Latest NewsRetail
Game and Gamestation brands survive following acquisition - 2nd April 2012
Game and Gamestation brands survive following acquisition
Game and Gamestation brands survive following acquisition
Understanding consumers lives: Mobile ethnography – bridging the gap between actual and reported behaviour
Kellogg, Reckitt Benckiser, Activia and Nivea are among brands ramping up efforts to drive online sales of their products by hosting mini “shops” on retail comparison site MySupermarket.co.uk.
Retail sales received an unexpected bump in January, driven by higher than expected demand for furniture and household goods.
Reckitt Benckiser has committed to an additional £100m investment in brand building and is mirroring its Powerbrand initiative by identifying 16 new Powermarkets.
Retail sales picked up in December, according to the Office of National Statistics, but are likely to be followed by months of slow trading.
The value of retail sales increased 6.2% over December 2010 and 0.8% on November. Volume sales increased 2.6% year-on-year in December and 0.6% month on month
Highlighting the importance of integrated bricks and clicks operations
Price-savvy customers are increasingly sceptical of ‘low price’ messages in stores:
Value fashion retailer Select is embarking on an aggressive expansion push as it aims to more than double its store portfolio to 300 over the next three to five years.
Dixons boss John Browett maintains the electricals retailer has beaten off competition from the supermarkets through its renewed focus on customer service.
The supermarket price war is continuing unabated in the New Year as Morrisons unveils a host of new promotions targeting shoppers who have over-stretched their budgets over Christmas and usually have no money left at the end of the month.
Starbucks customers apparently are finding buying via mobile as addictive as the company’s coffee.
Less than a year after Starbucks launched an app that allows mobile payments, it has hosted 26 million such transactions on iOS, BlackBerry and Android, according to the chain. One in four Starbucks transactions is now executed via mobile.
Everything Everywhere is to bolster its presence as a consumer-facing brand with a dedicated ecommerce site, following a major internal review at the T-Mobile and Orange-owner.