UK consumer confidence dropped four points from 79 in the final quarter of 2012, to 75 in the first quarter of this year, according to figures from the Nielsen global survey of consumer confidence and spending intentions. By contrast, confidence levels rose in 20 of 29 European countries in the first ...
M S this morning revealed a 0.6% growth in like-for-like sales over the 13 weeks to 30 March, fuelled by a 4% rise in its food sales. However, investors were left disappointed by a 3.8% drop in general merchandise sales.
Under-pressure Bolland cited "difficult trading conditions", in particular ...
28 Mar 2013
29 March 2013: No changes this week, with TBWA maintaining its leading position after the CSL win
28 Mar 2013
29 March 2013: There are no new entries this week, with Carat only £2 million behind the number one
07 Feb 2013
| by Richard Alford, managing director, M&C Saatchi
are under huge pressure to show a straight line between marketing spend and sales, but it seems some ...
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23 Jan 2013
| by Helen Edwards
: FOOD UNDER FIRE
Following an OECD report, newspapers earlier this month headlined a 'spiralling ...
responded by creating a 'dolphin safe' label, but even this has come under fire, for disregarding other ...
January, after increasing spend by 29% year on year to 8.4m.
In the same period, Asda was the second ...
, said: "With shoppers under financial pressure, but still wishing to celebrate Christmas and New Year ...
Simon Fox quit his job as HMV chief executive on 3 September, after six years at the business.
Under ...
The retailer saw like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to 29 December drop 3.8%, resulting in overall like-for-like sales falling by 1.8%, after food recorded a sales increase of 0.3%.
The poor ...
under the stewardship of John Dixon, who took on the responsibilities of executive director of general ...
trading following a like-for-like sales growth of 13.0% for the five weeks to 29 December.
John Lewis ...