Retail union Usdaw is backing Trade Minister Ian McCartney’s call for Britain’s retailers to help thousands of families facing a bleak festive season after Christmas hamper... View Article
International sales rise 28 per cent. The UK business continued to show a positive sales performance, with the Direct business performing strongly. Overall, UK store sales... View Article
Figures released today by FootFall, add further gloom to predictions for the retail sector with the Retail FootFall Index showing that the number of people shopping... View Article
To co-incide with National Customer Service Week (2-8 October 2006) customer service evaluation company Retail Eyes released statistics from nearly 50,000 mystery shopping visits to reveal... View Article
Direct sales increased 88 per cent in the second half. Sales for the 25 weeks to 24 September were up 6.8 per cent in total and... View Article
Total Group revenue increased by 12.6 per cent and by 3.1 per cent on a like for like basis. Revenue increased by 3.2 per cent on... View Article
Group faces difficult trading conditions and intense competition from both online retailers and supermarkets. At HMV UK & Ireland, total sales were down 1.2 per cent... View Article
LFL sales decline by 2.5 per cent. Total sales grew by 7.6% against the previous year, reflecting the incremental sales from Beatties, Jenners and newly opened... View Article
Shopkeepers feel they are isolated in their fight against criminals with law enforcers abandoning shops to the crooks. That is according to preliminary findings from the... View Article
