News roundup–QVC sales up, best UK workplaces, more


The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For survey pronounced
jewellery retailer Beaverbrooks as the third
best British workplace. Retailers Bravissimo,
Net-a-Porter, Lush,
Pets at Home, and White Stuff
also made the list which will be published in this week’s
Sunday Times.

TV-shopping business QVC reported that net sales
for 2009 were £367.9 million, a 2.3 percent increase on the
previous year. Online sales were particularly strong–in
December, the company’s qvcuk.com website took 20.65 percent of
all sales during that month.

US department store retailer Nordstrom will
stock Boden‘s childrenswear range Mini Boden on
its website and in 57 stores across the US. Nordstrom had been
trialling the range at seven of its stores since August.

Sports Direct is mulling a takeover bid for
rival Blacks Leisure, reports the Times. Last week Sports Direct bought a 28.5
percent stake in Blacks and blocked its plans to raise £20
million through a rights issue.

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