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Marks and Spencer has been voted the most trusted retailer in the UK for the second year in a row, according to a YouGuv survey sponsored by marketing group Baber Smith. Over one-third of consumers, 39 per cent, rated M&S as one of their top three most trusted retailers, giving the firm a commanding margin [...]
(Read More)13th Jul 10
iPad winner for Carrentals sponsored video challenge
by Adam Richards
Leading comparative online car hire site carrentals.co.uk is sponsoring an online video challenge for the best car-related video, with the winner to receive Apple’s new revolutionary device, the iPad. The contest, Carrentals.co.uk Video Challenge, is free to enter, and entrants who upload a 90-second or less car-related video to their personal YouTube account and submit [...]
(Read More)9th Jun 10
Demand for Speedo swimwear skyrockets
by Katie Naylor
The demand for Speedo bathing suits in the UK has shot up dramatically in the past six months, according to price comparison website Ciao. During that time, there has been a 400 per cent increase in internet searches for the skimpy swimwear, implying that there will be more than a handful of barely-covered bodies on [...]
(Read More)25th May 10
DSGi set to launch iPad in UK
by Natasha Redman
DSGi is set to launch the long-anticipated iPad at its 139 Currys and PC World Stores this Friday, two months before other UK companies will put the product on their shelves. DSGi signed an agreement with Apple allowing it to be first in the UK to stock the iPad, with rivals such as Comet, Tesco, [...]
(Read More)19th Apr 10
Mislabelled dresses make women think they are thinner
by Harry Oldfield
‘Vanity sizing’ – a new technique used by many clothing stores – is mislabelling dress sizes to make women believe they are thinner than they actually are. A consumer who is happy to find she fits into a size 12 dress may be disappointed to learn that although labelled as such, it may actually be closer to [...]
(Read More)6th Jan 10
John Lewis Christmas sales break records
by Katie Naylor
The John Lewis chain of department stores has reported its best-ever festive season sales results.
The company said it had sold goods worth over £100 million in four of the five weeks over the festive shopping season.
Relative sales were almost 13 per cent higher than in the same time last year, reaching £500.8 million.
The store explained [...]
16th Dec 09
John Lewis records surge in Christmas shopping
by Harry Oldfield
Indications of strong Christmas spending in the High Street have come to light as department store John Lewis reports it had set a new all-time weekly sales record.
The retailer recorded sales of £110 million in the period to Saturday, smashing records achieved last week.
Christmas gift-buying stepped up a notch, with fashion, watches and sewing machines [...]
12th Oct 09
Christmas decorations up in mall
by Katie Naylor
Christmas decorations have appeared at one of the country’s largest shopping malls – two-and-a-half months early.
The 100ft-tall Christmas decorations are already in place in the atrium at the John Lewis department store at Cribbs Causeway, in Bristol.
Over the next month rope access supervisor Rob Tucker and a team of eight will be travelling around 27 [...]
9th Jul 09
Waitrose opening first Glasgow store
by Adam Richards
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Waitrose, the UK’s up-market supermarket chain, is expanding its operations in Scotland with the opening of its first Glasgow store.
The retailer currently has two branches in the country, both of which are in Edinburgh, and were acquired in 2006 from Somerfield.
29th Jun 09
Waitrose sees jump in sales after essentials range launch
by Katie Naylor
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In the four week period to 13 June, Waitrose, the upmarket UK supermarket chain saw its sales rise by 8.4 per cent, following the introduction of its own-brand range of grocery items, according to the market research firm Nielsen.
Waitrose, which is a unit of the John Lewis retail group, launched the essentials range in March, [...]
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