AUGUST TRADE NEWS Blundered legislation allows DVD traders to escape prosecution Independent retailers undercut by charities Small retailers could save consumers money Credit insurance top-up scheme Games Console wholesaler closed down Trading conditions see schoolwear retailer fold 'Vibrant independent retail sector' contributing to Cardiff success Retailers could save over £1,000 in small shops campaign BCC welcomes amendment to trade credit insurance scheme Local retailers are 'not sufficiently provisioned' Clothing sector sees sales boosted by weather Retailer Grants Fund to reduce crime Energy efficient appliances should be VAT free Margate shop closures “embarrassing” For every store opened, six close in N.Wales Retail sales on the increase Men spend more online than women Retailers to benefit from new PayPoint distribution deal Wholesale "duopoly" must be addressed JJB stores aquisition by Sports Direct referred Toy wholesaler fined for selling unsafe products Retailers and wholesalers find it difficult to prepare for bad weather Shetland wholesaler expands into Orkney Dawson News customers to receive full credits for wholesale stock Pre-pack retail insolvencies are hurting wholesale suppliers Dreary weather prompts interesting retail choices 19,000 shops left vacant in England and Wales Majority think local shops need more support Wholesaler rumoured to be cutting jobs European visitors to The Wholesaler please click here   What’s New At The Wholesaler UK New Categories added recently Wholesale Umbrellas Wholesale suppliments - Dietry and Nutritional Supplements   Trade News Archive 2009  January   February   March   April   May   June July August Subscribe to our newsletter   Go to The Wholesaler UK Directory 28th August 2009 'Slow trading conditions' sees schoolwear retailer fold A well-established school uniform retailer has gone into administration following recession-related falls in sales. JB Ward and Company (JBWC) has called in London-based administrators David Rubin and Partners to try and sell on its failing stores. The company's eight shops and 60 staff will continue to trade while their long-term futures are determined. Company directors have said that the business went under as a result of "the current economic climate and slow retail trading conditions", according to kentonline.co.uk. A further contributing factor to the company's demise could have been its struggle to compete with the ever-lowering prices of school uniforms from supermarkets such as Asda and Tesco, suggests fashion news website Drapers. The Daily Mail has reported that while a number of the stores have been the subject of buyer enquiries, no offers have yet been made for the company itself.   (c) 2009 Comment on this news story   Trade News Archive 2008  December   November   October   September August   July   June   May   April   March   February   January