All Health & beauty articles – Page 61
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NewsShop Direct delivers strong Christmas driven by m-commerce
Etailer Shop Direct has reported a strong Christmas, helped by its m-commerce experience, as sales advanced 6% in the seven weeks to December 25.
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AnalysisDebenhams' Christmas like-for-like rise: What the analysts say
Debenhams surprised the City by delivering a Christmas 3.7% like-for-like gain despite difficult high street trading. Here’s the reaction.
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AnalysisAnalysis: December Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Retail sales edged up 0.1% on a like-for-like basis as Christmas failed to spark the spending spree retailers had hoped for.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Walgreens Boots Alliance faces challenges with Rite Aid deal
Takeover of drugstore chain Rite Aid will solidify WBA’s position as US market leader but integrating the business won’t be easy.
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NewsStrong fragrance and make-up sales help Superdrug record healthy Christmas
Superdrug sales increased 6.8% over the Christmas period, helped by strong demand for its fragrance lines and make-up gifts from brands such as Maybelline, GOSH and Makeup Revolution.
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OpinionNeil Saunders: US retailers had reasonable but not spectacular Christmas
Although it is early in the reporting period, initial results suggest the holiday season for US retailers was reasonable but not spectacular.
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NewsGovernment to review airport retail VAT practices following ‘rip-off’ fears
The Government has launched a review into how VAT is applied by retailers in airports following controversy last summer.
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NewsCompetition and Markets Authority to investigate sale of Sainsbury’s pharmacies
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has referred Celesio’s planned acquisition of Sainsbury’s pharmacy business for detailed scrutiny.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Selfridges and Sainsbury's
Retail news round-up on December 30, 2015: Selfridges’ record sales and probe into Sainsbury’s pharmacy sale
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NewsReview of the Year: Making headlines for the wrong reasons
From the controversy over airport store pricing to disgruntled milk farmers, for some retailers 2015 was a tough one in PR terms.
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NewsHolland & Barrett targets £1bn sales mark as full-year profits rise
Holland & Barrett is targeting an ambitious plan to almost double annual sales to £1bn after reporting an 11.7% hike in full-year revenues.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on M&S, The Hut and Holland & Barrett
Retail news round-up on December 17, 2015: M&S set to open first outlet in the Chinese capital city and The Hut Group in discussions to offload stake to BlackRock.
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AnalysisReview of the Year: The mergers and acquisitions of 2015
If 2014 was the year of the IPO, then 2015 may well have been the year of mergers and acquisitions as several retailers shifted ownership.
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NewsCMA raises concerns over LloydsPharmacy's bid for Sainsbury's unit
LloydsPharmacy’s bid to buy Sainsbury’s pharmacy arm is facing scrutiny after a probe found shoppers could be hit by a “loss of competition”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: November Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Retail sales fell 0.4% on a like-for-like basis as Black Friday promotions failed to bring an expected boost to sluggish November spending.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Ao World, WHSmith, Staples and Office Depot
Retail news round-up on December 8, 2015: Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb snaps up 5.4% stake in Ao.com and WHSmith boss gets 55% pay rise after best sales.
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NewsBlack Friday online spend using Visa soars 25% as store transactions fall
Visa has reported online spending on Black Friday soared 25%, while store sales was slightly down.
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GalleryStore gallery: H&M installs entire offer in mammoth Cardiff store
The biggest H&M in the UK has just opened in Cardiff, offering the whole of the retailer’s proposition under one roof. But does size matter?
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AnalysisLuke Jensen’s five new rules to win in modern-day retail
Retail is undergoing a revolution as great as the move from counter service to self-service in the 1960s. Here’s how to play by the new rules.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The start-ups that hope to become the next big thing in retail
Vegetable-flavoured water and ‘the Dyson of loo brushes’ are among the latest raft of businesses backed by investor TrueStart.