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Glasses Direct buys Sunglasses Shop
Glasses Direct, an online retailer of prescription spectacles, has acquired Sunglasses Shop, a seller of designer sunglasses, for an undisclosed sum. The two businesses will continue to be run separately with Sunglasses Shop remaining at its Southend-on-Sea base.
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Royal Mail to shed 3,451 jobs
Royal Mail is cutting approximately 3,451 jobs as part of its ongoing rationalisation and modernisation plans. The carrier announced plans to cut 1,000 operational line manager positions through voluntary redundancy. This follows a separate review of managers in head office departments that will see a further 1,700 people leave Royal Mail. In addition, 751 jobs will go at Royal Mail’s London mail centres. |
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ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards - Shortlist Announced!
So the nail-biting wait is over for all of this year’s entrants for the ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards with the announcement of the Shortlist. Competition was tougher than ever and the judges have had their work cut out! This year’s finalists are; All About Everything, Aspace, Bloom, Bombay Duck, Eastern Storage Equipment, Findel Education, GSK Direct, Handpicked Collection, International Dance Supplies, Ironmongery Direct, Jessops, Kiddicare, Laithwaites Wine, Naked Wines, Notonthehighstreet.com, Original Gift Company, Puffin Book Club, Rapid Racking, Smart Turnout, Soar Mill Seeds, Thompson & Morgan and Worldstores. The winner’s will be announced at the Gala Dinner on 6th April at the Lancaster London. There are still some seats available so if you haven’t booked yours yet then hurry up! For more information call Jenny Squire 01271 866112 or email jenny@ecmod.com.
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Argos will make TV shopping debut this summer
Argos is poised to launch a TV-shopping channel later in 2011. The multichannel retailer plans to launch a channel on Sky this summer as part of its commitment to offer “customers a whole range of convenient way to shop with Argos,” says managing director Sara Weller. |
New Look’s chief executive departs
Apparel retailer New Look has confirmed that Carl McPhail, who has served as chief exec since 2008, has resigned. Separately John Gildersleeve, nonexecutive chairman since January 2010, has also announced he is stepping down from the board. As a result, founder and majority shareholder Tom Singh takes the helm in the interim as executive chairman. |
Majestic gets local online
Majestic Wine is enhancing its online shopping experience by using local content on its website. Each of the 161 stores within the Majestic network has been given its own online profile page allowing customers to see content that is local to them, including in-store sampling, a schedule of events, and links to a store-specific Twitter newsfeed. Majestic worked with its ecommerce services provider Snow Valley to assign a local store to each customer using the customer’s billing address. |
Sales and profits up at Farnell
Sales at components firm Premier Farnell for the year to 30th January were up 24.6 percent to £990.8 million compared with £795.3 million in 2009/10. Underlying operating profit was also up from £72.7 million last year to £112.1 million. For the first time ecommerce overtook other sales channels, accounting for 51.1 percent of total sales, with growth in all regions. |
BrandAlley embarks on its biggest ever campaign
Designer discount etailer BrandAlley has launched its biggest ad campaign to date to highlight the expansion of its range to encompass fashion, beauty, home and travel. The adverts will run in magazines, direct mail, emails and online. |
Digivate acquired by Prism DM
Fulfilment services provider Prism DM has broadened its expertise with the acquisition of online marketing agency Digivate. Founding director Mark Bodoano will continue to head up the business at its Covent Garden headquarters. |
More Sponsors for the ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards
Marketing Specialists Equi=Media Ltd and Yudu the digital publishing library and marketplace are proud to be sponsoring the ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards. Equi=Media will present the award for Best Online Business and Yudu the Best Website makeover Award. Representatives of both companies will be attending the Gala Dinner alongside an array of industry leaders and decision makers. The evening offers great networking as well as wonderful food, entertainment and of course the opportunity to be first to know who has won one of these prestigious awards. For more information call Jenny Squire 01271 866112 or email jenny@ecmod.com. |
The Mail & Express Delivery Show 2011
The mail and Express Delivery Show is a unique forum that brings together operators, shippers, industry suppliers and high volume generators of post and parcels and will be held this year on 7th April at the Novotel Hotel, Hammersmith. The Show tackles the key issues in the market, with a high profile range of industry speakers, an accompanying showcase exhibition and a networking drinks reception. Visitors to the Catalogue Exchange Round Table day or ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards can benefit from a 20 percent discount on the Mail & Express Delivery Show For more information visit www.triangle.eu.com/MEDS or call Natasha Wilson on +44(0)1628 642910 e: natasha.wilson@triangle.eu.com. |
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Digitally modified staff
The creative industry has had on a turbulent time over the last couple of years, riding the wave of budget cuts. Finally, however, digital is starting to have a place in marketing strategy and budgets so recruitment is back in the spotlight. With carefully planned expansion key to success, how do you build a creative team for the future without putting yourself in an early grave? Here are five tips for recruiting creative types.
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