05 Oct 2011
| by Jane Bainbridge
are proving tough for car retailers, writes Jane Bainbridge....on retailers.
Dealers have had a torrid time in recent years. While in 2000 there were more than 6000 ...
that about 6% of potential used-car buyers are likely to buy from such a retailer.
Even after shopping ...
the internet or other distance channel, such as the phone.
Tesco joined the online retail sector ...
01 Sep 2000
| by Terilyn A. Henderson and Elizabeth A. Mihas
Establishing and communicating a brand may be harder for multibrand retailers than for their single...Facing a marketplace overflowing with stores, most retailers have spent the past several years tirelessly searching for new ways to grow. In the case of runaway successes such as the apparel ...
research shows, add five points on average to shareholder returns. Do retailers have the same access ...
18 Feb 2011
| by Ed Owen
Both the value and volume of retail sales grew in January according to official figures...Retail sales grew by 8.2% in value, and 5.3% in volume compared to January 2010.
Leading ...
are perhaps not as impressive as they first appear, according to retail analysts.
Neil Saunders, consulting ...
's retailers are facing an extremely challenging 2011. This week alone we have seen inflation and unemployment ...
16 Sep 2010
| by Katherine Levy
Monthly retail sales volumes dropped 0.5% between July and August, according to the Office....7%.
It is the first retail dip since January, but Gemma Lovelock, a retail analyst at TLC Marketing Worldwide, warned ...
for retail sales," she said. "On a positive note, Christmas is approaching and we are likely to see a ...
of retail sales in August was 0.4% higher than in August 2009.
Predominantly food stores decreased 3 ...
08 Nov 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
the British Retail Consortium points to worryingly weak retail sales in the run-up to Christmas....The figures from M S reveal the retailer's growth fell from 2.7% in the second quarter of the year ...
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The wider retail picture at the start of the fourth quarter is worsening, according to the BRC. Its October Retail Sales Monitor report showed like-for-like revenues were down 0.6% from October 2010.
Stephen ...
25 May 2011
| by Ben Bold
UK consumers have spent a massive £300bn shopping online in the 11 years the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail...online in March, the strongest figure in years .
Total retail sales hit 30.7bn in March, according ...
28 Apr 2011
| by Ed Owen
Retailers employed 0.5% more people in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last...Retail employment figures match the pace of the wider economy and official figures issued ...
in the retail sector fell by 0.8%, confirming difficult trading conditions, according to Stephen Robertson, director general of the British Retail Consortium.
He said: "These figures confirm how tough the trading ...
14 Oct 2010
| by Katherine Levy
Asos, the online retailer, has seen its retail sales rise by 50% in the first half of its financial...The fashion retailer recorded a 26% rise in UK sales and a 120% rise in total international sales ...
69,697,000 in overall retail sales, compared to 47,456,000 for the same period in 2009.
Asos ...
growth, both in the UK and internationally.
"With retail gross margin ahead of the prior year ...
08 Oct 2010
| by Alex Brownsell
Fashion and department store brands helped the UK retail industry increase momentum during...retailers (up 3.0%) and furniture retailers (up 3.8%), while the travel industry saw 4.3% growth ...
26 Nov 2010
| by Ed Owen
Business group CBI has reported brisk trading in the run-up to Christmas, while online retailers...The CBI reported that the volume of trade increased in November, with 55% of retailers showing ...
growth held up well in November, and retailers are hopeful that the run-up to Christmas will be just as strong."
However, he warned that looking into the New Year, retail sales growth might "lose some ...