Halfords bucks the trend
October 6, 2005 7:22 amHalfords focussed on maximising sales and increasing cash profitability but some dilution of gross profit percent has occurred primarily due to sales mix. Sales increased by... View Article
General Merchandise News
Robust performance from Land of Leather
October 5, 2005 4:29 pmThe success of advertising campaigns, including the wider use of television has led to a higher proportion of promotional products sold and a slight reduction in... View Article
Tesco and Carrefour swap assets
September 30, 2005 10:35 amTesco and Carrefour have announced an asset swap involving stores and operations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Taiwan, subject to the usual regulatory approvals. As... View Article
Boots fights off soft consumer spending
September 29, 2005 7:38 amThe impact of regulatory price deflation in Dispensing is estimated to have reduced overall LFL sales for BTC by around 1.0% in H1. Sales growth in... View Article
US Retailers to sue Visa, MasterCard, and major banks
September 27, 2005 7:41 amSeveral retail groups have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa USA, MasterCard International and dozens of major U.S. banks, saying they acted together to set excessive... View Article
Baugur charges thrown out
September 21, 2005 2:27 pmAn Icelandic court has thrown out all 40 charges brought against Jon Asgeir Johannesson, the chief of the retailing group Baugur, and five others. Iceland’s state... View Article
Australia’s Coles Myer expected to post rise in net profit
September 19, 2005 8:31 pmColes Myer will defy a slowdown in spending by consumers hurt by high petrol prices to deliver a 15 to 20 per cent lift in annual... View Article
GSK keen on Boots group’s over-the-counter medicines arm
September 16, 2005 6:28 pmGlaxoSmithKline PLC’s incoming head of its consumer healthcare business expressed a strong interest in Boots Group PLC’s over-the-counter medicines arm. GSKs new head of consumer healthcare... View Article
Wal-Mart names new president for German operation
September 16, 2005 12:35 pmWal-Mart International has appointed David Wild president and managing director of Wal-Mart Germany, replacing Kay Hafner Wild joined Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 2004 and moved to... View Article
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