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LoveLula and Zuneta merger creates Zulu Beauty
Online beauty products retailers LoveLula and Zuneta have merged to form Zulu Beauty. The deal was backed by investment from Forward Venture Partners and sees Paul Fisher join the board of the new company alongside LoveLula founder Claire Braithwaite and Zuneta founder Zu Rafalat.
Findel getting back on track
Findel’s turnaround efforts are starting to bear fruit, with the multititle catalogue group making a positive start to its new financial year. Group sales inched up 1.1 percent in the first 17 weeks, with pressure on margins offset by cost savings. In the Express Gifts home shopping business, sales and customer numbers were ahead of last year thanks to upgrades in buying and merchandising effectiveness and a stronger focus on improving the value proposition to customers.
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Ocado invests in new warehouse
Online grocer Ocado has acquired a 2.3-acre site near Oxford which it will develop into a distribution centre, creating up to 170 new jobs. Work to upgrade the 43,000 sq ft warehouse and office space is underway, with the site set to open in November 2011.
ECMOD Direct Commerce Show - registration open
The latest suppliers to sign up for this year's exhibition are CLX Europe, FIS Merchant Payments, MNP and Orbital Marketing Services. Taking place on 30th November & 1st December at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, both the Conference and Exhibition attract an international audience of key decision makers from client side companies within the online and retail sector. You can now register online for FREE here or call +44 (0)1271 866112 for further information.
Asos launches iPad app
Online fashion retailer Asos has launched an iPad app for its customer magazine. Developed in-house, the launch coincides with a redesign of the printed edition. iPad users can access 360-degree product views and rich-media content like behind-the-scenes video and music.
Net-a-Porter sales up, but profits down
According to reports, turnover at designer fashion etailer Net-a-Porter rose 56 percent in the 61 weeks to April 2011 to £238 million, but pretax profit fell from £23.5 million to £5.7 million, said to be a result of a company incentive scheme.
Anorexia T-shirt banned
Online retailer Zazzle, which sells custom printed T-shirts, has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to stop promoting a T-shirt with the slogan “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”, made famous by model Kate Moss. The ASA upheld complaints that the T-shirt could be seen to encourage teenage girls to develop eating disorders.
Quark acquired by private equity house
Publishing software provider Quark has been acquired by Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity for an undisclosed sum.
Sales and profits up at Stanley Gibbons
Philately specialist Stanley Gibbons announced that sales in the first half of the year rose 25 percent to £15 million, with underlying pretax profit up 12 percent to £1.8 million—in line with expectations.
Christmas marketing tip sheet
So you think you’ve got your Christmas marketing ideas all mapped out? Stop right there. In this article we take a look at five tactics that may change the way you think about email marketing strategies in the run up to peak season. Click here to read more…
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ASPACE, the multichannel retailer of quality children's furniture and accessories, are looking for a creative talent to generate excellent visual imagery and to meet the exacting standards demanded by our brand values. Please get in touch if you are an experienced catalogue designer, ideally with web design experience, who can combine creative and commercial judgement. Must be ready and willing to champion our visual brand values within the business. Excellent InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver skills necessary. Experience of pre-press and print processes would be a benefit. Based in Warminster, salary range approx £28-£35k.
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