Swedish cataloguer/retailer Clas Ohlson has
unveiled a UK online shop following the relaunch of its eCommerce
platform in Sweden and Norway. The hardware specialist is also
launching an online store in Finland as it continues its quest to
become a leading European retail chain. Delivering the company’s
results for the year ending 30th April, Klas Balkow president and
chief executive, said the company was planning to expand into
additional markets, initially through eCommerce. Clas Ohlson
recorded a sales uplift of 9 per cent in the last fiscal year, to
1.27 billion Swedish krona (£114.9 million), and operating
profit more than doubling to 10 million SEK (£905,000) from
4 million SEK last year.
Tesco has confirmed Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe, the
company’s executive director responsible for corporate and legal
affairs, will retire on her 60th birthday on 2nd January 2013.
Neville-Rolfe’s responsibilities will be divided between Adrian
Morris, who will join from BP as group general
counsel on 3rd September and Rebecca Shelley, who joined the
group from Brunswick on 1st May and will take
responsibility for corporate affairs.
Pet-supplies retailer Pets at Home has rolled
out its click and collect service to all of its 319 stores
nationwide. The service enables customers to buy goods online and
collect in-store, or reserve goods online and pay in the store.
Richard Pennycook, group finance director at
Morrisons, announced his resignation and
confirmed plans to leave the company at the end of June 2013. In
the meantime, he will retain his responsibilities for finance,
IT, online and strategy. Commenting, Pennycook said in a
statement, “This was a difficult decision but by the time I
leave next year I will have been with Morrisons for over eight
years and I feel that it’s the right time to seek new challenges.
It was very important to me to give Morrisons as much notice as
possible to ensure a smooth transition.”
The Independent writes that cleaners at the
John Lewis flagship Oxford Street store are
protesting against low pay, redundancies and cuts to hours. In
more John Lewis news, the Telegraph reports that managing director Andy
Street is in talks “with various unnamed parties about
extending the click-and-collect service” to enable John
Lewis customers to pick up their orders from “the end of
their road”-potentially a newsagent or corner shop.
“Sole survivor in a dying industry”, that’s how the
Telegraph describes footwear
manufacturer/retailer Hotter Shoes. The piece
notes that last year’s sales of £57 million are expected to
improve to about £70 million this year.
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