Topshop owner posts 6.4% profit lift
Russell ParsonsRetail group Arcadia, owner of the Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and BHS brands, says profit increased 6.4% in its last financial year.
Month: November 2010
Mark Ritson: Aston Martin’s cygnet will prove an ugly duckling
Mark RitsonTo Regent Street in London, where I spent a fascinating 20 minutes in the Ferrari store on Saturday. It’s one of more than 30 stores and you can buy anything inside as long as it’s red and/ or features a prancing horse plastered across it. You name it, Ferrari has a version of it: mobile phones, moccasins, a laptop, skis, bathrobes, paperweights, bikes, hats, gamepad controllers and golf towels. It has got the lot.
Data protection policies secure consumer trust
Lou CooperBrands can gain the trust of consumers by taking good care of the data they spend so much effort collecting, according to research seen exclusively by Marketing Week.
Yahoo turns to partnerships to boost popularity
Ronan ShieldsYahoo plans to abandon high-profile purchases, such as that of Flickr, in favour of partnering with content and service providers.
Tesco seeks to boost engagement through increased social media activity
Ronan ShieldsTesco is ramping up its social media activity, with units from within the business, including Tesco Bank, preparing to boost their promotional campaigns on Facebook and Twitter.
EU OKs Unilever’s Sara Lee deal
Russell ParsonsUnilever has completed the €1.2bn (£1.02bn) acquisition of Sara Lee’s bodycare business after gaining regulatory approval.
Marketer 2 marketer: what other marketers have to say to Andrew Mullins
Marketing WeekClick here for the full interview Click here to read a Q+A with Andrew Mullins Two marketers in publishing put their questions to i MD Andrew Mullins. Reid Holland, marketing director of Hachette Filipacchi UK, asks: What’s the thinking around the price point for i and how will this translate to your digital plans for […]
Q&A with Andrew Mullins
Marketing WeekClick here for the full interview Click here to read what other marketers have to say to Andrew Mullins Q&A with Andrew Mullins, MD of The Evening Standard, The Independent and i newspapers. Marketing Week (MW): You head up both The Independent and The Evening Standard so how do you manage both businesses? Andrew Mullins […]
Mid-market brands set sights higher to escape the squeeze
Michael BarnettAn influx of mid-market brands in the lingerie sector is forcing established high street brands to explore ways of differentiating themselves from the competition.
This is the beginning of the end for cash
Mark ChouekePaying by cheque will officially be dead by 2018. Now credit cards could become defunct too. Nokia has placed contactless payment technology into its C7 handset, released last month. Until now the company hasn’t talked about the RFID chip in the phone. It isn’t mentioned anywhere, not on the packaging and not in the marketing […]
Newspaper retail round-up
Rosie BakerA round-up of retail stories in the newspapers this week… Austin Reed, Abercrombie & Fitch, French Connection
Forever 21 will be forever successful
Rosie BakerMuch to my own personal excitement, US fashion chain Forever 21 has opened its first stores in the UK. It’s the second major US chain to land on UK shores this year, following electricals chain Best Buy, which opened in the summer. The first Forever 21 store, which opened in Birmingham, on Friday (12 November), […]
Royal Wedding “could be worth £620m”
Russell ParsonsThe Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton could provide the retail sector with a £620m boost, according to retail analysts.
Nestlé scraps UK marketing chief role in restructure
David BurrowsNestlé has completed the restructure of its confectionery business, with the role of UK marketing director now scrapped.
Nokia readies contactless payment
Joanne OattsNokia, the world’s largest handset manufacturer, has confirmed that it will activate the contactless payment technology that is already in its C7 handset in 2011.