McDonalds UK CFO gets bump up to national MD
Paul Pomroy has taken over as managing director of McDonald’s UK, having first joined the business in 1996 as a real estate analyst.
Tag: Retail
British takeover at McDonald’s as Steve Easterbrook named CEO
Global fast food giant McDonald’s has named British Steve Easterbrook as its new CEO, with existing president and CEO Don Thompson retiring after 25 years of service.
From kitchen table project to six-storey Covent Garden flagship in six years
The Cambridge Satchel Company is one of the biggest British brand success stories in the last few years. We quiz founder Julie Deane on the company’s most impressive year so far.
Waitrose to create 2,000 British jobs across the UK in 2015
Waitrose is the latest British business to promise a large scale recruitment drive this year, with plans to create 2,000 new jobs nationwide in 2015.
Lessons for retail from luxury after-care
By Helen McCall
In the past few years alone we’ve seen personalisation, targeted ads and a seamless multi-channel experience become must-haves rather than nice-to-haves, and the level of personalised attention consumers expect from brands is now staggering.
Social media marketing isn’t crude, simply targeted
Black Friday was well named – with some very dark attitudes to consumerism on show, just a few days before the comparatively more reserved Christmas crush began.
Taming the fragmented sales beast: Should Apple Pay excite UK retailers
By Emma Crowe
Considering mobile payments are expected to hit £149.1 billion globally this year, you would expect Apple Pay to excite British retailers. Apple’s enormous market share throughout the UK makes it seem like an even more perfect fit. However, there’s more to the story.
Hitting the right note when it comes to retail music selection
It’s pumped into the background whether we’re doing some spring time browsing or frantic Christmas shopping, but music in retail establishments has been proven to have a big impact on cash going into tills.
Best Black Friday tweets from UK retailers
Without Twitter the fervour that surrounded the Black Friday shopping event this year would surely have been much smaller. We pick the best tweeting efforts.
Should you open a retail outlet for your company
Opening a retail outlet is a significant undertaking and the first question that a business owner should ask is, what am I hoping to get out of it This is fundamental because there may actually be other, and better, ways to achieve goals.