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Figures released recently have shown that British shops have suffered their worst January trading month in 15 years, in what has been described as an ominous signal for the year ahead, according to fiures from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG.
The poor performance came as a result from the heavy snowfalls and the increase in [...]
10th Dec 09
Tesco confident after sales increase
by Sally Davies
The largest supermarket in the UK has reported signs of increasing consumer confidence after it posted an increase in like-for-like sales of 2.8 per cent.
Tesco has said that rise in sales in the last three months ending in November revealed an encouraging trend towards shoppers returning to normal spending habits.
Even though the supermarket giant’s like-for-like [...]
7th Dec 09
Britons spend £4000 a second for online Christmas presents
by Sally Davies
Internet traffic will be jammed today as millions of shoppers log on to the web to do their Christmas shopping, making it the biggest spending day ever to take place on the internet.
Online Christmas shoppers are forecasted to spend about £4,000 a minute throughout the day on this year’s must-have items including iPhones, Susan Boyle’s [...]
26th Nov 09
Top family friendly companies named
by Sally Davies
The UK’s most and least family friendly brands have been named and shamed in a study which ranks the country’s best-known and biggest brands.
The company which has seen to be doing the least to promote family values was Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair, according to the FamilyBrands poll.
About 100 famous brands were ranked by 1,500 participants [...]
19th Nov 09
High Street Christmas price war begins
by Sally Davies
High street chain Debenhams is reducing £250 million off the cost of Christmas by reducing almost everything on its shelves in a move which is set to spark a price war.
The festive discounts come as the super market giant also plans to reduce the cost of their own prices on everything from food and clothes [...]
5th Nov 09
Marks & Spencer to begin selling branded food
by Harry Oldfield
Marks & Spencer have announced plans to introduce branded food products to their stores, breaking over 125 years of tradition of selling only own-bvranded foods by introducing big brands such as Kellogg’s, Coca-Cola and Marmite to their shelves.
Following the success of two initial trials, approximately 400 well known-brands will be sold in stores across the [...]
13th Oct 09
Marks & Spencer release new shopping website
by Adam Richards
Marks & Spencer has announced it will re-launch its e-commerce website to improve customer shopping experience.
The M&S Direct website will be online again today, with the aim to improve customer experience and drive sales growth.
The site will also include video footage from catwalks and information on stock availability, and will include reviews and ratings in [...]
29th Jun 09
Waitrose sees jump in sales after essentials range launch
by Katie Naylor
www.waitrose.com
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, [...]
4th Jun 09
Marks and Spencer most respected firm in Britain
by Harry Oldfield
www.marksandspencer.com
High Street retail chain Marks & Spencer has been ranked as having the best reputation of any company in Britain.
Celebrating its 125th year, Marks & Spencer was named the most reputable company in the UK this week, in a large-scale survey involving the top firms in the country.
M&S bested major names ranging from Cadbury’s to [...]
25th May 09
Sainsburys and Marks and Spencer avocado war heats up
by Natasha Redman
www.sainsburys.co.uk
The UK business world is embroiled in talks of takeovers and battles over who will become king of the high street, but two top retailers have turned their focus to the avocado.
Both of the retailers – Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer – are trying their best to convince consumers that they epitomise “Britishness”, and have [...]
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