John Lewis continued to outperform the market in year ended 31st January 2015 with gross sales up 9.2% to £4.43b (7.5% on a 52 week basis), beating the BRC by 4.9%, combined with growth in operating profit, up 10.8% to £250.5m ...
England based Wrights Food has decided to invest £6m in its new confectionery factory in Weston Road, enhancing company’s production capacity in the country. The new 40,000 sq ft facility is now fully operational and ...
Kishore Biyani led Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited said it has hiked its stake in ethnic products firm Industree Crafts Pvt Ltd from 63.34 per cent to 72.16 per cent. Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited (FLF), the apparel and accessories ...
Tags: ethnic products, Apparel
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
As online shopping continues to grow at the expense of store visits, the premium in the future will be on creating unique, brand-defining experiences that keep customers coming back— whatever the channel, says global consultancy firm ...
Tags: Retail Stores, Apparel
Uniqlo, a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer, and retailer owned by Fast Retailing, is set to enter the Canadian market, by opening two stores in Toronto in 2016, marking the brand’s first entry into the country and its 18th ...
Tags: Uniqlo, Canadian Market, casual wear
Healthy lifestyles, “clean” ingredients, at-home gourmands, value consciousness and e-commerce speciality products are set to be key food and drink trends for 2015, according to market research organisation Mintel. It’s ...
Tags: Key Trends, Food, Drinks
In the mood for twinkie? In the future, you may need a snack machine's approval. The Luce X2 Touch TV vending machine has facial-recognition technology, meaning it can, apparently, identify customers and remember their snacking profiles. ...
Tags: Vending Machine, Snack
Gross retail turnover at specialty stores retailer, Shoppers Stop Ltd (SSL) lifted 7.23 per cent year on year in the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2014. SSL said its gross retail turnover stood at Rs. 844.77 crore for the ...
Tags: Shoppers Stop, Mothercare, Apparel
Former Coles boss, Ian McLeod has resigned from his position with Coles’ parent company Wesfarmers, accepting an offer to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Bi-Lo Holdings, one of the largest supermarket operators in the ...
Tags: retail market, Agriculture
Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced that it has partnered with Tian Jin Sen Yong Tai Co Limited, to establish a joint venture for ...
Australians are drinking 25 per cent less alcohol than 40 years ago, according to a new report prepared by the Australian Liquor Stores Association (ALSA). ALSA said the report, which it said was based on data sourced from the Australian ...
Tags: Liquor Stores, alcohol, Agriculture
Taiwan’s technology industry, being a major design and manufacturing base for the global IT industry, is now stepping up efforts developing Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city applications and therefore Taiwan has a chance to ...
Tags: retailing, building, campus, Electrical
In response to a Hong Kong based NGO alleging inappropriate working conditions at factories from where it outsources garments, Japanese apparel retailer, Fast Retailing said it has initiated its own independent investigations, which ...
Tags: air quality, temperature, Apparel
The National Advertising Division has recommended that Sawyer Products, Inc., discontinue certain claims for the company’s point-of-use water filter products, although NAD determined the company could support the claim that its ...