Jessops in Focus
January 10, 2006 11:01 amJessops has enjoyed strong trading over the Christmas period, with an uplift in both total sales and like for like sales in the five week period,... View Article
General Merchandise News
Topps Tiles toughs it out
January 10, 2006 10:27 amUK tile market forecast to increase 26% by 2010 Barry Bester, co-founder and Chairman said ‘At the full year results announced on 29 November 2005, we... View Article
Strong performance from Game
January 10, 2006 10:27 amSuccess in securing an improved supply of Sony PSP consoles, together with a creative promotion of established formats and the launch of Xbox 360, led to... View Article
Wal-Mart stops ‘similar items’ suggestions on its Web site.
January 6, 2006 12:25 pmWal-Mart is shutting down the system that creates movie recommendations on its shopping Web site after it linked a “Planet of the Apes” DVD to films... View Article
Monthly U.S. retail sales figures point to respectable holiday season
January 5, 2006 6:35 pmA burst of shopping just before and after Christmas helped many of the US’s big retailers meet their December sales goals, giving the overall industry a... View Article
German retail sales declined in November
January 5, 2006 2:41 pmGerman retail sales fell unexpectedly in November as plans by Chancellor Angela Merkel to raise value added tax weakened consumer confidence Household spending in Germany, Europe’s... View Article
Strong Christmas sales for Majestic
January 5, 2006 10:24 amLike for like UK sales at Majestic were up 5.2 per cent for the nine weeks of Christmas trading from 1 November 2005 to 2 January... View Article
Record Shopping Week helps deliver a better-than-expected December
January 3, 2006 9:49 amFigures from SPSL’s Retail Traffic Index released today confirm that December 2005 was a busier shopping month than many retailers could have hoped for. Shopper numbers... View Article
MP’s attack supermarket dominance
January 2, 2006 12:32 pmWholesalers and independent newsagents Britain are “not expected to survive” past 2015 because of the unchecked growth of supermarkets, say the damning preliminary findings of an... View Article
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