England will be playing in the World Cup quarter finals this weekend, some new figures have shown that the game could generate a 5% rise in grocery sales today and tomorrow. This is according to some data from Kantar Worldpanel who explained that alcohol sales are likely to rise by 25% to bring an extra...
New West End Company has urged the UK Government put a business rate reform plan in place, which it says would remove all the inequality that exists between high street and online retailers. They have called for the introduction of a revenue based tax to replace business rates for online businesses. According to the British...
British shop prices fell less sharply in June than in May. In total prices paid by shoppers were 0.5% lower last month than in June 2017, a smaller decline than May’s 1.1% slide, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said. Shop prices as measured by the BRC have shown deflation for 62...
Nike Inc are looking like they will defeat Adidas AG in the closely watched jersey sponsorship battle. Nike's signature swoosh decorates the outfits of Brazil, France and England, the sides in the quarter-finals most favoured by betting websites to win the World Cup, plus Croatia. Adidas currently have their branding on Belgium, Russia and...
Iceland have been crowned the best supermarket in the UK for customer satisfaction. The UK Customer Satisfaction Index published by The Institute of Customer Service have revealed that Iceland have climbed 37 places in the rankings since last year. Jo Causon, chief executive of The Institute of Customer Service, said: “Maintaining consistency will be key...
Sainsbury's sales growth continued to slow in the first quarter after the supermarket group reported a 0.2% rise. The increase for the three months to June compares to 0.9% in the fourth quarter and 1.1% in the three months before. Chief executive Mike Coupe said that "the market remains competitive". But he said...
Sales at John Lewis declined by 7.9% last week compared to the same period last year as the hot weather hit trade. Fashion sales fell by 3.5% overall although the weather boosted sales of summer clothing and sunglasses which rose by 27% and 79% respectively. Women’s own brand fashion also had a good...
Superdrug has elevated its pre-tax profit by 16% in 2017 after delivering sales growth across all categories. Revenue edged up 2.3% to £1.2 billion while like-for-like store sales rose by 2.5% as 22 new UK stores opened in the period. The year also saw more stores offering beauty services including 26 new Brow...
It has been a year of growth for Britain’s Pentland Group, which benefited from a record performance from JD Sports Fashion to reach revenues of over £3 billion in 2017. During the 12-month period to 31 December 2017, the company reorganised and streamlined its operations, created a joint-venture with the Lacoste...
ASOS have announced their chairman Brian McBride will be stepping down following its AGM in November and will be succeeded by Adam Crozier. Before working at ASOS, McBride was the UK managing director of Amazon.co.uk. McBride said: “It has been a great honour and pleasure to have worked with ASOS over these past six...
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