General Merchandise News

Ahmed building Woolworths stake

September 22, 2003 9:00 am

Jeans entrepreneur gambling on new takeover tussle September 22 2003 Entrepreneur Shami Ahmed reported to have built up a 2.6 per cent stake in UK retailer... View Article

Homestyle hoping for better times ahead

September 19, 2003 3:51 pm

Furniture division still struggling September 19 2003 Furniture and textiles retail group Homestyle expects better trading as it enters the second half of the current financial... View Article

Coles Myer profits boom

September 19, 2003 11:26 am

Full year profit up 29 per cent for Australian retail giant September 19 2003 Cole Myer, Austraila’s biggest retail group, saw full year profits rise by... View Article

Argos seeks 21,000 Christmas staff

September 18, 2003 9:37 pm

Record numbers required for busy season September 18 2003 Argos has launched a campaign to recruit over 21,000 temporary staff in the run-up to Christmas. Over... View Article

August UK sales up overall

September 18, 2003 11:38 am

Summer food and drink favoured over fashion September 18 2003 UK retail sales rose in August, with Office for National Statistics figures showing a 0.2 per... View Article

OFT sets scope of store card study

September 18, 2003 8:35 am

‘Informal’ review to decide on action necessary September 17 2003 The OFT has set out the scope of its investigation into the UK store cards market.... View Article