Daily Archives: December 17, 2008

Beauty, Beauty Products & Services, Consumer Goods, Gifts & Occasions, Jewelry Products, Lifestyle Products, Retail Trade, Shopping

H Samuel and Ernest Jones customers will receive a last minute Christmas delivery service, following Signet Group’s investment in a revamped distribution infrastructure

H Samuel and Ernest Jones, the speciality retail jewellers owned by the Signet Group, will offer customers a last minute delivery service this Christmas, allowing online shoppers for both brands to make purchases up until 3pm on the 23rd of December and have them delivered the following day on Christmas Eve, to their own home or to the directly to the recipient of the gift.

The announcement is noteworthy, as Signet has invested in the fulfillment area of the online channel to ensure they can cope with what is promising to be the biggest Christmas ever for online shopping. With Christmas falling on a Thursday this year, Signet will be able to fulfill orders made on the 23rd December, meaning that shoppers don’t necessarily need to hit the high street at the last minute to find the perfect gift.

With a full range of leading brand watches, diamond jewellery, collectibles and gifts for the whole family, this new guaranteed service will be a lifeline for anyone who needs to buy a last minute Christmas present. Signet has developed its online offering with the customer in mind.

Nicky Brown, Head of Multi Channel at Signet, said: “We have worked on developing our delivery proposition on two fronts to improve the customer experience and maximise our service. Firstly, at the front end, we have increased our bandwidth to facilitate additional traffic and ensure visitor experience is maintained to the highest quality.

“Secondly, at the back end, we have employed additional warehouse staff to facilitate increased online orders, resulting in an efficient operation that can offer customers Christmas online last order dates as late as 3pm on the 23rd December.”

About Signet Group:
Signet Jewelers Limited is the world’s largest specialty retail jewellers and operates leading operations in both the US and UK. The US market accounts for approximately 50% of worldwide jewellery sales and the UK for around 7%. In the UK, Signet is the largest specialty retailer of fine jewellery with 563 stores at 2 February 2008 and 12.1% share of the £4.5 billion total jewellery market. Primarily situated in prime High Street locations (main shopping thoroughfares with high pedestrian traffic) or shopping malls, the Signet stores trade as H. Samuel and Ernest Jones. The Group aims to build long term value through focusing on the customer by providing a superior merchandise selection in high quality real estate locations.

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BT Tradespace Has Announced The Results Of A Survey That Reveals Sir Steve Redgrave And Katie Price Are Considered Top Ambassadors For Business And Entrepreneurship

 

BT Tradespace, the online community that brings small businesses and their customers together, conducted a survey that polled small business owners among its network to assess the vision small to medium enterprise (SME) owners have for their companies by the year 2012.

According to the survey, rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave is the British Olympic idol most businesses would hire for promotion work, with half of those questioned for the poll saying that they thought the five times gold medallist would be the best Games icon to assist with their business advertising.

Dame Kelly Holmes, who won two gold medals in the Athens 2004 Games, came in as joint runner up with decathlete Daley Thomson, who clinched gold in Moscow and Los Angeles in 1980 and 1984 respectively. Both claimed 20% in the vote on the BT Tradespace site.

Mick Hegarty, head of BT Tradespace, said: “Sir Steve is viewed as a perfect ambassador for small businesses.

“He is admired and respected for his sporting achievements and embodies attributes which are valued greatly in the business sector: drive, determination, hard work and honesty.

“He’s also shown he is a winner in business by launching a menswear range and is an active mentor and public speaker in the corporate sector.”

Katie Price, otherwise known as Jordan, also finds success in the poll from BT Tradespace. The former glamour model pipped easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Oprah Winfrey, the late Dame Anita Roddick and Simon Cowell in a poll of the most admired entrepreneurs, sharing fourth place with Sir Alan Sugar.

The 30 year old mother of three is a best selling author and has her own TV series, lingerie label and hair care range.

Mick Hegarty, said: “With her keen business sense, and unique approach to creating a brand, Katie is clearly an inspiration to many.”

“To make the transition from pin up to a multi-millionairess while raising a family is an impressive achievement. She has been very skillful in marketing herself as a go getting businesswoman.”

Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson topped the poll, beating Microsoft founder Bill Gatesand Dragons Den panelist Peter Jones.

About BT Tradespace:
BT Tradespace is an online social and business networking community for small businesses. It was launched in 2007 and now has over 270,000 subscribers. The service is free to join and allows businesses to quickly and easily create and post content on the web as well as interact and engage with their customers through the use of blogs, podcasts, photos and videos. With www.bttradespace.com, anyone can buy and sell products and services, find a business and network with like-minded people, helping to boost sales and create an online presence.

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