Online sales at John Lewis have passed the £1bn mark on a rolling 52 week basis, alongside a successful launch of a new multi-million pound web platform. The milestone comes a year ahead of the retailer’s forecast, which had estimated reaching £1bn of sales in 2014. The department store has invested nearly £40m in its [...]
We’re counting our pennies and buying fewer treats today MINTEL’S annual report on British Lifestyles highlights the legacy of the economic downturn inBritain, and finds that “savvy” ways are here to stay With the lifestyles of many consumers inBritainin a state of flux over the past five years, the report reveals the legacy of the [...]
BUYING furniture should be a carefully-considered decision, since it is an expensive article – and you will have to live with your choices for a long time. In the case of the photo, obviously not enough preparation had gone into this particular purchase! Among our best sellers are sofa beds, which can be made to [...]
DEPARTMENT store chain John Lewis has cracked the £1bn mark for annual online sales for the first time. It reached the magical milestone one year ahead of schedule, having recently revealed that web sales had risen 41% to £959m in 2012. John Lewis is the latest retailer to highlight the shift towards online shopping. The [...]
AFTER last year’s summer of sport, and an increased number of cycling heroes for the nation,Britain’s love of cycling is on a high. As if to prove the point, new research from Mintel reveals that in the last year alone, the number of bike-riders in the UK has risen from just 34% of the population [...]
ROTATIONS, the second-hand shop underneath the Viña Del Mar Hotel, near San Eugenio, is the largest store of its kind inTenerife, proudly displaying its wares in a huge 300 square-metre area. The company, which sells quality furniture and just about every conceivable item for the home, has been established for over 12 years in its [...]
THE weird, the mind-boggling and the obtainable are all on display at Birmingham NEC’s Gadget Show, which ends on Sunday. And one invention which will surely be of great appeal to dads, at least, is Honda’s Miimo lawnmower – the company’s first commercial robotic product. Gadget Show inBirmingham. It is said to be the “ultimate [...]
WITH the amazing weather we have been experiencing lately, it is hard to tell that this is the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. It is time to take a good look at your property and decide what you can do to brighten it up and make it look smarter and fresher. Often, [...]
THOSE of you who read my column regularly will know that we have been mainly dealing with revamps and re-upholstery recently. But this week, we have received a new contract to revamp a large number of apartments, and also a nice villa to furnish from new. These are quite different types of projects: with the [...]
They spend £1bn on doggie snacks and treats MANY Brits would rather pamper their pets and live a frugal lifestyle themselves rather than the other way round! New research from Mintel reveals that the sales of dog food have hit £1 billion as the nation’s four-legged lovers lavish their pets with snacks and special “treats”. [...]
