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Strong first quarter for Mothercare
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| A strong performance in its international and direct businesses led maternity and nursery products retailer Mothercare to a 21-percent rise in first-quarter sales. Catalogue and web sales surged 78 percent, while international franchisee sales were up 50 percent. |
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Oka posts 24-percent sales increase
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| For the first six months of its fiscal year, home decor cataloguer/retailer Oka Direct enjoyed a 24-percent rise in year-on-year sales. The company will open its 12th showroom next month, in the Cotswolds. |
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Double-digit sales, EBITDA rises at TM Lewin
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Tailored-apparel retailer/cataloguer TM Lewin reported a 14-percent increase in annual sales, to £63.4 million for the year ended 23rd February. EBITDA rose 21 percent, to £11.0 million. The good news continued into the first quarter of the current fiscal year, with sales up 16 percent on last year. |
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Glasses Direct teams with Daily Express, OK!
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| Eyewear retailer Glasses Direct has joined forces with newspaper and magazine publisher Northern & Shell to launch a white-label offering. Nine Northern & Shell publications, including newspapers Daily Express and Daily Star and OK! magazine, are involved in the promotion, which will see the launch of cobranded websites and catalogues powered by Glasses Direct. The first of the websites went live last month. |
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Bertelsmann selling BCA
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| Germany-based media giant Bertelsmann is selling some of its DirectGroup book clubs, including its UK operation BCA. Bertelsmann divested its North American operations earlier this month. |
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Studio relaunches website
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| General-merchandise catalogue Studio, part of Findel’s mail order unit, has relaunched its website, 24Studio.co.uk. The revamped site features tabbed navigation and a less cluttered design. The company worked with ecommerce consultancy Logan Tod & Co. |
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Weak B2C sales at Straight
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| Straight, which sells recycling supplies to organisations and consumers, reported that for the first half of the year, sales within its retail division were down 46 percent from the first half of 2007. The business-to-consumer unit includes the Evergreener website. Because of the poor results, during the next two months Straight will conduct a strategic review of that portion of its business. On the positive side, sales in its core b-to-b unit rose 11 percent. |
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Nominate your Suppliers of the Year
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| Say thank-you to the suppliers and service providers that have been pivotal to your success in the past 12 months by nominating them for an ECMOD2008 Supplier Award. Sponsored by Catalogue/e-business magazine and announced at the annual ECMOD show, the awards celebrate excellence in seven key categories. You can make nominations in as many or as few categories as you wish (if youre a supplier, you can encourage your clients to nominate your business), and there's no cost involved. The deadline is 9th September, so submit your nominations now. For details and an entry form, go to http://www.catalog-biz.com/winners.aspx |
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ECMOD2008 21st Century Marketing 2nd October
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This year’s ECMOD conference programme includes a half day module focusing on 21st Century Marketing. Chaired by Henry Heavisides this session will take place on 2 October, 9.00 – 12.45. It is aimed firmly at consumer marketers who are seeking inspiration, ideas and the opportunity to hear from leaders in the field. Panel experts include John Hinchliffe from JD Williams, Georgina Johnson from Joules Clothing, Phil Myerscough from Damart and Luke McKeever from Capital ID and many more…
The panellists will share their views and experience on the topics including: sharing budget across the various channels; analysing/measuring campaign effectiveness; data mining – unlocking the value of the housefile; integrating and planning marketing campaigns to span online, catalogue and store; interpreting the data needed to support “on the button” decision making and reviewing the skill set required by marketers in the multi-channel environment.
Be sure to book your place! It's only £145 per half day per person. Exclusive rates apply for Catalogue Exchange members, group discounts are also available. Please contact Sarah or Jenny on 01271 866112 or alternatively email sarah@ecmod.com Visit www.ecmod.com to find out more about the conference programme. |
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Direct Mail Marketing Manager |  |
| We would like a Marketing Manager, dripping in DM experience, to come and increase our sales and profits. Simple! Our customers are ideally pregnant or new mums and our products are for her baby, up to 2 years of age.
You will increase awareness, conversion and master recruitment and advertising budgets and plans. A thorough understanding of trading and merchandising online is required together with the ability to lead in an entrepreneurial environment.
Perfectly Happy People operate www.thebabycatalogue.com with many own brand lines. We also have a B2B division. Our business has grown successfully through eighteen years with all our operations in-house. We are based in Chiswick, London, W.4.
Please respond, with CV and a covering letter to recruitment@phpbaby.com. |
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Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Excellent Salary + benefits
Coopers of Stortford are a leading multi channel retailer, with annual sales of £18m through our well established retail, mail order and online channels.
This exciting new role has been created to further develop our rapidly growing online business. You will be responsible for the development of our new website, for delivering customer acquisition and retention projects, for developing our online marketing strategy and you will own the budget for achieving our sales and profit targets for the online channel.
The successful candidate will come from a retail e-commerce background and will be experienced in developing the look and feel of websites and optimising the customer journey. You will also have experience of using online marketing techniques and be adept at analysing the effectiveness of online campaigns. And most importantly you will have the drive and energy to thrive in a fast paced and entrepreneurial business.
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to a.mcdermott@coopersofstortford.co.uk |
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We are an exceptionally successful developer and marketer of collectable mail order consumer products located approximately ½ an hour away from Central London in Chessington, Surrey. We create and launch hundreds of new collectables each year and work with top artists and licensors, such as Disney, the BBC, major celebrities and Premier League football clubs.
We are looking for a Product Developer to join our Product Development team.
Key Responsibilities
Overall responsibility of the role is to create exceptional new products, which can include ceramics, jewellery and other collectable and home décor items.
Key tasks are:
• to establish and maintain relationships with designers and artists
• to initiate product concepts and take them through prototype approvals
• to find new manufacturing sources that will improve quality, reduce prices or both
• to discover new licences and subjects for products
• to have market awareness, spot developing trends/new products that the company can market
• to research and manipulate imagery on products
Knowledge, skills & experience
The position requires good organisational ability, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven MAC experience including sound knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator software.
Educated to degree level (or equivalent), you should be creative and demonstrate an aptitude for managing projects.
To apply for this role, please send your CV and covering letter marked for the attention of Karen Grieff, H R Manager to uk.recruitment@mbi-inc.co.uk. You can visit our websites at www.danburymint.co.uk or www.mbi-inc.com. |
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Former MD of mid-size multi-channel retailer with impressive record of online sales growth, IDM-qualified, looking for exciting permanent, consultancy or interim role.
For further information email: karen@ecmod.com |
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Interim General Management/Marketing Director
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Interim General Management/Marketing Director available for assignments /consultancy. Experienced in start-ups, restructuring, international expansion, team recruitment. Specialised in B2B and customer service focused organisations.
For further information email: karen@ecmod.com |
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