CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 10, 2010 Office of Fair Trading The consumer watchdog has appointed Sheldon Mills, a senior associate at law firm SJ Berwin, as its new director of mergers, effective from 15 February. Mills joined SJ Berwin in 2006 from rival Jones Day. Simon Holmes, head of EU and competition at SJ Berwin, said: “While we will miss him, [...]
Matalan shrugs off the retail gloom as sales rocket on new product lines June 15, 2009 BUDGET fashion chain Matalan yesterday said it was defying the retail gloom as it reported a 8.2 per cent boost in like-for-like sales for the 14 weeks to 6 June. The group, which has 203 outlets across the UK, said it had seen a jump in footfall due to the introduction of new product lines [...]
Quality brands are becoming more popular again June 16, 2009 FOR a while we saw the march of the “value” brands, as the recession helped Aldi and co make advances on their more expensive rivals. The graph shows what actually happened to brand values. We have created two baskets of brands – seven associated with lower-end or “value-for-money’ (Aldi, Morrisons, Primark, Matalan, RyanAir, Walls, Subway), [...]
Sales slide at Matalan November 2, 2005 Value retailer Matalan yesterday insisted that it was holding market share despite reporting deteriorating trading conditions. Group like-for-like sales tumbled 10.6 per cent in the nine weeks to 29 October. The retailer said clothing like-for-like sales were down 7.6 per cent implying homewares sales had fallen by as much as 20 per cent. Chief executive [...]