More on Me + Em – Page 1439
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Analysis
Analysis: Lovelock latest big-hitter to enter maternity market fray
Retail veteran Derek Lovelock is the latest retail big hitter to vie to bring stability to the turbulent mother and baby market after taking the helm at Mamas & Papas.
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News
Infographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from August 13, 2014: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top womenswear retailers.
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News
Marks & Spencer 'firing on all cylinders' ahead of Christmas, say food boss
Marks & Spencer is “firing on all cylinders” and prepared to deliver this Christmas, according to its food boss Steve Rowe.
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News
Asda like-for-likes rise 0.5% in second quarter driven by EDLP
Asda has unveiled a 0.5% rise in its second quarter which it said was driven by its “clear and consistent” Everyday Low Pricing (EDLP) strategy.
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News
Game confident on profit forecasts as full-year sales surge 30%
Game’s sales jumped 30% in the 52 weeks to July 26 and the retailer expects to hit profit forecasts.
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News
Amazon enters payments market with launch of card reader
Online giant Amazon is making a play for the mobile payments market with the launch of Amazon Local Register.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Hamleys, Amazon and grocery sales
Retail news round-up on August 14, 2014:Hamleys to open Europe’s largest toy store as it eyes global crown, Amazon enters into mobile payments market Sales at UK supermarkets fall 3.2% in first half
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News
Hamleys chooses Moscow for Europe's largest toy store as it eyes global crown
Hamleys will open the biggest toy store in Europe in Moscow this year as it expands its global footprint.
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News
Dixons’ investor relations boss David Lloyd-Seed motors away
Dixons’ David Lloyd-Seed has left after ten years, having seen the retailer’s Russian roulette and Carphone Warehouse merger.
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News
Infographic: Young shoppers to spend £5.7bn online in 2014
Shoppers aged between 15 and 24 will spend £5.7bn in 2014 as overall online spending hits £39bn, according to Verdict research.
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Analysis
Analysis: B&Q’s Finnish timber from forest to shopfloor
As B&Q increases its efforts to source its timber products sustainably, Retail Week takes a trip to the retailer’s Finnish timber suppliers.
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Analysis
Analysis: Fortnum & Mason packs its hamper for travel push
Fortnum & Mason’s chief executive Ewan Venters talks to Retail Week about the upcoming Heathrow Terminal 5 store, expansion and brand overhaul.
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Analysis
Analysis: Meet the advisory board for Retail Week Live 2015
Retail Week Live 2015 should be the best yet. Meet the first dedicated advisory board of retailers who are helping to make it happen.
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Opinion
Comment: UK ecommerce must constantly innovate to keep up with shoppers
The UK has been a pioneer in digital retail since the early days, but retailers must continue adapting to the demands of the consumer to survive.
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News
B&Q sublets space to Morrisons as part of downsizing strategy
B&Q has sublet space in its Norwich store to grocer Morrisons as the DIY retailer pursues its strategy of downsizing larger stores.
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Analysis
Analysis: Arcadia's Chinese etail partner ShangPin, at a glance
Topshop and Miss Selfridge are launching online in China in a tie-up with local etailer ShangPin.com. Retail Week takes a closer look at ShangPin.
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Analysis
Comment: Grocery superstores will be the big losers this Christmas
Prospects for Christmas are okay, not great, and look gloomy for grocery superstores.
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News
Video: Time-lapse film of Dixons Carphone creating a store within a store
Dixons Carphone has unveiled a time-lapse film of the creation of its first store within a store at the Currys and PC World on Oxford Street.
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News
Dragons' Den judges on their bikes after cycling brand success
The Fat Lad at the Back cycling brand was given the red light by the dragons, only to be stocked by Evans Cycles the day after the show aired.
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News
Asos PR man has set himself a marathon challenge
Asos’s financial PR Jamie Ramsay has left the rat-race and embarked on a gruelling challenge, running 428 marathons in 600 days for charity.