(1) John Bason, finance director of Primark's parent company, Associated British Foods, says: "Showing off your bargains is a characteristic of Primark shopping.
(2) While UK sales in October and November were affected by the balmy autumn, Bason said it only affected winter coats and knitwear, which make up a third of Primark’s product range so overall sales continued to rise.
(3) The weather had undoubtedly held back performance, Bason said, but British shoppers now had more money to spare, thanks to falls in petrol and food prices, and were putting more Primark items in their baskets on each shop.
(4) "We are looking at [retail] hot spots," said John Bason, finance director at Primark owner Associated British Foods.
(5) Bason countered that Primark had enjoyed exceptional sales in the spring as the warm weather put shoppers in the mood to buy its kimono tops, jumpsuits and platform sandals.
(6) John Bason, finance director of Primark’s parent company, Associated British Foods, said the number of shoppers visiting the clothing chain had not fallen but knitwear, coats and thermals had not sold well.
(7) Bason said the retailer had already begun shipping clothing to its new warehouse in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in preparation for the opening.
(8) Bason said he had never expected the Boston opening to be overwhelmed by eager shoppers as Primark’s brand does not have the awareness it does in the UK or Europe, but he hopes that will change rapidly.
(9) Bason said the new stores were part of ongoing expansion in the UK that formed part of 1.3 million sq ft of new space planned around the world in the year ahead.
(10) In the UK, Primark’s biggest market, Bason said sales at established stores rose by between 1% and 2% in the 16 weeks to 20 June despite a cold start to the spring which has hit sales at other retailers including Marks & Spencer.
(11) Primark owner says prices will not rise to pay for 'national living wage' Read more Bason said there would be further expansion overseas: “There is a huge market in continental Europe that we are going after and we know when we go to new locations we are greeted with wide acclaim.
(12) Bason said the price was now at an "unsustainably low" level of 17 cents per pound.
(13) The BaSon test (Baden, Sonnenfield) for the control of heparin therapy has been studied in capillary and venous blood of normal and heparinized children and the same reliability is found.
(14) Bason said: “I think Primark is continuing to win in the UK.
(15) Bason said Primark was spending money on making its high street stores look more exciting and modern, keeping prices low and ensuring it had the right range of clothing.
(16) We are confident in the Primark proposition and long-term growth; we don’t kneejerk around short-term weather effects.” While profit margins slipped compared with the previous year, Bason said this was because of “exceptional trading” in 2013, when the company sold out of stock.
(17) They should discuss it with us and with their staff.” Bason said Primark was not trying to stop staff joining a union but said it was for staff to decide on their own without the influence of the company.
(18) Bason said shoppers had a “bit of a shock” for a couple of weeks after the EU referendum on 23 June but trade had bounced back with better weather from late July.
(19) In 2014, Bason said the company had sold out of Christmas jumpers, selling more than 1m, while kidswear, and even womenswear, linked to the hit Disney film Frozen had also sold well.
(20) The Irish connection for this Dublin-based retailer was also a useful emotional connection,” said Bason.
Baston
Definition:
(n.) A staff or cudgel.
(n.) See Baton.
(n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
Example Sentences:
(1) So far, the UK election has thrown up a carnival of peculiar results | Lewis Baston Read more Scotland, of course, is a different story: but David Cameron’s antagonistic response to the 2014 referendum clearly swung a lot of anti-Tory voters towards the SNP.
(2) Weakness in crucial types of constituencies in 2016, such as unpretentious Midlands towns (Nuneaton, Cannock) and big city suburbs (Bury, Bolton) is ominous, while stronger showings were in affluent seats that are either already Labour or require large swings to be sustained through to May 2020,” Baston said.
(3) Prepare for a bare-knuckle fight | Lewis Baston Read more According to Hudd, either proposal will affect thousands of Sellafield employees as well as thousands of employees at other nuclear sites, some of which are also in the constituency.
(4) Lewis Baston is a writer on politics, elections, history and corruption, and director of research at the Electoral Reform Society
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Labour hung on and grew support in a lot of places’ Baston said that in the past, a 1 percentage point lead on the national share of the vote had not been enough to put oppositions on course to win the following general election.
(6) Park entrance $20 a vehicle (valid for seven days) Kelly Bastone is a freelance writer specialising in outdoor sports • For more information on holidays in the USA, visit DiscoverAmerica.com
(7) However, Baston said, smaller opposition leads in local elections, such as those secured by Corbyn last week and Ed Miliband in 2011, had in the past failed to be converted into general election success.
(8) Baston also suggests that an additional six or seven seats at the next set of European elections is a little too ambitious, saying the "realistic maximum" would be doubling their tally of seats to four.
(9) Last night was a Tory landslide – 8 June could be even worse for Labour | Lewis Baston Read more Speaking after the result in the Tory-Labour marginal of Brentford, May insisted the stakes of the election were high because “there are bureaucrats in Europe who are questioning our resolve to get the right deal” on Brexit.
(10) Baston’s analysis shows that Labour performed well in what he calls “ the most modern bits of England ” and badly in its heartlands.
(11) Lewis Baston, senior research fellow at Democratic Audit , suggests the Greens have some way to go in turning the protest vote into significant electoral gains, not least because the party's popularity resides in small pockets of middle-class voters across the country.
(12) Sid Lowe Facebook Twitter Pinterest Borja Baston of Eibar.
(13) Giving evidence to the PCASC this week Lewis Baston, director of research at the Electoral Reform Society, said Britain had not yet reached the stage of voter suppression seen in some US states, but was heading that way now the register had become so inadequate.
(14) Prepare for a bare-knuckle fight | Lewis Baston Read more “It is the fault of people like me over a long period of time for not pointing out the benefits of the EU, for allowing myths to go unchallenged and to be cemented as facts in people’s minds,” he said.
(15) A report for the Fabian Society by the political analyst Lewis Baston examines voting patterns in the marginal constituencies that Labour would have to win to achieve a parliamentary majority.
(16) Baston finds that despite the deep divide within the parliamentary Labour party between the leftwing leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and centrist “Blairite” MPs, the party’s best showing was in areas where New Labour succeeded.