All Sports, leisure & outdoors articles – Page 44
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NewsArgos outshines parent Sainsbury’s in fourth quarter
Grocery and general merchandise giant Sainsbury’s generated a like-for-like sales rise of 0.3% in the fourth quarter, including the contribution from Argos.
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GalleryStore of the week: Yeti, Austin, Texas
How do you sell drink coolers Texan style? With full-sized boats and trucks and bears and sharks to display your merchandise, of course.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: H&M, John Lewis and more
Retail news round-up: H&M reports decline in sales, John Lewis to launch in-house denim label and Jones Bootmaker in talks with potential buyers
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NewsAshley's Sports Direct ups interest in Debenhams
Mike Ashley-owned retailer Sports Direct has raised its bet on Debenhams again, taking its interest in the department store retailer to more than 11%.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Sports Direct, Scottish retail sales and more
Retail news round-up: Sports Direct increases its bet on Debenhams, retail sales in Scotland decline, Bunnings to launch transactional website in UK
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Dunnes, Lush and more
Retail news round-up: Dunnes is first in Ireland's grocery market, Lush expands outside UK, Rapha plans sale of business and Aspinal of London appoints new chief executive
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DataData: The UK’s top 30 retailers by productivity
Retail Week Prospect ranks the top 30 most productive retailers in the UK, measured by sales per employee.
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NewsSports Direct to elect workers' representative to board
Sports Direct has kick-started the process of electing a workers’ representative to its board as it bids to rebuild its battered reputation.
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NewsJD to join forces with Sport Zone in Spain and Portugal
JD Sports has unveiled plans to combine its businesses in Spain and Portugal with Sonae-owned Sports Zone.
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NewsHalfords boss McDonald on the retailer’s ‘secret sauce’
Halfords boss Jill McDonald believes the retailer’s customer service proposition will prove to be the “secret sauce” in her strategy.
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NewsSports Direct faces surge in costs as hedging expires
Sports Direct is facing a 40% increase in the cost of supplying goods to its 233 stores in Europe as its hedging contract is expiring.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Sports Direct, Tesco and more
Retail news round-up: Sports Direct in financial loss, Tesco Ireland halts Aldi's expansion, Style Group Brands may be put up for sale, and high street reports drop in footfall
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NewsUpdate: Conviviality poaches Halfords people director
Halfords is losing another member of its executive team with people director Jonathan Crookall poised to depart, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsNon-food sales fall for first time since November 2011
Non-food retail sales suffered their first quarterly decline for more than five years amid a “challenging” period of trading.
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OpinionAshley should focus on Sports Direct, not sexy knickers
First there was Leicester City and the Premier League title. Then there was Donald Trump and the Whitehouse.
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GalleryStore gallery: Ribble wheels into Birmingham's Mailbox
Cycling etailer Ribble Cycles has opened its first permanent showroom in Birmingham’s Mailbox shopping centre.
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NewsAgenda: Homebase Bunnings reveal latest sales figures
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with financial updates from Homebase Bunnings owner Wesfarmers on the agenda.
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NewsHalfords' commercial boss Emma Fox exits
Halfords’ highly regarded commercial director Emma Fox has left by “mutual consent” following a strategic review of the business, Retail Week can reveal.
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OpinionOpinion: Mike Ashley can never be second-guessed
As Sport Direct’s founder Mike Ashley freely admits, he can’t be “house trained”.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Sports Direct, Booker and more
Retail news round-up: Sports Direct's investors planning to initiate new rules, and Bunnings dismisses zero-hour contracts for store staff.