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- Poundland CEO Extols the Virtue of Value
- Poundland, the single-price mixed merchandise retailer has stepped up its Christmas preparations by announcing an expansion of its Christmas range. I spoke to Poundland CEO Jim McCarthy left about what this move says about consumer buying habits into the festive season and the longer-term implications into 2010. BNET:...
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
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- Poundland pilots contactless payment
- You are here: E-Commerce news / Poundland pilots contactless payment Commidea has announced a trial with Poundland to upgrade its integrated EPOS payment solution with contactless technology, using Barclaycard as the merchant acquirer. Customers can present their contactless enabled credit or debit card to a reader to make a purchase...
- News items 2009-08-12
- Kerching! London Poundland stores pilot contactless payments
- Shoppers in two Poundland stores in London will soon be able to pay for their purchases in under half a second, thanks to a trial of contactless payment technology. The retailer, which sells all stock for ?1, is piloting Verifone QX110 contactless terminals at all tills in its London stores...
- News items 2009-08-12
- Big increase in discount stores as recession bites in affluent areas
- Thursday, 03 September 2009 Discount retailers have increased by 60% during the last two years, according to new research by the Local Data Company backed by the British Property Federation BPF.Just under half of the 1,423 discount stores across Great Britain are in London and the south-east and for every...
- News items 2009-09-03
- Sainsbury's c-stores lose ops director
- Sainsbury's is losing its third senior manager in its convenience operation in less than a year. Jonathan Lawson, Sainsbury's operations director for convenience, is leaving at the end of the month. A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's would only say he was taking up another opportunity. His departure follows that...
- Research articles 2007-03-24
- Sainsbury's sales growth due to supermarket's "universal appeal"
- Wednesday, 07 October 2009 Sainsbury's has reported like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, up by 4.6% during the second quarter of its financial year.Including fuel, like-for-like sales for the 16 weeks to 3 October 2009 were up by 1.3%. Total sales for the quarter were up by 3.2%.Justin King, chief executive, said:...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Richard Baker to front bid for Matalan
- 16 November, 2009 | By Jennifer Creevy Former Boots chief executive Richard Baker is poised to launch a bid for discount retailer Matalan in his role at private equity firm Advent International. Advent is thought to be gearing up to make a £1.5bn bid for Matalan. It is thought the...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Matalan bids gather pace
- Matalan has received bids from five private equity groups, according to reports. Value chain Matalan, which may be sold for as much as £1.5bn, has attracted interest from BC Partners, Blackstone, TPG, Warburg Pincus and Advent, according to the Financial Times. A sale is unlikely to go through until the...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Discounters rush to grab Woolies inheritance
- When Hussein Lalani, co-founder of 99p Stores, the discount retailer, heard Woolworths had entered administration a year ago next week, he knew there wasn't much time to lose. "My brother and I jumped in the car and we basically spent three days just driving around London with a camera and...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Asda calls for retailers to keep costs down for consumers
- Tuesday, 24 November 2009 Asda has called for retailers to keep costs down for consumers over Christmas as it forecast a renewed squeeze on discretionary income in the months ahead.Andy Bond, Asda president and chief executive, said: "Although we are seeing a rise in some household essentials, it's up to...
- News items 2009-11-24
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