Gareth Southgate hails young England: It’s a World Cup squad to get excited about May 16, 2018 Uncapped Liverpool teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold was the surprise inclusion in an England World Cup squad manager Gareth Southgate said “we can be excited about”. Alexander-Arnold, who has impressed in Liverpool’s run to the Champions League final, was characteristic of a youthful England squad which includes only five players from the Three Lions’ last trip to [...]
Tesco fraud trial: Carl Rogberg heart attack puts a stop to Tesco trial February 6, 2018 The fraud trial of three former Tesco executives has been discontinued after one of the defendants had a heart attack. Former Tesco UK finance director Carl Rogberg had a heart attack last Thursday, it emerged today. He is in hospital. He has been standing trial on charges of fraud and false accounting alongside former UK [...]
Interiors: Floral patterns, big blooming flowers, wicker chairs and the colour green are on trend for spring 2017 February 10, 2017 Sometimes in life things are simple. If you want an instant update for your home this spring, just gather together the biggest bunch of assorted big blooms you can find, cut them down to spill over a huge clear vase with a splash of water, and Bob’s your uncle: exuberant, casual, fresh and floral. When [...]
Retailers John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Home Retail Group, Kingfisher and John Lewis top list of offenders in late supplier payments February 29, 2016 Britain's five largest high street retailers were late in paying a shocking 80 per cent of their invoices to suppliers last year, a report today has revealed. MarketInvoice, a peer-to-peer platform for selling invoices online, has found that late payments to suppliers rocketed last year, with high street retailers John Lewis, Boots, Home Retail Group, Marks & [...]
Outraged City analysts bash retailers for choosing to report on the same day January 12, 2017 Overloaded City analysts bashed UK retailers this morning for all choosing to publish financial updates on the same day. Today has been branded "Super Thursday" because so many retailers are publishing their Christmas figures. Financial reports have come from Marks and Spencer, Tesco, AO World, Debenhams, Asos and Primark-owner Associated British Foods, to name just a few. [...]
Not your average kitchen: John Lewis launches smart home concept at Oxford Street flagship April 7, 2016 John Lewis has prepared for the day when homes will be crammed with Wallace and Gromit-style gadgets by launching an area dedicated to smart home technology in its Oxford Street flagship. The department store chain has today opened a 1,000 square feet space showcasing its most cutting edge range of futuristic inventions – from ovens that can controlled from your phone to smart [...]
This is the most popular brand in the UK (and it’s not even from here) January 19, 2017 Aldi and Lidl have topped YouGov's ranking for the most popular British brands, beating well-heeled rivals John Lewis and Marks & Spencer. Every week last year YouGov asked a group of consumers whether they had heard good or bad news about the biggest brands in Britain – and the German immigrants came out on top. Read more: Aldi bags [...]
Prepare to salivate: John Lewis predicts the 10 things we’re going to go nuts for in autumn/winter 2016 April 22, 2016 Yes, the summer has only just arrived (or has it? Is this really it?) but retailers are already one step ahead of us, forecasting what we'll be buying this autumn/winter. Well it is only 246 days until Christmas. So while you might be daydreaming about which holiday clothes you're going to splurge on, the buyers [...]
John Lewis Partnership hires British Airways boss Keith Williams as new deputy chairman March 22, 2016 The John Lewis Partnership has appointed British Airways' outgoing boss Keith Williams to take over Mark Price as its new deputy chairman. Williams is already a member of the Partnership board after joining in March 2014 and will succeed Price on 4 April, who is leaving his dual role as deputy chairman and Waitrose managing director to take up [...]
Virtual visualisation could prevent the home improvement industry from missing out on as much as £1bn lost to the “imagination gap” January 4, 2017 UK consumers are looking to make home improvements this year, but many won't seal the deal because of the difficulty of imagining what renovations will look like in their own home, new research has found. In the next 12 months, 56 per cent of UK consumers are planning to make some kind of home improvement purchase, DigitalBridge [...]