YouTube ranking: John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Burberry and Marks and Spencer have the best Christmas ads of 2014 December 2, 2014 It’s only the second day of December, but we've already been treated to a sneak peak of the joy ahead for the Christmas season via the medium of advertising. This year, retailers battled it out with penguins, soldiers and celebs in a bid to get the public into the festive spirit and spend their pennies- although [...]
Chancellor warns of few sweeteners in Autumn Statement – London Week Ahead November 30, 2014 THE AUTUMN Statement on Wednesday will be the highlight of the business week, although chancellor George Osborne has already warned the government can not afford sweeteners to potential voters as it is too behind on its deficit target. Osborne told the BBC Andrew Marr show yesterday there would be “no unfunded giveaways.” Manufacturing, construction and [...]
Mulberry bags Johnny Coca for its creative lead November 27, 2014 MULBERRY has hired Celine designer Johnny Coca to be its new creative director, ending a year-long search for the crucial post and sending shares two per cent higher yesterday. Coca will leave his post at Celine, where he is head design director of leather, shoes and accessories, in January. However, he will not join Mulberry [...]
Mulberry names Celine’s Johnny Coca as new creative director succeeding Emma Hill November 27, 2014 Luxury brand Mulberry has ended its year-long search for a creative director by naming Celine designer Johnny Coca to the post. The retailer, which has faced a turbulent year, will face a further wait as Coca will join the Somerset-based firm in July next year. Mulberry chairman and chief executive Godfrey Davis credited Coca’s “wealth [...]
Graciano: An obscure but memorable wine from Rioja and Navarra November 18, 2014 It’s not often I come across a completely new wine these days. But that’s what happened when I was wandering through the vineyards of Rioja a few weeks ago at harvest time. Intriguingly, it is a wine made from a grape variety that has been around for more than a century. The grape varietal [...]
Mulberry eyes Celine designer Johnny Coca as creative director October 19, 2014 Mulberry’s year-long search for a new creative director may soon be at an end after it emerged this weekend that Celine designer Johnny Coca could be in the frame for the post. The luxury group is thought to have asked Coca, Celine’s head of leather goods and accessories, to become its new creative director, according [...]
Profit warning puts thorn in Mulberry October 14, 2014 MULBERRY shares were looking the worse for wear yesterday after the troubled luxury leather goods group issued yet another profit warning. The English luxury brand has been attempting to turn itself around following an ill-fated attempt to move the brand upmarket under previous chief executive Bruno Guillon. But in a statement yesterday, Mulberry warned that [...]
Mulberry share price tanks to four-year low after issuing third profit warning October 14, 2014 Mulberry's share price plunged more than 27 per cent this morning after the premium handbag brand revealed its third profit warning this year. The British group, which is currently endeavouring to regain ground lost under former chief executive Bruno Guillon's disastrous attempt to shift it into the luxury market, said it expected profit for [...]
UK company profit warnings at three year high, says report July 27, 2014 The number of profit warnings issued by FTSE 100 companies was at a three-year high in the first quarter, according to a report by Ernst & Young. In its quarterly Analysis of UK Profit Warnings report, the consultancy firm revealed that companies listed on the London Stock Exchange issued a total of 74 warnings [...]
The 2014 Commonwealth Games, and five other reasons Glasgow is still city of culture July 23, 2014 The Commonwealth Games opened in Glasgow last night and over the next two weeks tens of thousands of Londoners will make their way to the cultural heart of Scotland. They come as Scotland edges ever closer – according to the polls – to independence, giving the international showcase even more significance. But unlike other cities [...]