BBC News has reported that the Home Retail Group (HRG) has sold its Homebase store in Battersea to a residential property developer for £57m. The group plans to close 25 Homebase stores by early March 2015, citing the pressure of ...
Christmas Shop and gifting across all directorates signalled that the festive season is now front of mind for John Lewis' customers. After passing the £100m mark last week, this week saw sales of £114.2m, up +2.1% on last year ...
Tags: Christmas Shop, Furniture
1.2 billion people out of the 7.2 billion in the world, shop online and spent €1,173.5 billion in 2013, again of which, one-third was spent in Europe. In the previous year, Europe reported €363.1 billion in internet sales, ...
Tags: Online B2C Sales, Apparel
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
Adjusted EBITDA at NYSE listed, American Apparel, a marketer and retailer of clothing soared 38% year-on-year to $13.5 million in the third quarter ending September 30, 2014. However, net loss for the third quarter of 2014 shot up ...
Tags: Adjusted EBITDA, American Apparel, Apparel
According to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, UK retail sales were flat last month, at 0.0% on a like-for-like basis from October 2013, when they had increased 0.8% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 1.4%, against a ...
Tags: Furniture Retail Sales, Furnishing
Stationery sales promotion is common for stationery enterprises,promotional activities can improve the sales of stationery,it is a common method of marketing activities.So, for stationery shops,what effect does the romotional activities ...
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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This week produced a mixed picture for trade for John Lewis, with the overall outcome a sales increase on last year of 6.3%. Although the continuing unseasonable warm weather had an impact, online sales were strong at 25.9% up on last year, ...
Tags: Furniture, John Lewis, Furnishing
Nominations for Retailer category being encouraged from the industry. The application process for the 2014 Toy Retailer of the Year Awards is now open. Retailers can compete nationally in like for like categories and can apply in more ...
Indian ethnic wear brand Biba has launched its e-commerce portal to leverage the fast growing e-commerce market space and do maximum business in the ongoing festival season. The managing director of Biba, Sidhharth Bindra, said the ...
Tags: ethnic wear, Apparel
This week has seen a steady increase in sales for John Lewis as the cooler weather starts to have a positive impact across all directorates. The start of the week was particularly strong, with sales softening slightly approaching the ...
Tags: John Lewis, Home Category Sales
The world’s biggest retailer - Walmart Stores expects an increase in global e-commerce sales of around 25 percent in fiscal year 2016, and anticipates growth over the three-year period from fiscal years 2016 through 2018 to average 30 ...
The Southern Europe region is expected to garner €47.8 billion in ecommerce sales by the end of the current year, says a report from Ecommerce Europe. It says online sales in the region have clocked an annual growth rate of 22% since ...
The Government of India may launch ‘Handmade in India’ brand to boost online sales of niche handloom, handicrafts and khadi products, as the same has been recommended by the Planning Commission. In its “Draft ...
Tags: handloom, handicrafts, khadi products