04 May 2012
its retail offering....The museum is currently looking at PR support for a project brief to
begin in the summer and last beyond Christmas. The winning agency, which will also work with the National Railway
Museum and National Media Museum to promote their gift items, will
report to John Barford, head of retail ...
25 Apr 2012
| by Jane Bainbridge
Retailers' fortunes have been mixed amid post-recession changes in spending.....
Innovation . DIY retailers have broadened fitting services and products and changed store formats to keep shoppers interested as well as offering DIY classes in store.
Smaller stores . Many retailers including ...
important when choosing a retailer.
Specialists . Big ticket items such as bathrooms, kitchens ...
17 Apr 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
Ikea has overtaken John Lewis as the nation's favourite retailer, according to a poll of 6...The furniture retailer won the award because it had the right product mix both in-store and online ...
target, the mature female shopper, but these women are well served by the retailer, and this is reflected ...
, but in prioritising quality, service and range. Consumers have higher expectations from their preferred retailer ...
11 Apr 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
British retailers have benefited from March's warm weather which led to a jump in non-food retail...Total retail sales were up 3.6% last month (March) compared to March 2011, driven by growth in non ...
total retail sales were down 1.9%.
Stephen Robertson, director general at the BRC, said: "The early ...
to be largely underpinned by food inflation rather than by customers buying more.
"The overall retail ...
30 Mar 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
Out-of-town retailers and betting brands have avoided a clampdown by the Government after...applications because they were not in a wider use class such as "retail" have also been delayed, pending a ...
by retail guru Portas. In addition, the Government has also announced a multimillion-pound, high ...
30 Mar 2012
The industry body representing the UK's retail property sector has brought in agency support...-reaching campaigning activity' in what was an
'incredibly important period for UK retail property'. At the time ...
when traditional retailers are facing pressure
from online shopping, the Government is preparing ...
retailer Game announced the
closure of 277 UK stores and the loss of 2,100 jobs. ...
28 Mar 2012
| by Jane Bainbridge
so retailers targeting this age demographic will feel the pressure.
Male grooming. Male ...
":"//docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US Note: excludes spending through salons and duty-free shops
Leading retailers' market share of all ...
as she was group buyer at the retailer 16 years previously. In the intervening years Fagan worked for DSG ...
26 Mar 2012
| by John Owens
Hill+Knowlton Strategies UK has appointed Flic Howard-Allen as managing director of retail..., and most recently led H+K s sustainability division. She also worked as a retail specialist for clients ...
am delighted to announce Flic s appointment as MD of H+K s retail and leisure team. Flic has had ...
. Her experience, knowledge and insight of the retail sector will ensure the retail and leisure team ...
22 Mar 2012
| by Alex Brownsell
, launched this week. 'We are not moving away from price messaging completely,' says the retailer's marketing ...
-led ads are furniture chains. These retailers have hitherto succeeded in etching the sight of D ...
several furniture retailers to pursue more emotive campaigns. The business, owned by private-equity firm ...
20 Mar 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Big-spending brands in the FMCG and retail sectors have significantly boosted mobile adspend...devices to access the web while watching TV.
For the first time, retail is among the top ...
, and that is really driving FMCG and retail spend."
He said that because mobile spend was "still quite small ...