All Non-food articles – Page 30
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Category ReportLAUNDRY: Powders regain their power as economy falters
Liquid and gel products may be the future of laundry, but - at a time when shoppers’ budgets…
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Budgens ‘will double Christmas tree sales’
Musgrave Retail Partners GB is planning to double Christmas tree sales in Budgens stores this year.
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Tesco offers free streaming to in-store DVD buyers
Tesco is boosting its entertainment offering with a new service that gives shoppers who buy DVDs and Blu-Rays in-store free online access to the film.
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NewsJTI and BAT rolling out two-in-one cigarettes
Typical – you wait decades for a cigarette that can change flavour at the touch of a button and then two come along at once…
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NewsBoots goes global with Coke-branded cosmetics
Coca-Cola branded cosmetics feature in a new collection of international beauty products launched at Boots.
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NewsGok Wan clothing range arrives at Sainsbury’s
Style guru Gok Wan has launched his first clothing range into Sainsbury’s. The Gok for Tu range of 13 items launched into 200 Sainsbury’s stores this morning, with prices starting at £20.
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Focus On Newspapers & Magazines: The dilemma posed by NotW demise
On 10 July, the News of the World the UK's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper ran its final issue.
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Asda offers back to basics mobile
Asda has become the latest supermarket to offer customers a new back to basics mobile phone.
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NewsFocus On Toys: It’s all to play for
When Woolworths went, the supermarkets took advantage by broadening their range of pocket-money toys. Now they’re looking to raise their games again, says Vince Bamford
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NewsTesco unveils £3.60 school uniforms
Tesco has kicked off the new back-to-school season with the launch of its cheapest school uniform yet.
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NewsSainsbury’s signs exclusive book deal with publisher Avon
Sainsbury’s has linked up with publisher Avon as the exclusive stockist for three of its novels this summer. The publisher, a division of HarperCollins, will make available two romantic fiction books, Trisha Ashley’s Sowing Secrets and Beverly Barton’s Amnesia, exclusively to Sainsbury’s from 15 July.
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NewsFocus On Back To School: The kids smarten up
A bargain basement approach to uniforms has depressed sales value but now Mintel is forecasting a return to growth as schools demand better quality, as Sonya Hook reports
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Focus On Back To School: Innovations
According to Pritt producer Henkel, the glue stick category is worth more than £13m and in 2010 just under 25% of that was driven through the two months of back to school (August and September).
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Focus On Back To School: Shopper ethics can’t be ignored
Ethical uniforms hit the headlines in 2009, when a state school in Hampshire insisted that all students wear a compulsory 'eco-friendly' uniform.
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Focus On Back To School: Non-uniform year-round opportunities for retailers
Back to school is not just about school uniforms. Pencil cases and their contents are an important part of the market as are lunchboxes and juice bottles and more importantly, they sell well all year round.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe death of the paperboy
The paper round has been a source of pocket money for generations of youngsters, reports Beth Phillips. But with newsagents’ profits being squeezed, are we about to witness the death of the paperboy?
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NewsSainsbury’s publishes kids’ books range
Sainsbury’s is to publish a new range of books for children. The books are aimed at kids aged up to five, priced between £3 and £9.99. They will appear on shelves across 200 stores and include titles such as My Terrific Tractor Book.
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NewsSainsbury’s bags Gok Wan to design Tu women's range
Sainsbury’s has signed up TV fashion guru Gok Wan, star of How To Look Good Naked, to design a new women’s clothing range under its Tu brand. The first clothes in the new range will hit shelves in the autumn.
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NewsBy George! Morrisons to launch clothing range
Morrisons is reportedly in talks with supermarket fashion guru George Davies to launch its own line of clothing.
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NewsTop of the Flops: When entertainment exclusives go bad
Tesco’s Coronation Street album is just the latest embarrassing flop for the retailer, so why is it persevering with its entertainment exclusives, asks Suzy Bashford