More on Me + Em – Page 539
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News
Poundland owner prepares for sale or float
Poundland owner Pepkor Europe is understood to be mulling a €4bn (£3.6bn) sale or flotation next month.
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News
Ted Baker partners with Next to expand childrenswear
Ted Baker has announced it has joined forces with Next to help create and sell Ted Baker childrenswear products.
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News
Sports Direct closes eight Jack Wills stores with more at risk
Sports Direct has shuttered eight Jack Wills stores after acquiring the preppy brand earlier this month.
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Opinion
Opinion: The internet has made fools of timid retailers
The internet has gone from a low-stakes place to reach people to an arena that if you get it wrong, businesses will fall off the edge of a cliff, says Freeserve founder Ajaz Ahmed.
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Retail Voice
How to make shopping experiences more accessible
Ahead of the Autism Hour 2019 campaign, the National Autistic Society explains the simple steps stores can take to help more autistic people go shopping
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Video
Watch: Wolfson or the grocers – who’s right about Brexit?
In a week when retail leaders such as Next’s Lord Wolfson and Asda’s Roger Burnley have expressed starkly contrasting views on the impact of Brexit, the team debate who’s right and who’s wrong.
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News
Asda second-quarter sales boosted by later Easter
Asda has posted an uptick in second-quarter sales, boosted by the later timing of Easter.
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Cartoon
Retail cartoon: Poundland – what’s in a name?
Patrick Blower’s take on Poundland’s name-defying new pricing strategy.
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News
Department store sales inch up after six months of decline
Department store sales volumes have edged up for the first time this year, according to official data.
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Interview
Interview: Meet the ex-Superdry exec building an off-price retail empire
Secret Sales is the first acquisition by the newly formed Lifestyle Retail Group (LRG) as its co-founder, former Superdry ecommerce executive Chris Griffin, sets his sights on revolutionising the off-price retail sector.
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News
Chinese etailer JD.com returns to profit as sales climb
Chinese ecommerce titan JD.com beat analyst expectations with its second-quarter results, bolstered by sales from its annual 6.18 shopping festival.
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Opinion
Retailers must abandon one-size-fits-all discounting
Barely 10 years ago, consumers were delighted with twice-yearly, end-of-season Sales. Fast-forward to today and there seems to be a never-ending cycle of price reductions – ever-earlier seasonal Sales, continuous ‘promos’, discounting disguised as loyalty programmes, Black Friday, Cyber Monday… the list goes on.
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News
Lakeland launches first loyalty club scheme
Lakeland has unveiled plans to launch its first loyalty club, offering customers discounts, special offers and previews of new products.
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News
Homebase appoints former Kingfisher director to lead Bathstore
Homebase has announced the new director of Bathstore following the acquisition of the bathroom retailer last month.
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News
Sports Direct in crunch talks with government as auditor quits
Sports Direct is in a race against the clock to appoint an auditor ahead of its annual general meeting in September when current auditor Grant Thornton will step down.
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News
Asda staff protest against new contracts amid 'bullying’ claims
Asda staff will take part in a mass demonstration outside its head office today over claims the grocer is “bullying” workers into signing new contracts.