Retail news
Your search returned 4634 results
Online sales continue to boom
- Posted:
- 20 August 2010 11:32
Growth in internet sales from UK customers hit a three-year high last month, jumping 18% compared with July 2009, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. In total Brits spent more than £5 billion online over the month - the highest figure so far this year - with the ...read more
Steady improvement at Gap
- Posted:
- 20 August 2010 11:31
Fashion group Gap has reported another solid quarter of trading, with sales, profits and earnings per share all continuing their positive trend.Second quarter net sales were $3.32 billion compared with $3.25 billion for the second quarter last year. The company's second quarter like-for-like store sales increased 1% compared with a ...read more
M&B to sell 333 pubs
- Posted:
- 20 August 2010 11:31
Hospitality group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced plans to sell off a further 333 pubs from its chain as part of its strategy to move away from non-core, drinks-led businesses. The deal with the Stonegate Pub Company is thought to be worth around £373 million.M&B's focus for the future ...read more
Scottish sales growth weakens further
- Posted:
- 19 August 2010 09:41
Fears of a further descent into the economic doldrums were fuelled yesterday as the Scottish Retail Consortium revealed that sales during July suffered the worst fall since August 2000.Like-for-like sales in Scotland in July were 1.4% lower than in July 2009, when they had risen 0.6% according to the latest ...read more
Travel firm Kiss Flights collapses
- Posted:
- 19 August 2010 09:40
Travel firm Kiss Flights has gone out of business leaving 60,000 customers scrambling to salvage their holidays.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said around 1,500 Kiss customers were able to take flights but these are only operating up to 6pm on Wednesday 18th August, with around 60,000 people with forward bookings ...read more
Retail news is updated every weekday and is provided courtesy of: 
