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 ...
Net sales at women’s apparel retailer, Christopher & Banks slipped 6.35 per cent year on year for the thirteen week period ended November 1, 2014, a reflection of its store rationalisation program. Net sales for the third quarter of ...
Non-cash impairment charges of $684.0 million pushed apparel retailer, J Crew Group to post a massive loss in the third fiscal quarter of 2014 as against net income in the prior year quarter. Net loss at the apparel retailer totalled to ...
Driven by reduced markdowns, American Eagle Outfitters posted a 200 basis points from a year earlier quarter hike in gross profit margins for the third quarter ended November 1, 2014. Gross profit increased 6 per cent year on year to $315 ...
Tags: buying, occupancy, warehousing deleverage, Apparel
The Swedish multinational retail-clothing company H&M is prepping up to come up with another periodic instalment from its environment-friendly fashion series Conscious Exclusive Collection. In its constant endeavour to promote ...
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 ...
Tags: underlying pretax profits, business acquisitions, Apparel
While the group has seen consolidated net sales decrease by 1.3 per cent versus the prior year period, Toys R Us has seen an improvement of 0.4 per cent in net sales, thanks to its raft of new stores this year. Toy retail giant, Toys R US ...
International Furniture and Bedding Group Harvey Norman selected mattress specialist Kaymed as its Bedding Supplier of the Year 2014 at its annual award ceremony in Dublin earlier this month. The Bedding Supplier of the Year award is ...
Tags: Bedding Supplier, Furniture
FAM Brands said its newest licensee, Sakar International Inc. plans to debut a collection of Bally Total Fitness wearable technology, fitness monitoring and electronic accessory products at the Consumer Electronics Show in early January. ...
Tags: Fitness Trackers, Sporting Goods
The 9th annual The Running Event (TRE) held in Austin on Dec. 2 to 5 played host to 872 retailer buyers from 24 countries, representing 368 unique ownership groups, up 12 percent from 2013, according to show organizers Formula 4 Media. ...
Tags: footwear, blinking lights, Sporting Goods
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
Quaker Oats, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, has introduced new breakfast offerings to its product range. In an effort to meet the growing demand for alternative breakfast choices, Quaker is reinvigorating the idea of oatmeal, the breakfast ...
Tags: Quaker Oats, Breakfast Offerings
For the third fiscal quarter ending November 1, 2014, retailer, Sears Holding Corp reported a marginal drop in net loss vis-a-vis the quarter ended November 2, 2013. Net loss at Sears totalled $548 million or $5.15 loss per diluted share ...
Tags: Sears Holdings, Apparel
Future Lifestyle Fashion (FLFL), the Future Group's fashion arm has bought an additional 14.3 per cent stake in Mineral Fashions, a designer and marketer of fashion clothing and accessories, the retailer said in a filing with the BSE. The ...
Tags: Future Lifestyle, Mineral Fashions
Sports Direct International Plc reported group revenue rose 6.5 percent to .43 billion in the 26 weeks ended Oct. 26. The UK-based retailer, which has been acquiring retailers across Europe, reported revenues at its Sports Retail division ...
Tags: Premium Lifestyle, Sporting Goods