Morrisons like-for-likes up 6%

Thu, 11th March 2010

Morrisons like-for-likes up 6%

Morrisons has reported like-for-like sales excluding petrol and VAT up 6% in its preliminary results for the year ending January 31.

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Thu, 11th March 2010

Argos sales fall but parent Home Retail's profits to beat expectations

A later than usual catalogue launch and wintry weather contributed to a like-for-like sales fall of 9.4% at catalogue store group Argos but parent Home Retail Group expects its full-year results to beat expectations.

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Thu, 11th March 2010

Wetherspoon reinstates dividend

Turnover up 4.1% to £488.1m (2009: £468.7m)

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Thu, 11th March 2010

Customer growth drives record performance for Morrisons

Value prices continue to attract customers and drive market share growth in the year ahead.

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Thu, 11th March 2010

Home Retail slightly ahead of expectations

Home Retail Group, said benchmark profit before tax for the year will be around £290m, slightly ahead of current market expectations.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

March Rankings of Top 50 Retail Websites

DSGi websites power up the league table of leading online stores but HMV group continues to slide By Glynn Davis

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Major retailers to attend Retail HR Summit 2010

Join your HR peers at the Retail HR Summit 2010.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

New range of secure payment solutions offers cost savings towards PCI DSS compliance

The Logic Group has announced the launch of its new range of Secure Payment Solutions

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Provenance over prudence - has the recession changed the way we eat forever?

Cash-strapped consumers traded out of premium grocery products and upmarket restaurants in their droves during the recession - but will they trade up again now the economy is recovering?

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Food and drink logistics show set for success

Visitors to William Reed Business Media's specialist Food & Drink Logistics Show at Birmingham's NEC Hall 5 from 21-24 March 2010 are not going to be disappointed.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

A host of innovations set to steal the show at Food & Drink Expo 2010

Hundreds of innovative food and drink products for the retail sector will make their market debut at this year's Food & Drink Expo, which runs from 21 to 24 March 2010 at the NEC in Birmingham.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Whistles posts a £5m pre-tax loss

Whistles has reported a pre-tax loss of £5.1m for the 12 months ending January 31, 2009 in its first year under the leadership of former Topshop boss Jane Shepherdson.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

SuperGroup to expand and launch marketing campaign after IPO

SuperGroup will use the £125m the expected float will raise to open 20 stores and launch a marketing campaign, founder Julian Dunkerton said.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

HobbyCraft picks six suitors for second-round bids

Arts and Crafts retailer HobbyCraft has narrowed its list of suitors to six bidders.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

John Lewis brings 'bricks and clicks' growth under one Board Director

John Lewis department stores has given Commercial Director Andrea O'Donnell responsibility for retail development, format development and retail implementation in addition to her current remit for multichannel and online selling.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Sainsbury's and Asda set up youth training schemes

Sainsburys and Asda are setting up training schemes to push food as a career choice to young people.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Card Factory founders set to rake in £400m

Card Factory has received bids for the business from several private equity groups that could result in the founders taking home a £400m windfall.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Card Factory founders set to rake in £400m

Card Factory has received bids for the business by several private equity groups that could result in the founders taking home a £400m windfall.

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Contactless payment card limit raised to £15

The maximum limit for contactless card transactions in the UK is increasing from £10 to £15

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Wed, 10th March 2010

Fraud on debit and credit cards fell by more than a quarter in 2009 to £440.3M

New figures released today show that total fraud losses on UK cards fell by 28 per cent between 2008 and 2009 to £440.3 million - a decrease of £170 million on the previous year's total.

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