22 Dec 2000
Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its share price to leap by 11.5% this morning.
The company said revenues for the half year ended January 31 were expected to exceed 40m in spite of current technology market trends ...
19 Dec 2000
Online retailer eToys.com is understood to be looking for a buyer after warning that its Christmas...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online retailer eToys.com is understood to be looking for a buyer after warning that its Christmas sales will be well below expectations.
The company, which is based in Santa Monica, California, expects its third-quarter sales to be between 120m and 130m, after forecasting ...
30 Nov 2000
to senior Gucci executives and its backing of a 42% share buy by French retailer Pinault-Printemps-Redoute.
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08 Nov 2000
US internet retailer Pets.com is the latest online venture to crash after it failed to find funding...LONDON (Brand Republic) – US internet retailer Pets.com is the latest online venture to crash after it failed to find funding or a merger partner.
The company is likely to be best remembered for the star of the company’s US TV advertising campaign, a floppy-eared, sock-puppet dog, which is now being ...
27 Oct 2000
Pharmaceuticals wholesaler and retailer, Alliance UniChem, has hired Gerald Gradwell as head of IR...Pharmaceuticals wholesaler and retailer, Alliance UniChem, has hired Gerald Gradwell as head of IR. Gradwell joins from corporate and financial consultancy Gavin Anderson and Company, where he was a director working on the Alliance UniChem account. Gradwell is to be replaced by Liz Morley, who joined the agency ...
12 Oct 2000
| by Louise Banbury
Online CD retailer Boxman.com has shut down its website and ceased trading....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online CD retailer Boxman.com has shut down its website and ceased trading.
The company, which was backed by investors including Suggs from the band Madness, has called a creditors’ meeting and is seeking to go into voluntary liquidation.
Tony Salter, Boxman’s chief executive ...
12 Oct 2000
in French retailer Pinault Printemps Redoute, which bought a 42% stake. LVMH went to court to get ...
01 Sep 2000
| by POPPY BRECH
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The team s solution was to enlist the support of health food retailers ...
30 Aug 2000
| by Louise Banbury
Online retailer Amazon.com is to launch its French-language site, Amazon.fr, tomorrow (August 31)....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online retailer Amazon.com is to launch its French-language site, Amazon ...
that the company originally wanted to buy French online retailer Alapage.com, but talks failed and Alapage ...
French competitor is Fnac, the largest French online retailer, followed by Alapage. Fnac announced ...
15 Aug 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
US toy giant Toys R Us is hoping its week-old alliance with internet retailer Amazon.com will boost...LONDON (Brand Republic) – US toy giant Toys R Us is hoping its week-old alliance with internet retailer Amazon.com will boost its flagging internet business, after it reported a 75% slump in profits ...
was transferred.
The core toy retail business did well globally, with international store sales rising 3% due ...