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 UNITED KINGDOM FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : Jan/Feb 2001
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Court blow for M&S supplier.The Court of Appeal has
ruled that a claim for losses and damages against Marks & Spencer
by one of its suppliers will not be allowed to go to trial. .... [more]
28 Feb, 2001
RELATED - Traditional retailers eye online future. News
that John Lewis has bought the UK arm of Buy.com is just the latest
development in the shake-out of dot.com retailers. .... [more]
7 Feb, 2001
Icelandic retailer raises Arcadia stake. Arcadia,
owner of the Miss Selfridge and Top Shop chains, revealed yesterday
that an investment vehicle led by Icelandic retailer Baugur had increased
its stake in the company from 8.95pc to 10.8pc. .... 7 Feb, 2001
PizzaExpress rockets up the revenue menu. A
spicing up of the already popular PizzaExpress menu has translated
into a 10% increase in like for like sales at the company's 256 restaurants
in Britain. .... [more]
6 Feb, 2001
Supermarket sales boost profits of Pizza Express. IAN
ELDRIDGE, chief executive of Pizza Express, said yesterday that pre-tax
profits rose 30pc to £19.5m in the last six months of 2000. .... 6 Feb, 2001
PizzaExpress targets air travellers. Air travellers
and conference goers are the latest customers being targeted by expanding
restaurant chain PizzaExpress, which has announced profits up by almost
one third. .... [more]
5 Feb, 2001
Timeline: Marks and Spencer. .... [more]
4 Feb, 2001
Franchising: More of a guardian angel than seven steps
to heaven. Follow this plan and avoid the disasters, says
Michael Becket. .... 29 Jan, 2001
M&S chief blames Greenbury for slump. The chairman
of Marks & Spencer, Luc Vandevelde, has put the blame for the company's
decline on his predecessor Sir Richard Greenbury. .... [more]
28 Jan, 2001
Get rich quick schemes: Something fishy's going on:
Two years after we alerted readers about a dodgy franchise operation
the DTI has shut it down. .... 27 Jan, 2001
Nomura's Guy Hands buys his first hotels. Guy
Hands, head of Nomura's private equity arm, bought his first hotels
on Friday in a move which may step up his interest in the world's
largest hotels auction for the old Forte empire. .... 26 Jan, 2001
Icelandic interest boosts Arcadia. Arcadia shares
jumped another 6.5 to 138.5p yesterday after three Icelandic companies
- led by Iceland's biggest retailer, Baugur - announced that they
have increased their stake in the Dorothy Perkins, Top Shop and Evans
group to 8.95pc. .... 25 Jan, 2001
BSE fears eat into McDonalds profits. European
consumers have started to shun McDonalds amid fears that its burgers
might be infected with BSE - mad cow disease. .... [more]
25 Jan, 2001
Fresh slump expected at M&S. Embattled retailer
Marks & Spencer is widely expected to unveil a further set of disastrous
sales figures on Tuesday. .... [more]
22 Jan, 2001
Ailing Arcadia's shareholders attack new chief's millions.
Shareholders in Arcadia, the stores group which came close
to collapse last year, yesterday lambasted the multi-million pound
pay package offered to new chief executive Stuart Rose. .... [more]
19 Jan, 2001
Arcadia sees sales up. The UK's second biggest
fashion retailer, Arcadia, has become the latest company on the High
Street to announce a boost in sales over Christmas. .... [more]
18 Jan, 2001
M&S fights compensation claim. The legal wranglings
between the troubled retailer, Marks & Spencer and one of its former
clothing suppliers resume today with more than £50m of compensation
at stake. .... [more]
16 Jan, 2001
PizzaExpress may open 200 restaurants in Spain. PizzaExpress
yesterday signalled ambitious expansion plans for Spain, saying it
could open up to 200 restaurants on the Iberian peninsula by 2011
if its recipes proved a hit. .... 16 Jan, 2001
Body Shop shares slump. Shares in The Body Shop
dropped 25% in early trading after the UK ethical cosmetics and personal
grooming chain issued a profits warning. .... [more]
12 Jan, 2001
Talk of Diageo bid for Foster's. The UK's Guinness
and Burger King group, Diageo, is considering a £4 billion ($10.5
billion) bid for Foster's Brewing Group, according to a report in
the British Sunday newspaper, The Observer. .... [more]
8 Jan, 2001
RELATED (Internet) - High street names 'to beat dot.coms.'
Established stores are poised to outcompete dot.coms in the
battle for etail trade, supermarket giant Tesco has said. .... [more]
5 Jan, 2001
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