The retailer has seen a 53 per cent increase in sales of cuddly toys, prompting and expansion of its line from Hansa. Snow leopards, walruses and a close to life-sized gorilla will be heading up John Lewis’ new range of ...
Tags: John Lewis, Animal Toys
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
PPG Industries' commercial coatings group held its semiannual Commercial Truck Shop Conference Sept. 21-23 in conjunction with the 2014 fall PPG MVP Business Solutions Conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Conference Center in ...
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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 New Design Britain Awards, organised by UBM Live Built Environment, launched yesterday with a new set of initiatives to add to its already-established awards programme. New Design Britain is a respected initiative bringing talecnted ...
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. ...
Tags: Fast Retailing, H&M, Accessories
BBC One show will return later this year with a new 40-episode run. The Link, the BBC One game show inspired by Linkee, has been recommissioned. After ranking as the number one programme in its daytime slot, The Link will return later ...
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More than 100 businesses have come together today to call for political parties to commit to a fundamental reform of the business rates system before the General Election. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the system is no ...
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The board game specialist picked up the coveted award at this year's Reading Retail Awards. Specialist board game retailer Eclectic Games has been awarded the title Retailer of the Year 2014 at the annual Reading Retail Awards. Held on ...
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Sales also expected to outperform market in second half reflecting strength of brand, says chairman John Lewis Partnership has reported its interim results for the half year ending July 26th, 2014. Partnership sales grew by six per ...
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Smallholder cotton farmers in the developing world, where over 100 million smallholder farmers are responsible for 90 percent of the world’s cotton production, urgently need education and support in basic agricultural techniques to ...
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The second half of the year is really starting to gain momentum for John Lewis, with a change in the weather this week driving a great week's trade, 13% ahead of last year. Online continued to trade strongly, growing a percentage share of ...
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The 29th edition of New Designers held from 25-28 June and 2-5 July 2014, welcomed key parliamentary figures who met with designers from colleges in their constituencies, as well as with New Designers Award winners, other graduates and ...
The toy and children's gift division of Associated Independent Stores has welcomed Claire Collingridge to the Play-room team. Collingridge (pictured) takes on the role of product assistant and will be using her experience to help ...
Tags: Claire Collingridge, Play-room team, Toys
Wants to work with major, and independent, toy stores. Duo UK, a packaging manufacturer and supplier, is looking to work with more retailers in the toy space. The firm, which offers bespoke gift packaging, has worked with the likes of ...
Tags: Duo UK, UK Targets, Toy