More on Me + Em – Page 882
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News
Card Factory eyes openings in retail parks and Ireland
Card Factory has identified big growth opportunity in retail parks and in the Republic of Ireland.
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Opinion
Tesco’s Booker deal deserves benefit of the doubt
A shareholder revolt against Tesco’s proposed merger with Booker has called into question the merits of the deal.
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Opinion
Opinion: The five disruptors of m-commerce for retailers
Disruption is a buzzword in the retail sector and beyond, but often not much extra thought is given to the ‘how’, ‘why’ or ‘what’ it will affect.
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Retail Voice
Are marketers making expensive mistakes?
Focusing solely on digital experience and customer acquisition when targeting luxury shoppers could be leading marketers to make expensive mistakes, says Rakuten Marketing.
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Analysis
Profile: Kingfisher’s sporting new chairman Cosslett
Kingfisher revealed last week that Rugby Football Union chairman Andy Cosslett was entering the scrum as a substitute for long-standing chairman Daniel Bernard.
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News
Card Factory profits dented by 'lower' footfall
Card Factory’s full-year profits were dented as “lower levels of footfall” to its stores slowed sales growth.
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News
Moss Bros profits jump amid store and online investment
Moss Bros has posted surging full-year profits as investments in ecommerce and store refits bore fruit.
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News
Tesco’s Booker deal in doubt as it agrees SFO fine
Tesco’s takeover of food wholesaler Booker has been thrown into doubt after two of its largest shareholders slammed the proposed £3.7bn deal.
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Opinion
Opinion: What the world thinks of UK stores
Research commissioned by Intu and Revo, the retail property trade body, into international retailers’ views on the UK market chimes exactly with what they have been telling us for several years about its attractiveness.
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Opinion
Opinion: Asos is blazing a post-Brexit trail
If the defeatists and doom-mongers are to be believed, the triggering of Article 50 will be a proverbial bullet to the brain of many retailers.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Tesco, Brantano and more
Retail news round-up: Tesco shareholders oppose Booker deal, Brantano stops online trading and Sports Direct agency drafts advisers to raise capital
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News
New 12-sided £1 coin enters circulation today
The nationwide rollout of the new 12-sided £1 coin gets underway today as the government ramps up efforts to stamp out counterfeits.
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News
Booths pens supply deal to expand into Malaysia
Booths has unveiled plans to expand outside of the North West by selling 40 of its best-selling products in East Asia.
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News
John Lewis extends accelerator scheme across Waitrose
John Lewis has launched its fourth annual JLAB start-up accelerator competition and extended it across sister retailer Waitrose.
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News
Today in retail: 99p Stores' contentious administration
As fiercely competitive market dynamics continue to take their toll on retailers, today has brought another controversial administration.
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News
Amazon eyes physical furniture and electricals stores
Online giant Amazon is toying with the idea of creating bricks-and-mortar furniture stores so shoppers can try before they buy.
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Opinion
Opinion: Have stores reached peak digital?
Shoppers’ contradictory desires are making things tricky for the operators of physical stores.
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News
Poundland-owned 99p Stores falls into administration
Value chain 99p Stores has tumbled into administration less than two years after it was bought by Poundland, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Store Twenty One close to missing rent payments
Store Twenty One is understood to be in talks with its lender over its quarterly rent payments, which could push the retailer into administration if unpaid.
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News
Jones Bootmaker saved by pre-pack rescue deal
Jones Bootmaker has been given a lifeline in a £10.5m takeover deal by private-equity firm Endless that will see the retailer enter pre-pack administration.