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No slowdown at Asos
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| The economic downturn hasn’t hit Asos yet. For the fiscal year ended 31st March, revenue was £81.0 million, up 90 percent on the previous year. Pretax profit was a record £8.2 million, up from £3.0 million. And for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the fashion merchant enjoyed year-on-year sales growth of 95 percent. |
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...Nor at N Brown
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| For the 17 weeks ended 28th June, multibrand cataloguer N Brown reported a 12.3-percent rise in year-on-year sales. Titles launched or acquired last year--Jacamo, Marisota, Nightingales and Simply Yours--accounted for 4 percent of the sales growth, while the web accounted for 31 percent of total sales. N Brown also announced that it plans to enter the German market next spring with a version of its Simply Be women’s apparel catalogue. It’s the first international title for the company. |
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LittlewoodsDirect.com investing £4 million in ad compaign
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Littlewoods is spending £4 million on a, eight-week TV, print and online ad campaign to promote its website. Said David Inglis, trading director of parent company Shop Direct Group, “This campaign signals our intention to maintain our position as the UK’s leading online and home shopping retailer.” Shop Direct hopes to have the web account for 70 percent of sales by 2011. |
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DSGi posts annual loss
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The good news for electricals seller DSGi: Total sales for the year ended 3 May were nearly £8.55 billion, up 8 percent from the previous year. The bad news: The total loss before tax was £192.8 million, compared with a profit of £114.1 million the previous year. Currys and its online businesses “performed well in the face of a more demanding environment,” according to a company statement. Total ecommerce sales increased 27 percent, to £652.3 million. DSGi’s other brands include PC World and Dixons. |
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Tough first-quarter for M&S
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| First-quarter UK like-for-like sales at Marks and Spencer fell 5.3 percent from last year, according to the company’s interim management statement. The direct division provided a small ray of sunshine, though: Year-on-year website sales were up 70 percent. |
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Direct Wines to move its call centre
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| Direct Wines is relocating its call centre from Plymouth to Gloucester, where its new distribution centre is, by the end of the year. More than 100 full-time workers will be made redundant unless they agree to relocate. |
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Mothercare, ELC plan cobranded campaign
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| Mothercare, with acquired Early Learning Centre (ELC) last year, is planning the first online campaign featuring both brands. It has contracted agency Inbox to develop a cobranded enewsletter targeting parents of children under the age of 18 months. |
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Catalogue/e-business launches microsite devoted to Christmas sales
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| Catalogue/e-business, the sister magazine of CataloguesCatalogues, has introduced a section on its website (www.catalog-biz.com/Christmas_home.aspx) devoted to helping companies get ready for and making the most of the Christmas selling season. The section will be continually updated throughout the rest of the year. |
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ECMOD2008 Party Party!
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The show is over for the day, now it’s time to let your hair down and participate in some full on socialising! Head on over to HQ Hotel the Copthorne Tara, Kensington, and enjoy welcome drinks, a fabulous buffet followed by casino tables, music and entertainment. Last years SpeakEasy was a sell out event, so be sure to book early this year to avoid disappointment.
Tickets are priced at £49 + vat. To book or for further details:
Contact Jenny Squire: +44 (0) 1271 866112 / jenny@ecmod.com |
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Sales and Merchandising Director |  |
Royston/ Hertfordshire
Circa £125,000 + usual executive benefits
Hotel Chocolat is the UK’s emerging leader in its sector. Building on its mail order and online capability the business now has 27 stores with plans for growth across all channels.
The appointee will focus on driving growth in sales and profit across all channels, formulating the merchandising and selling strategy and delivering outstanding customer service. A thorough understanding of trading and merchandising across all channels is required together with the ability to lead in an entrepreneurial environment.
To apply please visit www.odgers.com/24351 or email quoting reference HJF/24351 along with full career and current salary details.
Odgers Ray & Berndtson
11 Hanover Square
London W1S 1JJ
Tel: 020 7529 1111
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Catalogue and Merchandising Manager | Closing date: 11th July 2008 |
London/Northern Home Counties
£35k – £50k per annum, depending on experience
An exciting new direct to consumer healthcare start-up business is building a team of high quality, experienced professionals to maximise the market opportunity that exists. A Catalogue and Merchandising Manager is required to drive forward the creation and delivery of an effective catalogue, supporting both customer acquisition and retention. In addition there will be a need to manage the range of products, mostly in-house, but also some third parties.
Key tasks include:
- Developing and executing the catalogue proposition, working closely with the external catalogue agency.
- Developing and executing a rolling programme of list building to drive customer acquisition, maximise response rates and increasing revenue.
- Developing and executing an ongoing programme of off-the-page advertising and insert campaigns, driving customer acquisition and revenue.
- Developing and executing a range of customer retention initiatives.
- Maintaining and developing the range of products, working closely with the sister company and 3rd party suppliers.
- Managing various price and cross promotional activity both online and offline, in unison with the Online Marketing Manager.
- Working closely with the PR agency in the execution of ongoing PR activity.
- Working closely with the call centre to ensure operators are fully briefed and developing campaigns where appropriate.
The suitable candidate will have a proven track record of catalogue creation, developing and successfully executing mailing plans, and merchandising capability.
To apply send your CV and covering letter to miles.stevens-hoare@mdyhealthcare.com |
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Boden has become an extremely successful and fast growing multi-national brand with a turnover of over £200 million.
Customer Relationship Manager
We’re looking for someone to add an extra layer of brilliance to our data team. We want someone to create and drive the contact and retention strategy across Boden’s customer database.
This role is crucial to the profitable growth of the business. You’ll be thinking very hard about maximising lifetime value and loyalty, while improving and guiding our data selections and response rates. You’ll develop predictive modelling to stop customers lapsing and chasing down anyone who slips through the net.
This is a senior position, so you will already control a big consumer database, have the drive and a big enough brain to wring every last ounce of goodness from ours.
Interested? Send your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@boden.co.uk
114-120 Victoria road
Acton
London
NW10 6NY
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Boden has become an extremely successful and fast growing multi-national brand with a turnover of over £200 million.
Marketing Manager
We’re after a Marketing Manager to find us a ton of new customers and keep it that way. Maybe it’s you?
You’ll know about DM, but what we’re after is someone who can take us into new broadcast and online advertising channels as well. Your brief is to find everyone who hasn’t heard of us or bought from us, but should have.
You’ll drive awareness and conversion, create and execute recruitment and advertising plans, and manage an experienced and demanding team.
This is a senior position and you are probably already looking after a strong brand in a ridiculously competitive environment, are as creative as you are commercially astute, have a curious and ambitious nature and regularly prove that Rigour is indeed your middle name.
Interested? Send your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@boden.co.uk
114-120 Victoria road
Acton
London
NW10 6NY
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