Honor has confirmed it is to bring its affordable Android phones to retail stores for the first time, with Three to act as the UK’s exclusive operator partner. An entirely online proposition until now, Honor has announced plans to ...
Tags: Huawei Honor, Android phones
Complying with the wishes of many exhibitors and visitors, Heimtextil organisers, Messe Frankfurt said, next year’s edition will begin on Tuesday and end a day earlier on Friday. The next Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main will take ...
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Footfall in January was 1.2% lower than a year ago, down on the 0.7% fall in December. Shopping centres reported the largest decline, falling 2.8%, while high streets experienced a 1.6% decline in footfall, up on the 1.8% fall in December. ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Footfall
One of the best moves Floors and More ever made was a year into the company’s life when its founders Dan and Brenda Billingsley decided to take their tile store from a city address to its current location on Interstate 30, a direct ...
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Online apparel sales continue to capture a greater share of India retail ecommerce sales, said an ASSOCHAM-PwC study. The apparel category, along with computers and consumer electronics, helped fuel the overall market growth, through ...
Tags: ecommerce sales, retail ecommerce, Apparel
Footfall in November was 2.4% down on a year ago, down on the 0.8% fall in October and below the three-month average of a 1.4% decline, reports the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall Monitor, which covers the four weeks to 29th November 2014. ...
Tags: Footfall, free car parking, Furniture
ShangPin, China’s leading online business-to-consumer (B2C) fashion retailer and lifestyle platform, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) to ...
Tags: B2C fashion retailer, Apparel
Home furnishing retailer IKEA has announced total sales of £1.4b in the UK for the financial year ending 31st August 2014, an increase of 11.3% on the previous year. Following an ambitious pledge last year by UK country retail ...
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Woolworths Holdings Limited announced a number of senior management changes in Australia that follow the completion of WHL’s acquisition of David Jones Ltd (“David Jones”) and its buy out of the minority interests in ...
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In June, shopper numbers in Northern Ireland were 11.8% higher than a year ago, up on the 9.2% rise in May 2014, reports the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium-Springboard Footfall Monitor. Northern Ireland continues to have the highest ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Economy
Product uses AI to allow a car to recognise its position on a track. Development company Wow! Labs, a spin out from Wow! Stuff, has launched the Kickstarter campaign for Real FX Racing. The product uses AI to allow a car to recognise ...
Tags: Toys
According to recently published figures for the UK, it now accounts for 13% of all transactions and online grocery sales are set to double in key European markets by 2016. This shift in consumer shopping behaviour has inevitably had an ...
Ashley Millward has opened Small World, a toy shop specialising in niche and traditional toys Online toy retailer, Canterbury Toy Shop has made the leap to bricks and mortar, opening up a new traditional toyshop in Broadstairs. The new ...
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After wowing crowds and early adopters alike at the International CES in Las Vegas earlier this year, the Pebble Steel smart watch is set to get Australian retail distribution, with Dick Smith picking up exclusive rights to the device. ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, smart watch, watch
After a busy few weeks in the spotlight following talks of a merger with rival department store Myer, David Jones has today released its half-yearly sales results, posting a positive performance in its bricks and mortar business and strong ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics