Food & Drug RETailers ; Price war breaks out among grocers ; tiffany and co Doubts cast over green shoots
Asda has signalled the most cut-throat Christmas for a decade by firing the starting gun on a multimillion-pound supermarket price war.
Britain’s second-biggest grocer pledged to cut prices by pound(s)150m, but was immediately trumped [...]
When Charles Lewis Tiffany jewelry opened his fancy dry-goods store in Manhattan on Sept. 18, 1837, the future did not look bright. Sales for the first day totaled $4.98; the first week’s profits, 33 cents.
Things have definitely changed.
Gone are the dog whips, tongue-scrapers and papier-mache. In their place stand cavernous floors filled with glittering gems [...]
Acting on complaints by Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working in conjunction with the United States Attorney’s office in Brooklyn, took action Thursday, April 17th against a number of establishments responsible for numerous sales of counterfeit TIFFANY & CO. jewelry.
The companies subject to the FBI enforcement action were Enddi Silver, Starglam.com, [...]
CHICAGO – Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. has sued eBay Inc., claiming the online auctioneer has aided violations of the Tiffany jewelry trademark by letting counterfeit items be sold on its Web site, a Tiffany spokesman says.
A study of certain pieces of “Tiffany” jewelry sold on eBay this year showed that 73% of the jewelry [...]
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) today announced plans to open a store in Austin, Texas, in March 2007. The approximately 5,100 gross-square-foot store will be located in The Domain, a new retail center situated in the heart of Austin. Owned by Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG), the center is a master-planned urban village that will [...]
Tiffany
Product: Fine jewelry, watches, tabletop, accessories.
Volume: $1.2 billion.
Owner: Tiffany & Co., New York.
Tiffany has come a long way since Charles Lewis Tiffany opened his first store on Broadway in 1837. The firm, now a successful public company, has registered impressive sales growth in the U.S. and in Japan, spurred by robust sales in virtually all [...]
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) today announced plans to open a store in Vancouver, British Columbia, in November 2006. The approximately 4,700 gross-square-foot store will be prominently located at the corner of Burrard and Alberni streets in the heart of the city’s business and retail district.
The jeweller will offer an array of renowned TIFFANY & [...]
NEW YORK (AFX) – Fine Tiffany jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. reported on Wednesday robust holiday sales and offered an upbeat profit outlook. The company’s shares fell more than 2 percent, however, on investors’ concerns about its business in Japan and pressure on profit margins amid higher costs for commodities like gold.
Tiffany said that global [...]
Avon Products Inc. has received bids for its Tiffany & Company subsidiary from three investor groups, financial sources in New York and London said yesterday. But the offers, ranging from $100 million to $140 million, fall far short of Avon’s $160 million price, these sources said.
The sources, who asked not to be named, said a [...]
