13 Apr 2006
| by by Sarah Woods
LONDON - Sales at fashion house Burberry increased 13% in the second half of the financial year, prompted by a global ad campaign fronted by actress Rachel Weisz and the retailer's popular spring collection.
LONDON - The Loft Shop, supplier of fittings and furnishings for loft conversions, has chosen Capscan's Matchcode Data Capture software to handle all of its incoming customer address data.
LONDON - Lick Creative, a new retail and in-store design company that is part of the design and print company Delta Group, has been launched by creative director and founder James Hale.
11 Apr 2006
| by by Suzanne Bidlake
LONDON – Dunnhumby, the marketing consultancy behind Tesco's successful Clubcard, is expanding its business in Ireland with the opening of its first office.
LONDON - Waitrose and Brand Connection have been named creative champions at the Telegraph Create Awards, after beating competition from 71 other entries, including the Carlsberg-represented OMD and Carat, which hosted Danacol.
LONDON - Shayne Ward, winner of ITV1's 'X Factor' is to be the new face of Calvin Klein, after he first appears in the new £5m TV and press campaign for Woolworths in which he is interviewed by a sheep.
10 Apr 2006
| by by Joe Lepper
LONDON - The BBC's online shop has hired Adestra to handle its email marketing campaigns.
LONDON - Sainsbury's has edged ahead of rival Asda as the UK's second largest supermarket, after sustaining its market performance since the beginning of the year.
LONDON - The Dixons name is to disappear from the high street and trade exclusively online, and all 190 Dixons electrical stores are to be rebranded Currys.digital.
04 Apr 2006
| by by Joe Lepper
LONDON - DIY and domestic appliances firms are among the worst hit by a failure of databases to keep track of when customers are moving home, according to research by data agency Marketing Metrix.