General Merchandise News

Christmas sales building slowly

December 3, 2003 7:43 pm

UK retailers looking for December uplift December 3 2003 UK retailers are seeing a slow build up to Christmas, with sales growth in the first half... View Article

Time to expand Computer Shop chain

December 3, 2003 7:42 pm

Twenty new stores planned December 3 2003 PC manufacturer and retailer Time Group plans twenty new UK stores over the next year. Time, which operates stores... View Article

Slow start to Christmas shopping

December 1, 2003 11:22 pm

Traffic down across key November weekend December 1 2003 Shopper numbers across the UK over the last weekend in November were down by more 5 per... View Article

DFS pushing sales ahead

December 1, 2003 4:20 pm

Furniture retailer driving forward in tough market December 1 2003 Furniture retailer DFS has seen sales improve in recent weeks despite tough market conditions. The company,... View Article

Coles Myer revamp off to strong start

November 26, 2003 9:14 am

Recovery programme starts to bite at Australian retailer November 26 2003 Cole Myer has is forecasting a bumper year for sales after the recovery programme implemented... View Article

Tesco consolidates market dominance

November 25, 2003 2:20 pm

Group sales up by 17.5 per cent November 25 2003 Tesco has further reinforced its market leadership in UK retail across the third quarter, growing non-food... View Article