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The Entertainer Enjoys Positive Christmas Sales
Jan 16, 2017The Entertainer has smashed sales during the Christmas 2016 trading period, the retailer has revealed. In the five weeks leading up to December 31st 2016, the company reported an increase in total sales of 13.5 per cent, with December ...
Tags: Entertainer, Cyprus
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Business Is Looking Forward to a Mostly Merry Christmas
Oct 12, 2016Australian business attitudes are upbeat as we head into the year-end holiday trading period. According to Dun & Bradstreet’s September Business Expectations Survey, companies are anticipating increased sales, profits, employee ...
Tags: business, Dun&Bradstreet, merry Christmas
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Seasonal Packaging: a Waste of Time and Effort?
Nov 24, 2015Step into any supermarket or department store right now and you'll see snowmen, reindeer and candy canes adorning all kinds of packaging. Employing seasonal designs is a profitable temptation few can resist, but some have argued it can ...
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Hike in Retail Space Promotes Primark H1fy15 Sales 15%
Apr 27, 2015In constant currency, sales at UK fashion retailer Primark were 15 per cent ahead from the first half of fiscal 2014, for the 24 weeks period ended February 28, 2015,. At actual exchange rates and as a result of the weakening of the ...
Tags: fashion retailer, Primark
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CA Intends to Offer $55m of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2020 in a Private Placement
Feb 13, 2015Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) intends to offer (subject to market conditions and other considerations) $55m of convertible senior notes due 2020 in a private ...
Tags: Oclaro, Proposed Offering
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Australian Retail Growth Slow While Exports to Grow
Feb 5, 2015After a stronger-than-expected Christmas trading period, retail spending growth will slow heading into 2015, according to the sixteenth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index released late last week. The AFGC CHEP Retail Index is a ...
Tags: Christmas trading, food exports
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Black Friday Proved to Be The Busiest Trading Day on Record for The Firm
Jan 16, 2015The retailer champions Black Friday as the starting gun for Christmas shopping. Shop Direct has seen a four per cent rise in total group sales over the Christmas trading period. Black Friday proved to be the busiest trading day on ...
Tags: Christmas shopping, trading day, Toys
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Black Friday Promotions Impacted The Shape of Argos'sales Over Its Peak Trading Period
Jan 16, 2015The 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 ...
Tags: Christmas Results, trading period, Toys
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Carpetright PLC Announces Interim Results for 26-Week Trading Period Ending 25th Oct 2014
Dec 16, 2014Carpetright 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 ...
Tags: trading period, Furniture
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Pre-Packaged Salads Seeing Construction of Largest Fresh Cut Salad Facility in Australia
Dec 16, 2014Australia’s growing appetite for healthy, convenient, pre-packaged salads is seeing the construction of the largest fresh cut salad facility of its kind in New South Wales, thanks to a new deal between producer of value-added ...
Tags: deli salads, baby beetroot, avocadoes, Agriculture
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ARA Has Found Retailers Will Be Able to Count on Some Steady Improvement in Retail Sales
Nov 25, 2014Shoppers to spend $45 billion in pre-Christmas retail sales Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has found retailers will be able to count on some steady improvement in retail sales over the Christmas ...
Tags: Pre-Christmas Retail, Agriculture
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M&S Published Its Financial Results for The Half Year Ending 27th September 2014
Nov 6, 2014Marks & Spencer (M&S) has published its financial results for the half year ending 27th September 2014, highlighting growing margin and profit over the period. Group sales rose by 1% to £4.9b. First-half sales were down 6.3%, partly ...
Tags: M&S, Home Sales
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Carpetright Announced Nick Worthington Has Been Appointed Operations Director for Europe
Mar 27, 2014Leading specialist carpet and floor coverings retailer Carpetright plc today announced an update on trading for the eight weeks ending 22nd March 2014, and its expectations for the full year. It announced that, while its UK like-for-like ...
Tags: carpet, floor coverings, Carpetright
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Last Week, John Lewis Saw a Respite From Wet Weather
Mar 6, 2014Last week, John Lewis saw a respite from wet weather which, combined with the February half term, resulted in a solid week's sales, closing up 7.3% on the year. Sales in branches were slightly up, boosted by half term footfall, while ...
Tags: Lighting, First Trading Period, John Lewis
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Growth in Retail Food Sales and Manufacturing Are at Its Strongest in Australia
Feb 26, 2014February 10, 2014 Sophie Langley Retail food sales and manufacturing growth strengthening in Australia Year-on-year growth in retail food sales is at its strongest since early 2010, according to a report from food manufacturing industry ...
Tags: Manufacturing Growth, Food Sales, CHEP, AFGC