Marc Bolland will look to make international growth, especially in China, a cornerstone of his turnaround strategy at Marks & Spencer when he starts as chief executive in the New Year. According to sources close to the former...
An £8 pair of jeans is better made and longer wearing than a £123 pair, according to rigorous testing undertaken by a PricewaterhouseCoopers. By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor In a study, analysing how well made high...
The United Kingdom featured strongly in the 2009 MAPIC Awards, winning in four of the seven competition categories. List of winning entries: Retail success story of the year : Primark (United Kingdom) Best concept ..
The United Kingdom featured strongly in the 2009 MAPIC Awards, winning in four of the seven competition categories. List of winning entries: Retail success story of the year: Primark (United Kingdom) Best concept of the year:...
Outlook Some common sense from the EU – well, its member states, anyway – which have put the boot into tariffs on shoes made in Vietnam and China. The 10 per cent and 16.5 per cent charge on each country (respectively) is...
The London market slid rapidly this afternoon as pessimism on Wall Street hit US stocks. The Footsie lunchtime deficit more than doubled after Wall Street opened sharply lower. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 136.8...
Nov 20 2009 Rick Fulton HE IS going to be No1 on Sunday, he has his own security guard and he lives in hotels. No wonder Simon Cowell is keeping his eye on the young Scot and thinks that, of this year's batch of hopefuls, Rikki...
Our young very metal friend is wearing a second hand jacket, trousers from Primark, boots from Sko Uno, belt second hand and gloves from a punk shop in Stockholm. That is all. The Def Leppard sticker is a nice touch, don’t you...
nlnews@archant.co.uk 19 November 2009 AS screaming fans and a scrum of girls push to the front of the crowd, you would be forgiven for thinking some pop stars were in town. But the cause of all this excitement is two floors of...
Now, I'm fully aware that buying cheap shoes can be a false economy. Saying that, a lot of the shoes I've bought from places like Primark have far outlasted some of the more expensive options from shops like Faith.