Heimtextil’s new “Let’s talk about…” presentation area will be shining a spotlight on the latest market developments in the textile furnishings industry. This central information forum is being established in ...
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Apple retained its stranglehold on mobile shopping over the two-day stretch of Thanksgiving and Black Friday in the U.S.,IBM said last weekend. More than three-fourths of all mobile traffic to online retailers during those two discount ...
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Not waiting until Cyber Monday,online shoppers made Black Friday the biggest online spending day of the year so far. On Black Friday--the marketing term given for the day after Thanksgiving,generally one of the biggest shopping days of ...
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Growth in own-label food has helped Sainsbury achieve a 2.5%rise in profits to £405M in the six months to September 29. Underlying profit before tax climbed by 5.4%to reach £373M. The retailer's ceo Justin King told BBC ...
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Nordstrom Inc. reported net earnings of $146 million for the third quarter ended October 27, 2012. This represented an increase of 15.0 percent compared with earnings of $127 million for the same quarter last year. Earnings per diluted ...
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Shop Direct Group, the UK's leading online and home shopping retailer with brands including Very.co.uk, Littlewoods and isme, announces its full-year results for the 12-month period to 30th June 2012. Financial Performance – all ...
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Greetings from London—I'm stopping here for a brief brake after spending an interesting two days in Switzerland at the Montblanc watch manufacturing facilities. As I mentioned a few weeks ago this is the season when the Christmas ...
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Figures released from leading international,multi-channel brand Debenhams for the 52 weeks to 1 September 2012 showed another strong set of results with highlights including total sales up 2.6%,like-for-like sales up 2.3%inc vat,online ...
Bar chain Novus Leisure has moved its IT infrastructure into the cloud and is benefiting from low costs and scalable IT which has helped it increase bookings by 100%. The company refreshed its customer relationship management(CRM)system ...
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,the multi-channel retailer,announces its Half Year results for the 26 weeks ended 1 September 2012. Highlights: Total revenue(£379.3m+4.3%) Operating Profit(£45.7m-2.8%) Profit before tax and fair value ...
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Inditex's Massimo Dutti begins its commercial activity in the United States with a new store concept in one of the most exclusive areas of Fifth Avenue in New York along with the launch of its online store for all states. The first ...
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Office Choice's new website is expected to drive more web-based sales as online increasingly becomes the ordering method of choice for many of its customers. "The new contemporary, user-driven website is a significant step forward for the ...
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Pumpkin Patch Limited reported its audited results for the 12 months ended 31 July 2012. Neil Cowie,Chief Executive Officer,said"While the trading result exceeded market expectations it clearly reflects the challenging conditions we have ...
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Official retail figures,released by the Office for National Statistics(ONS),paint a surprisingly rosy picture of retail sales in August,said the British Retail Consortium(BRC). The ONS numbers show the total value of sales(not seasonally ...
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In August 2012, Hennes & Mauritz Group (H&M) total sales including VAT in local currencies increased by 6 percent compared to the same month the previous year. Sales in comparable units depressed by 4 percent. Comparable units comprise the ...
Tags: H&M, increased, total sales, fashion, Apparel