Lack of spoof books hits sales at WH Smith
January 25, 2018 7:12 amWH Smith has reported a 1% decline in like-for-like sales in the 20 weeks to 20 January. While like-for-like sales in the retailer’s stores at stations... View Article
General Merchandise News
Pets at Home achieves strong third quarter growth
January 23, 2018 7:56 amPets at Home saw its group revenue climb by 9.6% to £223.3 million in its third quarter. In the 12 weeks to 4 January, group like-for-like... View Article
Insight: NRF review
January 19, 2018 7:56 amRetail executives and leading IT providers converged on New York City for the annual retail technology event Retail’s Big Show, organised by the NRF, to view... View Article
Halfords posts third quarter sales uplift
January 18, 2018 8:24 amCar parts and cycling retailer Halfords grew its like-for-like sales by 2.7% in its third quarter as group revenue rose by 3.2%. In the 15 weeks... View Article
The Works reports best ever Christmas
January 17, 2018 7:28 amThe Works has reported its strongest ever Christmas trading performance and has unveiled plans to open at least 50 new stores in 2018. The retailer, which... View Article
JD.com invests in Vietnamese B2C ecommerce platform Tiki
January 17, 2018 7:28 amChinese online retail giant JD.com has gained another foothold in Southeast Asia by investing in Tiki, Vietnam’s B2C ecommerce platform. JD has signed a share subscription... View Article
Insight: changing shopper behaviour impacts December footfall
January 15, 2018 8:26 amNew figures have shown that retail footfall fell by 3.5% year-on-year in December with all regions included in the analysis showing a decline. The data from... View Article
Station retailers enjoy strong festive sales growth
January 12, 2018 8:25 amTotal retail sales at Network Rail managed stations grew by 9% in the lead-up to Christmas despite concourse footfall being flat against the previous year. On... View Article
John Lewis posts uplift in festive sales
January 11, 2018 8:26 amThe John Lewis Partnership has reported an uplift in sales at both the John Lewis department store chain and its Waitrose supermarket over the festive trading... View Article
THE NEXT EVENT
See all upcoming events
