Oak Furniture Land, one of the UK’s largest retailers of solid hardwood furniture, has opened a sofa-only store in Croydon. The new store, called Just Sofas, is 20,000 sq ft located on Purley Way, CRO 4RG, and has created 7 new local ...
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Dunelm experienced like-for-like sales growth of +8.9% for the 13 weeks to 27th September 2014, according to the retailer's latest financial report. This was compared to the -5.3% experienced in the same period in 2013. "Trading was ...
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Following dull September sales, US apparel retailer - JC Penney revised downwardly comparable store sales for the third quarter of 2014, which it now expects to be in the low-single digit range, compared to its original guidance of ...
Jabong.com, one of India’s leading online fashion stores, has added UK’s leading fashion retail brand Burton to its portfolio. The CEO and founder of Jabong.com, Arun Chandra Mohan said, “We are delighted to collaborate ...
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5.11 Tactical will open a new retail store in Riverside, CA that will carry the full breadth and depth of the 5.11 Tactical apparel, footwear, outerwear, lighting, packs, bags and accessories for public safety professionals and outdoor, ...
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Apparel retailer Gap Inc. named Art Peck, who currently oversees Growth, Innovation and Digital division as its next CEO, effective from February 1, 2015 and succeeds Glenn Murphy. Murphy and Peck worked side-by-side and dramatically ...
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Sales of the largest sporting goods retailers reached $86,269 million in 2013 against $81,646 million the prior year, an increase of 5.7% in US$ and 6.8% in local currency compared to an impressive 10.2% growth rate in the prior year. ...
Tags: sporting goods, Developed markets
U.S. chain-store sales increased 3.2 percent year on year for the week that ended on August 9, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. However, comparable-store sales fell 1.4 percent compared ...
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U.S. jewelry store sales jumped 8 percent year on year to $2.37 billion in July, according to the government's retail survey. The increase for jewelry stores was stronger than the overall jewelry and watch sector, which recorded a ...
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U.S. retail sales rose 3.6% during the final week of September. Business was described as brisk at apparel stores, wholesale clubs, dollar and electronic stores and discounters for the week ended Sep. 27. The gains offset weakness at ...
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Ritani has partnered with a number of fine jewelry brands and designers, as well as up-and-coming talent from the Fashion Institute of Technology, to launch the Ritani Designer Collections program. The program works like this: Each ...
At the recently held World Retail Congress, Swedish apparel retailer H&M and Japanese garment marketer Fast Retailing bagged the 'International Retailer of the Year’ award and ‘Retailer of the Year’ award, respectively. ...
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Sabra Dipping Company, maker of best-selling hummus, has opened its newly expanded hummus production facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The 118,000ft2 expansion is expected to double the production capacity of Sabra to meet ...
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Jamba Juice Company, a leading healthy, active lifestyle brand announced today that the Company has entered into a master franchise development agreement with Quan Hung Gourmet Company to develop 35 Jamba Juice stores in Taiwan over the ...
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The Middle Eastern toy retailer has secured a 27,000 sq. ft. site in the UK's capital. Middle Eastern toy retailer, The Toy Store has secured a 27,000 sq. ft. site on Oxford Street. The shop will mark the retailer's first in the UK and ...
Tags: Toy