Industry News

Fri, 27th January 2012

Fashion retailer to launch local language websites in the hope of repeating German sales success.

Fri, 27th January 2012

Co-founder of fashion group Republic Carl Brewins has stepped back from day-to-day involvement in the business after 26 years.

Fri, 27th January 2012

As the Christmas trading season drew to an end, retailers of all sorts were in fashion.

Fri, 27th January 2012

Upmarket grocer to phase out health giants products and replace with own-brand.

Fri, 27th January 2012

Fashion retailer to launch local language websites in the hope of repeating German sales success.

Fri, 27th January 2012

Debenhams digital head Harriet Williams has left the retailer to lead Guccis global ecommerce charge.

Fri, 27th January 2012

Etail giant Amazon is gearing up to sell chilled foods in a move that would shake up the supermarket industry, sources have told Retail Week.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Halfords has partnered with World and Olympic Cycle champion Victoria Pendelton to design an exclusive range of womens bikes.

Thu, 26th January 2012

The Government has scrapped the introduction of new legislation which aimed to improve transparency and confidence in pre-pack administration deals.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Mans best friend will do anything to care for his owner, even saving him from an ugly pair of glasses, according to Vision Expresss new tv ad.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Morrisons has acquired the leases of ten former Best Buy stores for its online Kiddicare brand.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Retail sales suffered their biggest fall in three years in January, according to the CBI Distributives Trades Survey.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Derek Hunt, the former MFI boss identified with the retailers glory days, who died last week aged 72.

Thu, 26th January 2012

KPMG have said they have received a huge level of interest for the collapsed Peacocks clothing chain from both trade and private equity buyers.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Figures from the BRC-Bond Pearce retail employment monitor have shown that retail employment rose by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. During the same period the number of retail outlets grew by 1%, with an additional 528 shops.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Superdrug, the health and beauty products retailer has announced that it is supporting National Apprenticeship Week by recruiting 800 new apprentices in 2012.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Online baby products retailer Kiddicare has snapped up the leases of 10 former Best Buy stores.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Morrisons has brought back its Big Pay Day Price Crunch campaign to capitalise on January pay packets.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Paul Mason has stepped down as chairman from handbag and accessories brand Radley.

Thu, 26th January 2012

Former Dixons chief executive John Clare will take over as chairman of electricals retailer Comet following completion of its sale to private investor OpCapita next week.