This week saw sales at John Lewis of £108.8m, breaking the £100m barrier for the first time this year and matching the retailer's 2013 record for the earliest week to have reached this milestone. Lighting had its best-ever sales ...
Tags: John Lewis, pre-Christmas
Fanzz, one of the largest licensed sports apparel and merchandise providers in the Western United States, has chosen Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for retail, by Junction Solutions, a leading provider of vertical market-specific on-premise and ...
Tags: Microsoft Dynamics AX, retail POS, Textile
Sofa.com, a leading omnichannel furniture retailer, has today opened a new showroom in central Bath, England. The 3,500 sq ft showroom is the second in the UK for sofa.com, and the first outside London. As with the London showroom, the ...
Tags: Bath Showroom, Furnishing
LogicSource, a sourcing and procurement services firm, has signed a multi-year partnership with the Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack to provide on-site resources and access to shared service subject matter experts. "By building more efficient ...
Tags: LogicSource, Pep Boys, Accessories
Future Group, one of the top retail groups in India, has planned to invest in omni-channel retailing, by implementing the omni-commerce suite by hybris, a company owned by SAP. Omni-channel retailing, the next step in multi-channel ...
Tags: Future Group, Omni-Channel, Hybris
Surya has appointed Jim Levine to the newly created role of vice president of Surya Outdoor. Levine is a veteran of the casual furniture industry where he has spent the last 32 years overseeing business operations, sales and marketing, ...
Tags: Surya, Vice President, Furniture
After opening its 100th store in Jalandhar, Swiss Military Worldwide, a premium global men’s lifestyle brand opened its first Mumbai store. This will be followed by an entry into markets of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Southern ...
WebLinc, a technology provider of ecommerce platforms for online retailers, raised $6 million Series A financing from NYSE-listed Safeguard Scientifics, Inc in a bid to fuel an aggressive growth trajectory. During the second quarter of ...
Tags: Textile
For the 13 weeks or second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2014, net income at apparel and accessories retailer – Dillard’s slipped $2 million from the same period a year ago, but was able to hike its EPS by $0.01 per share. ...
The new 10,000-square-foot Belle Tire facility in Flint, Mich., houses eight service bays -- including one full-alignment pit -- and a mezzanine warehouse built to hold more than 3,000 tires. Same city, better location. Belle Tire ...
Tags: Belle Tire, Renovation, Accessories
A transformation plan initiated in 2012, has not helped Li Ning Company Limited wipe out losses from its balance sheet, instead losses multiplied in the results announced for the first six months of 2014. Loss at Li Ning, one of the ...
Tags: Loss, Apparel, Accessories
Carter’s, Inc., the largest branded marketer in the United States of apparel exclusively for babies and young children, reported its second quarter fiscal 2014 results. Highlights: -Net Sales $574 Million, Up 11% -Total U.S. ...
Destination Maternity Corporation, the world's leading maternity apparel retailer, announced that Ed Krell is stepping down as the Company's chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors. Anthony M. Romano will become the ...
Tags: Anthony Romano, CEO, Apparel
The barcode was invented at Westinghouse in 1930 by John Kermode, Douglas Young and Harry Sparkes. The first patent for a barcode, US Patent #2,612,994, was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on 7 October, 1952. The ...
The competitiveness of the Chinese clothing industry is set to weaken over the next few years as costs rise. As a result, export growth could falter. Rising costs in China are already forcing an increasing number of Western apparel brands ...