John Lewis Partnership plc published its annual report for 2014 today. Gross sales for John Lewis totalled £4.1b (+7.5%), with revenue of £3.3b (+7.4%) and an operating profit £226.1m (+4.3%). The online channel ...
Tags: economy
Asia Pacific retailers are focused on expanding in the Asia Pacific region, a recent global report by CBRE Research has found. The How Active Are Retailers Globally? survey found that Asia Pacific-based retailers see significant potential ...
Tags: Asia Pacific Retailers, Region Expansion, mature retail sectors
John Lewis' gross sales have grown strongly throughout the past year, increasing by 7.5% in total and passing the £4b mark for the first time, and total like-for-like sales grew by 6.4%. Operating profit before restructuring costs was ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
After creating a mark in the adult fashion industry, the British womenswear brand Preen is now foraying into a unique pint-size venture. The label is prepping up to unveil a new childrenswear collection, which will be a downsize ...
Tags: Womenswear, Childrenswear
House of Fraser, the UK and Ireland’s premium department store group, provides an update on its best ever Christmas trading period. Trading highlights include: - Like-for-like sales (ex VAT) for the first 9 weeks of the fourth ...
Tags: House of Fraser, Online Sales
Global Blue, the international retail tourism experts, report that total international tax free spend has surged up 21% to date this year with globe shoppers from South East Asian driving the growth. Thai spend in particular is up a massive ...
Tags: Global Blue, Tourist
UK retailer Debenhams has asked its suppliers for a 2.5% discount on stock as a "contribution" to help fund its growth. In a letter dated 16 December, the high street retailer told suppliers the contribution would be applied to all orders ...
Tags: Debenhams, high street retailer, suppliers
Debenhams plc, the leading international, multi-channel brand, announces full year results for the 52 weeks to 31 August 2013. Financial headlines -Gross transaction value up 2.5%: UK up 2.3%, International up 3.7% -Group like-for-like ...
Tags: multi-channel brand, Apparel
To celebrate the final weekend of the UK's Wool Week, a flock of Australian/English Bowmont Merino sheep made a special appearance in the Royal Academy's courtyard over the weekend. Wool Week is the Campaign for Wool's annual UK festival to ...
UK activewear brand Zaggora will have shoppers at iconic London department store, Selfridges, feeling the heat and embracing colour this summer when they visit the new Denim Studio sportswear space at the Oxford Street flagship store. The ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Goody bags for first 30 customers; appearances and ribbon cutting from F1 Marussia. Modelzone has opened a new store in Central London's New Oxford Street. The retailer is celebrating the shop opening by inviting F1 driver Rodolfo ...
At the Global Department Store Summit in Paris (GDSS), The Intercontinental Group of Department Stores (IGDS) announced that Selfridges has once again been recognised as the Best Department Store in the World for an unprecedented second ...
Department stores chain John Lewis has sold more than £1bn of merchandise via its website in the last 52 weeks, the first time it has broken through the £1bn-mark, following a 40 per cent increase in sales generated via the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, has recently completed the refurbishment of its Central St Giles offices in London. The project included the creation of two state-of-the-art preview theatres for ...
Tree Fu Tom is celebrating its full product range launch in the UK. The hero of the popular CBeebies TV series made a series of appearances throughout half term. He visited Welwyn Garden City, Bluewater, Kingston upon Thames and ...
Tags: Tree Fu Tom, toys, company news