01 Feb 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
as 'the UK's leading cycling retailer'....Pitch is the first consultancy the retailer has worked with specifically for cycling.
The agency has been briefed to help Halfords establish itself as the go-to place for bikes, cycling products and mechanical expertise, as part of a 12-month retained contract.
Gerry Murphy, group brand marketing ...
01 Feb 2012
| by Mark Banham
to address retail challenges to help rescue the high street....they could carry, but it's not the only from of attack our major retailers have faced, and it's not over yet.
Only last week we saw the latest retailing domino finally teeter past the bankruptcy brink as the discount fashion retailer Peacocks finally lost its plumage, closing its doors and taking 10,000 high ...
01 Feb 2012
| by John Reynolds
Hole joins Amazon as it battles to maintain market share in an increasingly competitive online retail environment. Amazon tripled sales of its Kindle e-reader devices during the Christmas period, but it was not to enough to prevent profits slumping 57% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Hole will be ready ...
01 Feb 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
Argos, the Home Retail Group-owned high-street business, has appointed US retail executive John...Walden, who starts at the end of February, replaces Sara Weller, who left the retailer in June ...
, which includes his position as chief operating officer of online supermarket retailer Peapod, executive ...
development.
Terry Duddy, chief executive, Home Retail Group, said: "I am delighted John is joining ...
01 Feb 2012
| by Arif Durrani
Booth to online retailer The Hut Group....chief marketing officer for The Hut Group, which owns retail sites for women s fashion, health beauty ...
developing its range of retail sites since 2009, led by founder and chief executive Matthew Moulding. ...
01 Feb 2012
| by Ben Hall
The LeapPad, which is pitched as a learning tablet for four- to nine-year-olds, was voted Toy of the Year by retailers last week at the British Toy and Hobby Association's Toy Fair.
Sales were driven by strong word-of-mouth marketing and social media sites, without TV advertising, according to Chris ...
01 Feb 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
Harveys, the furniture retailer, is focusing its marketing activity around a mobile app that lets
01 Feb 2012
| by Margaret Johnson, group chief executive, Leagus Delaney
commercials, and starburst-peppered retail ads, there was a holiday ad that interested me. It was a fairly ...
31 Jan 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
Apple has hired John Browett , Dixons Retail chief executive and the former Tesco.com chief...Browett will take up the position of senior vice-president of retail in April, reporting to Apple ...
booming profit has created.
Cook said: "Our retail stores are all about customer service and John ...
service at Dixons Retail, owner of Currys and PC World, after becoming chief executive in 2007 ...
31 Jan 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
H&M, the Swedish fashion retailer, has unveiled its first Super Bowl TV ad, which stars football....
It is the first time the retailer has invested heavily in TV advertising, with the cost of a Super Bowl ad costing around 2.2m. The retailer until now has opted instead to use online and print advertising.
Volkswagen ...