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Coke takes Innocent stake

Coca Cola has taken a £30m minority stake in Innocent Drinks, the UK maker of smoothies. The stake equates to "between 10-20 percent" of the smaller company.

H&M sales lower than expected

Analysts react well to firm's reluctance to discount at the expense of margins.

Food price inflation slows

Food prices rose at their lowest level for more than 18 months.

Broker note - DSG

Pali International has re-iterated its 'Neutral' recommendation on DSG after the company's £310 million equity raising.

Kingfisher - broker's note

Investec Securities is moving its recommendation on Kingfisher to 'Hold' from 'Sell' following the group's preliminary results.

The City view - Game Group

Altium Securities has downgraded its recommendation on Game Group from 'Buy' to 'Hold' following the strong run the shares have enjoyed recently.

Brokers note - Topps Tiles

Singer Capital Markets has re-iterated its 'Buy' recommendation on Topps Tiles ahead of its Q3 trading update on August 5.

IT spend to rise on security fears

Spending on information security is set to increase, according to a survey by Infosecurity Europe.

VAT reduction has had very little impact on consumer spending so far research finds

Nearly nine in ten consumers say the VAT cut has had no effect.

Brokers note - Game Group

Altium Securities has re-iterated its 'Buy' recommendation on Game Group on the back of a belief its stores-based model still has plenty of life left in it.

Smart Supply Chain and Smart Food Safety Solutions

A complimentary breakfast Seminar, 'Smart Supply Chain and Smart Food Safety Solutions' on Thursday 24 September 2009 from 8.30am to 10.30am at the GS1 UK offices in London.

Tesco profits rise

Tesco reports half-year pre-tax profits up 1.5 per cent on the same period last year

Seven retailers enter insolvency every day

Seven retailers are going bust every day, according to figures from PWC for the first quarter of 2009.

Topps confirms profit forecasts

Analysts' estimates for Topps Tiles' pre-tax profit for the 52 week period ending 26 September 2009 is between £10.5 million to £14.0 million.

Topps Tiles confirms profit forecasts

Analysts' estimates for Topps Tiles' pre-tax profit for the 52 week period ending 26 September 2009 is between £10.5 million to £14.0 million.

JJB Sports shows support for Jones

JJB confirms that Chairman Jones has a £1.5m loan outstanding with Mike Ashley, the owner of JJB's main rival Sports Direct

Profits up at JD Sports

JD Sports fashion has bucked the market to report a 24 per cent increase in group profits, to £53.6m before tax and exceptional items. Total revenues at the company for the 52 weeks ending 31 January grew by 13.3 per cent, and by 3.9 per cent like-for-like.

Discover Leisure closes branches in cost savings bid

Discover Leisure, the tents to caravans retailer, has closed several branches in a bid to cut costs and free up capital.

OFT triggers competition probe for Sports Direct's JJB stores

Sports Direct is facing an investigation by into its purchase of 31 stores from rival JJB Sports after failing to find a buyer for five shops it had been asked to sell by the OFT.

Thomas Cook foots swine flu bill

Thomas Cook has seen a rise revenues in the nine months to June 30 despite the impact of swine flu.

DSGi to transform its communications with managed services deal

DSGi has signed a three-year deal with Azzurri Communications for the provision of its Retail Application Network.

Home and garden DIY trend boosts Kingfisher

Kingfisher has reported a 0.7% rise in like for like sales at B&Q in the UK.

Next sees improvement in customer confidence.

Group expects a tougher second half and a flat outcome for the full year.

Government review of default retirement age too late

Following news that the government is to bring forward its review of the default retirement age in the UK, Audrey Williams, head of discrimination law at Eversheds international law firm comments:

Food boosts M&S performance

Marks & Spencer's food sales helped the group come in ahead of forecasts in the last quarter.

JJB finalises rent proposals

JJB Sports has finalised its terms for proposed temporary monthly payment of rents at around 250 of its stores, as well as proposed compromise terms with landlords of some 140 closed branches.

New Editor, new look, new acquisition.........

Its an exciting time at The Retail Bulletin, the leading online retail news resource.

VeriFone Retail Forum - Wednesday 23 September - Innovation is the Future of Retail Payments

VeriFone is hosting a free retail forum on Wednesday 23rd September in London and welcomes retailers who wish to hear the latest on payments technology and innovation.

EU emission plans for vans and light trucks

Michael Woods, partner and Head of Climate Change and Carbon Finance at international law firm Eversheds, comments on proposals by the European Commission to introduce tighter environmental standards for light commercial vehicles and trucks over the next four years

Self-service checkouts are coming to many more stores near you

Self checkout tills are set to become an even bigger feature of UK grocery shopping with the number of such devices increasing from a current 7,000 to 15,000 by 2011, according to research from consultancy RBR.