transformed the retail landscape
The past 25 years brought constant innovation of stores. John Ryan looks at some of the most groundbreaking formats during the period.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: How have UK retailers fared abroad?
The rise of global consumerism encouraged UK retailers to expand internationally from east to west. Mark Faithfull looks at how they fared.
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OpinionComment: Nick Bubb on 25 years of dramatic change in retail
Retailing in 25 years time will be very different, but it will change as dramatically as it has in the last 25 years?
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NewsPrimark's Asos trial to grow to 140 items as value drives etailer's sales
Primark will extend its trial with Asos to 140 items according to the etailer’s chief executive Nick Robertson, up from the 20 SKUs it launched with last week.
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NewsOxford Street east eyes US brands post-facelift as Primark drives footfall
Over 220,000 sq ft of retail space is set to open up on the east end of Oxford Street with major US brands leading the race to snap up stores.
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NewsPrimark updates on Bangladesh short-term assistance plan
Primark is set to pay out three months’ wages to factory employees or dependents of those impacted by the Rana Plaza factory collapse as part of its short-term assistance plans.