UK retail sales increased by 3.2% on a like-for-like basis from March 2014, when they had decreased 1.7% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 4.7%, against a 0.3% fall in March 2014. Adjusted for the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price ...
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Dunelm Group plc has issued a trading update for the third quarter of its current financial year, comprising the 13-week period ending 28th March 2015. Total revenue grew by 10.7% to £216.2m. However, total like-for-like growth ...
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At a time when Chinese sportswear and casual attire makers were busy clearing their inventories due to a less clear-cut brand orientation, China's domestic high-end designer brands seem to be enjoying better fortunes. Chinese high-end ...
Tags: Apparel Brands, sportswear, casual attire
German apparel marketer, Tom Tailor Group said despite a difficult market environment, it was able to achieve sales growth of 3 per cent year on year in 2014. Tom Tailor Group was able to hike sales to €932 million in 2014 as against ...
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Sales of luxury goods slowed in China during 2014, with the growth rates falling for the first time amid slowing economic growth and brand proliferation, a new study said on Tuesday. Mainland China’s luxury goods market has slowed. ...
Tags: luxury goods, Brain
Sales of luxury goods slowed in China , with the growth rates falling for the first time amid slowing economic growth and brand proliferation, a new study said on Tuesday.China's luxury market is undergoing a fundamental shift, brought on ...
Tags: Luxury Goods, economic growth
The babycare's third quarter results show an increase of 1.1 per cent in like-for-like sales as the team continues its plans to turn the business around. Mothercare is continuing its plans to turn the business around as the retailer ...
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The group has reported sales of £1.82 billion for the 18 weeks leading to January 3rd this year, seeing an increase of 0.8 per cent. Argos’ like-for-like sales remained broadly flat for the 18 weeks to January 3rd, 2015, while ...
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Hit by online delivery woes in the peak Christmas season, Marks & Spencer (M&S) reported the 14th consecutive quarter of decline in the general merchandise division sales for the thirteen weeks to December 27, 2014. M&S posted a 5.8 per ...
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Halfords boss Matt Davies will take up role in June, while Tesco plans for 43 store closures and consolidation of head office locations. Retail giant Tesco has seen an improved performance over Christmas, with UK like-for-like sales ...
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Retailer enjoyed online growth of 60 per cent during the five weeks to December 27th, 2014. The Entertainer enjoyed a boosted Christmas sales period thanks a surge in customers shopping on its website. RetailWeek states that the toy ...
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Carpetright plc has announced its interim results for the 26-week trading period ending 25th October 2014. In the UK, the group saw like-for-like revenues increase by 6.5%. The retailer's estate of stores was reduced by a net of nine ...
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Retailers see boosts in sales as consumers show signs of favouring indie shops over big name stores. Christmas 2014 is looking to be the year of High Street resurgence, according to the UK’s independent toy retailers. Festive ...
Despite an 8.4 per cent hike in sales, £19.8 million rise in costs hit underlying pretax profits by 31.6 per cent at Super Group, a marketer of apparel in the first fiscal half ended October 25, 2014. Super Group which markets the ...
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The rigid plastic packaging giant’s results for the six months ended 30 September 2014, shows good growth in profits, returns and dividends. The planned acquisition of Promens Group progresses the company’s Vision 2020 ...