Dwindling number of female chiefs as Card Factory boss leaves June 26, 2020 Karen Hubbard’s departure from Card Factory leaves no women at the top of any FTSE retailer. Hubbard claimed the status as the only female boss after a considerable drop in the number of women at the top of FTSE firms. This is despite around 60 per cent of the retail workforce are women while approximately [...]
Domino’s targets London expansion March 5, 2020 Pizza takeaway chain Domino’s this morning reported a drop in profit for 2019 as it revealed a strategy to target further growth in London. The figures UK and Ireland sales increased 4.8 per cent to £1.21bn in the 52 weeks ended 29 December. However like-for-like sales growth slipped to 3.7 per cent from 4.6 per [...]
Domino’s Pizza switches to ‘contact-free delivery’ but suspends dividend payments March 27, 2020 Domino’s Pizza Group has announced it will continue to trade by providing “contact-free delivery” but has stopped its collection service due to the coronavirus pandemic. Britain’s biggest pizza delivery firm said it had seen increased demand and would now only be making contactless deliveries amid the coronavirus crisis. In a trading update released this morning, [...]
Domino’s profits rocket as ‘Freedom Day’ ushers in more consumer cash August 3, 2021 Domino’s has seen its sales and profits rocket in the past six months, as the end of restrictions in the UK ushered in greater consumer spending power. The pizza group’s profits after tax pulled in £41.3m in the six months to 27 June, surging 117.4 per cent from its just £19m profit in 2020. Sales [...]
Domino’s Pizza finance chief David Bauernfeind dies in accident December 27, 2019 Domino’s Pizza’s finance boss, David Bauernfeind, has died in an accident while on holiday, according to the company. In a brief statement, the firm said: “Our chief financial officer, David Bauernfeind, died in a tragic accident on Thursday, 26th December whilst on holiday with his family.” It is believed he was on a snorkelling holiday [...]
Domino’s chair steps down after activist fund grabs slice of company December 10, 2019 The chair of Domino’s Pizza is set to step down before the end of the year, following the appointment of an aggressive US hedge fund to the board of the company. The company said today that Stephen Hemsley had decided to step down from the board with effect from 29 December. Senior independent director Ian [...]
Domino’s sells Icelandic business for £14m to focus on UK and Ireland March 29, 2021 Domino’s has agreed the sale of its Iceland business in a deal worth £14m as the pizza chain continues to exit its directly-operated overseas operations to focus on its core UK and Ireland business. The fast food firm today announced it has sold the Icelandic division to a consortium of investors including Eyja Fjarfestingafelag, Kristinn [...]
Domino’s to open 200 new stores as pizza chain launches fight back against competitors March 9, 2021 Domino’s is planning to open 200 new stores in a bid to increase sales to £1.9bn, the pizza chain announced this morning. The firm, which reported that sales increased 11.4 per cent to £1.35bn last year, today launched a new strategic plan to beat competitors that have invested in online delivery capability during the pandemic. [...]
Exclusive: City insider urges retail not to make knee-jerk cuts in ad budgets September 27, 2022 Recent figures show retail is feeling the effects of the cost of living crisis. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show a 0.5 per cent drop in spending last month, with a 1.6 per cent decrease in food sales. As a result, many businesses are under so much pressure they have no choice but to [...]
Brexit disruption ‘to spark activist investor interest’ in UK December 3, 2019 Disruption from Brexit could spark an increase in activist investors targeting public companies in the UK, a new report has warned. The UK, which is already Europe’s largest market for activists, is at risk of drawing more attention from investors looking to pile the pressure on management over the coming year. Read more: EU finance [...]