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UK retail industry
Surviving UK department stores seek to avoid fate of fallen rivals
...The new Frasers “is probably the modern department store if you look at what we’re doing . . . we’re combining our group’s businesses”, he said....
January 5, 2024
Retail sector32 min
John Lewis: can kinder capitalism compete in ruthless retail? | FT Film
...The question for us now, as a 12 and half billion pound business, is how do we fund the growth that we know is there? But doing that in a creative way that keeps the partnership a partnership....
May 2, 2024
FT Live
Business of Luxury Summit
Gathering leaders in luxury for the 20th year
Sunday, 19 MayVenice, Italy
The Big Read
The implosion in luxury ecommerce
...“The cost of doing business has been increasing, they need to refresh the technology and do big investments, profitability has not come easily,” she says....
March 29, 2024
HTSIThe top 12 HTSI stories of 2023
The very stealthy success of The Row
...“What we’re doing is as sustainable as possible for us. But most of the time we’re saying no to things so we can be more in control....
November 17, 2023
Global Economy
UK headline inflation eases but core pressures remain
...The era was also defined by a move from buying things to doing things (at least until the pandemic struck) or as one executive at Swedish furniture retailer Ikea put it, the world “hit peak stuff”....
August 16, 2023
FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
Tastes of home: travel editor Divia Thani’s top Indian restaurants in central London
...Why waste precious time doing something I could easily do at home, where it was probably better?...
March 14, 2022
FT Live
FT Women in Business Summit
Power and parity: Rewriting the rules for the future
Tuesday, 11 JuneLondon Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, Grosvenor Square, London, UK
LombardCat Rutter Pooley
M&S’s wannabe speed freak always held up on recovery road
...Nor did the IOD say that Ms Valeur’s skills as a speaker of six languages, former investment banker and serial City non-executive, were surplus to IOD requirements as a regional SME lobby group....
August 18, 2020
Equities
Markets Now - Wednesday 15th April 2020
...and Cofinimmo (PT -11% to €111) as we see heightened risks to the groups’ care home operators as a result of COVID-19....
April 15, 2020
UK retail industry
Debenhams to close 22 stores in plan to save ailing chain
...Some of the towns on the list, such as Stockton, have also seen branches of Marks and Spencer close, robbing high streets of vital footfall....
April 26, 2019
News in-depthUK retail industry
M&S and Debenhams’ recovery efforts fail to deliver
...Companies that took difficult decisions and made big investments earlier are doing better....
January 10, 2019
News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
Debenhams takes risks with revamp
...Mr Templeman continued as chief executive until 2011. Some suggest he was hoping for a share price recovery after the group’s lacklustre initial public offering....
September 17, 2018
Due Diligence
Carlos Ghosn: An auto emperor and ‘Davos man’ is arrested Premium content
...James Brett stepped down as chief executive of retail group J Crew. Brett took over in 2017 and was previously the boss of furniture retailer West Elm....
November 20, 2018
Corporate governance
Metro Bank boss under pressure over payments to wife’s business
...Mr Hill left a previous role as president of US group Commerce Bancorp after similar concerns in 2007....
April 18, 2018
Lex
Best of Lex: your weekly round-up Premium content
...At the other end of the spectrum is MoviePass, which is doing very well at sourcing subscribers by giving away money....
May 25, 2018
Personal & Household Goods
Brands benefit from jumping on the plastic ban bandwagon
...“We’re doing the right thing, but we’ve some massive challenges,” says Ian Schofield who manages Iceland’s own-label products and packaging....
July 9, 2018
FT Live
Future of Business Education: Spotlight on Executive MBA
Enhancing your leadership skills
Wednesday, 16 OctoberDigital Conference
FT AlphavilleMarkets
Opening Quote: Asos still looks fashionably fast
...Middle aged middle Englanders may not have been queuing round the block for Marks and Spencer’s Summer Sale this week, but its seems their kids have been doing the digital equivalent at Asos.com....
July 13, 2017
LombardMatthew Vincent
Persimmon sees value of planning when building on the margin
...Mr Hellawell was to be given another nine months to win over his doubters, who wanted him to address such concerns as Mr Ashley’s daughter’s boyfriend managing the group’s property, his brother’s company...
January 5, 2017
Work & Careers
Big business moves into co-working spaces
...A recent study in Harvard Business Review found that working among people doing different jobs may enhance workers’ identity....
April 28, 2016
FT Magazine
John Lewis: trouble in store
...“One can almost hear Partners across the business singing the song ‘You Don’t Know What You’re Doing.’”...
October 16, 2015
Work & Careers
How London became a global design studio
...Mr Azumi was encouraged to stay in the UK by the presence of organisations such as New Designers in Business that foster start-ups, and the furniture trade fair 100% Design, which champions young designers...
September 17, 2014
Property sector
Steve Smith, Poundland founder: I was brought up to work hard
...Picasso or Art Deco as an investment? I prefer to buy furniture because you can use it. In my home I have got a number of antiques that I bought cheaply....
August 1, 2014
Inside LondonNeil Collins
Release the hounds of the FTSE 100
...Spencer Dale prefers economics at BP to financial stability at the Old Lady, and his departure almost completes the clear-out since Mark Carney’s arrival as governor last year....
August 8, 2014
Banks
Swaps market prepares for its big bang
...old ways of doing business are ending....
February 17, 2014
Personal & Household Goods
UK fashion house Nicole Farhi collapses into administration
...The news came as former Dwell chief executive Aamir Ahmad bought some of the furniture chain he founded out of administration....
July 3, 2013
UK retail results
Asda sees gap in Malta market for George
...The two have worked together on getting an American grill barbecue into Asda stores, as well as some outdoor furniture....
April 21, 2013

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