Leeds-based Chapter Eight is in the final stages
of adding multicurrency options to apparel retailer Lyle
& Scott‘s website. The site will soon accept orders in
euro, US dollar, Japanese yen, Swedish and Danish krona as well
as in sterling.
TV-shopping business Gems TV has filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. The company owns and
operates jewellery TV-shopping channels in the US, UK, and Japan.
The company’s international business is understood to be
unaffected.
Marks & Spencer saw international sales decline 5.9
percent in the 13 weeks to 27th March, as a result of
“particularly difficult trading conditions in the Republic
of Ireland and Greece, and an adverse impact from currency
translation,” according to a company statement.
In a trading statement covering the 52 weeks to 27th March 2010,
UK nursery and maternity retailer Mothercare
reported that international retail sales rose 20.2 percent during
the period. Last year Mothercare opened 119 new stores in 29
countries outside of the UK, including its first in
Australia.
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