Filed under: International News
A sharp rise in UK retail sales pierced the global economic gloom like a rare shaft of sunlight yesterday, but other developments showed that hopes that storm clouds would disperse were premature.
Filed under: Local Company News
Faced with rising debt costs and higher food and fuel prices, households are cutting back on spending.
Filed under: Local Company News
Mr Video could be hit by further litigation – this time from some of its former franchisees who have accused the DVD rental company of “grossly unfair business practices”.
Filed under: Retail
Although the proportion of house brand sales at most major supermarkets is rising, local fast-moving consumer goods are failing to change a commonly held perception.
Filed under: Local News
Famous Brands planned to intensify the production and sale of its sauces to optimise the use of its spare capacity and boost profit, Kevin Hedderwick, the company’s chief operating officer, said yesterday.
Filed under: Retail
June 10, 2008
You can browse the latest porn magazines at Canadian shops, but tough new laws mean that cigarette packages are too suggestive.
Filed under: Trends
Supermarket trends
The supermarket groups have all completed or are busy with big investments in the two most significant strategy trends of the past 10 years: centralised distribution and convenience retailing.
Filed under: Local Company News
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) had changed its outlook on heavily indebted clothing retailer Edcon from stable to negative as the country’s biggest clothing retailer lost market share, the ratings agency said yesterday.
Filed under: Retail
Filed under: Trends
Clodagh Simonds resisted shelves of expensive leather handbags and designer clothes, settling instead for some eye shadow.
