Fashion retailer River Island has hired Nicholas Tahir as head of buying, as he leaves his role at Tesco’s F&F. Mr Tahir has held senior buying positions previously at Burton, TK Maxx, Primark and recently head of global menswear at F&F. Nicholas Tahir said: “I’m very much looking forward to implementing the...
Waitrose has revealed its first cashless store in Sky Central, the TV network’s head office. First reported in March, the 1400 sq ft flagship cashless store is now open to over 3500 staff, who can only pay via smartphone or credit cards at the self-service checkouts, however it is the second...
Fashion retailer New Look is taking advantage of its popularity in menswear by planning to open 25 new stores in the next five years – including a batch of standalone menswear stores in France and China over the next 12 months. The retailer is currently going through exceptional growth in China...
Pets at Home has reported it is on track with its full year expectations after sales increased 2.7% in its first quarter. The increase was driven by strong demand in its pet grooming, nutrition products, veterinary service and omnichannel. Other figures show that merchandise like-for-like revenue grew 2.2% and services like-for-like sales...
Selfridges flagship store in Oxford Street is the first department store in the world this year to launch its Christmas store. Almost five months early, the luxury department store has decked out the fourth floor with 50,000 decorations including disco gems, personalised decorations and white metallic and Nordic wood, as well...
It has been announced that M&S and the National Autistic Society are in partnership to launch a school wear range that is autism friendly. Research suggests that 70% of autistic children are in mainstream education and required to wear school uniform. After receiving feedback suggesting that the department store should do...
Department store John Lewis has revealed that sales rose 3.4% year-on-year last week, driven by fashion and electricals and home technology. Figures show that in the fashion department, sales increased 7.9% particularly in swimwear, nightwear and women’s accessories. Menswear also saw a rise of 8.1% compared with last year. Other figures show...
Robin Terrell, chief customer officer at Tesco has revealed that he will be stepping down to persue a new career direction. Joining Tesco in February 2013, Terrell started as a multichannel director and in 2014 he served as interim boss, as well as holding a non-executive director position at Karen Millen....
It has been announced that shopping centre giants Intu and American entertainment company Warner Bros will be bringing some of DC Comics most famous super heroes to 15 destinations around the UK. The idea is to create free family events in the shopping centres during the summer holidays. Characters including Superman,...
Travis Perkins, owners of Wickes, Tile Giant and Toolstation has revealed that its first half like-for-sales has grown by 6.5%. Total revenue increased 10.5% in the six months to 30th June which was helped by strong sales growth at Wickes due to 14 Wickes stores being refurbished, one new store and...
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