Debenhams opens in Australia in exactly one year’s time and it expects to make a major impact. The retailer is debuting in Melbourne in a deal with Pepkor and expects to take sales of around A$20m from the dominant players David Jones and Myer. How will it do that? By shaking up the affordable designer…
Now this is interesting. Debenhams (you know, the big department store chain) has named an executive from Amazon (you know, the e-tailer currently sucking sales from big department store chains) as its next CEO.
Beware the Ides of March! Or in this case, the Ides of December. You know, there used to be a comedy show in the UK called Up Pompeii, in which a soothsayer (played funnily enough by an ex-Doctor Who) would wander on in every episode and cackle “beware the Ides of March!” I only mention…
One day Russia, next day – the world. Well, Australia, at least. But it’s clear from recent news that Debenhams’ ambitions are pretty global. No sooner has it signed to buy Stockmann’s Russian stores than it’s gearing up for a big push into Australia. The retailer signed a deal with Pepkor’s Harris Scarfe chain and…
Debenhams’ online sales are rising. Yippee. Debenhams physical store sales are… well, we won’t be sure until its trading update comes out in January. But some people in the know are concerned. Now, we’re used to department stores reporting ever-increasing online sales as a complement to sales made face-to-face. But Debenhams, analysts believe, has a…
Russian department stores have come a long way in the past few decades and nowadays any visit to Moscow or St Petersburg isn’t complete without popping into a TSUM, a GUM. But maybe, just maybe, from next year, Debenhams might also be a must-visit as the chain has just signed a deal that will dramatically…
I promised I wouldn’t mention Black Friday again until solid stats came through next week. But with new info coming fast, I’ve relented. There are several points I’m finding interesting about it in the UK and they’re quite contradictory – just as it becomes the most popular shopping day for bargain-hunting Brits, it’s also becoming obsolete. Confused?
What do Next, M&S, Amazon, Debenhams and Asos have in common? Fashion shoppers like their websites. In the case of Amazon and Asos that must be something of a relief because if they’re not scoring well online then they’re simply not scoring. And it must also be pretty gratifying for M&S after all its online…
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