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 ...
22 Dec 2000
| by Louise Banbury
not trading, will go to retail group Kingfisher for 219m. Sainsbury s will also keep an 18% stake in Homebase ...
, but managing director Kate Swann has resigned to join catalogue retailer Argos. Sainsbury s has been looking ...
15.4% market share, compared with Sainsbury s 15%, the retailer said. However, in a BBC Online ...
21 Dec 2000
The Body Shop is combining its e-commerce operations with its existing retail and mail...The Body Shop is combining its e-commerce operations with its existing retail and mail-order businesses after ending a partnership with Softbank Technology Ventures. The Body Shop will buy specific assets of the jointly owned company, The Body Shop Digital, paying either dollars 6m in cash or through ...
20 Dec 2000
investor Softbank, in a move which will bring the retailer’s website in-house....LONDON (Brand Republic) – The Body Shop has severed its contract with its internet partner, troubled Japanese internet investor Softbank, in a move which will bring the retailer’s website in-house.
The ethical cosmetics and toiletries retailer will pay 6m for Softbank’s 24% stake in the joint venture ...
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 ...
18 Dec 2000
Retailer Marks & Spencer is to open a new line of convenience stores in May next year...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Retailer Marks & Spencer is to open a new line of convenience stores in May next year, in an attempt to compete with Sainsbury’s Local and Tesco Metro.
The retailer will open two trial stores in Twickenham and Surbiton and, if these are successful, will open a further 40 ...
14 Dec 2000
through Cook’s retail network, BA Travel Shops and other UK travel retailers.
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13 Dec 2000
.com, the online retailer which allows consumers to name their own price for airline tickets and hotel rooms....LONDON (Brand Republic) – William Shatner, the former Star Trek star, is thought to have parted company with Priceline.com, the online retailer which allows consumers to name their own price for airline tickets and hotel rooms.
Shatner has acted as the advertising spokesman for Priceline.com since its ...
11 Dec 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
company Intimate Brand. The chain has a small presence in the UK.
Some retail insiders claim Victoria ...
08 Dec 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
and resigned the account following the online retailer’s decision to call a global creative review....LONDON (Brand Republic) – True North agency FCB San Francisco has declined to repitch for its Amazon.com business and resigned the account following the online retailer’s decision to call a global ...
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Amazon’s review comes as the retailer struggles with continuing losses and pressure from Wall Street ...