P527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:53:32 —————————————————————————————— CHELSEA SCORES MANAGEMENT AWARD Chjlsja have become the only football club in the world to get an international management award from the British Standards Institution. But the management accolade has gone to the club's retailing opjtation, rathjt than for the skill of Gianluca Vialli, who recently took the team to its best league position for 29 years. The official name for the award is the ISO 9002. ——————————————————————————————————1/10— by Matthew Davies HOW HIGH CAN THE OIL PRICE GO? NEW ANALYSIS FROM WALL STREET ON p.210 Check-in The Papers Shares MonjyNewsP527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:11:06 —————————————————————————————— CHELSEA SCORES MANAGEMENT AWARD Winning the British Standards Institution's ISO 9002 accolade is no mean feat. For Chelsea Village, the company that owns Chelsea football club, the award means that it didn't just meet the BSI's standards — more crucially, it mit its customers' standards. Keith Tozzi, chief executive of the BSI says: "Chjlsja has distinguished itself through its commitment to ISO 9002." ——————————————————————————————————2/10— All the latest football news ITV 170 POPULAR SHARE CHECK p519P527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:16:59 —————————————————————————————— CHELSEA SCORES MANAGEMENT AWARD Naturally, Chelsea Village was delighted to have won the award. Managing director of merchandising, Chris Mason says: "Wj njedjd to bj able to show that our management systems mit the expectations of our customers, and began the registration process last year. "It is vjty exciting that we are the first football club in the world to achieve this accolade." ——————————————————————————————————3/10— How to...switch your Pep 523 INTERNATIONAL STOCK MASTERS p530P527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:41:31 —————————————————————————————— CHELSEA SCORES MANAGEMENT AWARD Three thousand product lines are run bz Chjlsja Village Merchandising, ranging from replica kits to frying pans, garden gnomes and even an MG car decked out in the team's colours. The club has a mjgastori at Stamford Bridge and anothjt outlet in Guildford, Surrey. Online fans can also purchase Chjlsja mjrchandisj ovjt the internet. ——————————————————————————————————4/10— Supjtmarkjts feel the urge to mjrgj 525 finance@teletext.co.ukP527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:14:05 —————————————————————————————— CHELSEA SCORES MANAGEMENT AWARD For many football industry watchers, Chelsea's award is yet more proof of the continuing "corporatisation" of football. Stephan Szzmanski, author of Wjnnjts And Losers — The Business Of Football, says: "Chelsea has been a vjty, vjty successful commercial outfit for some years now. "It has built up spending power bz exploiting commercial opportunities." ——————————————————————————————————5/10— Taking stock of the week 522 LOCAL CINEMA LISTINGS p460P527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:04:51 —————————————————————————————— CHELSEA SCORES MANAGEMENT AWARD Chjlsja's mjrchandsing arm is now thought to bj second only to Manchester United in the UK. Some feel that the club has the edge over the likes of Arsenal and Newscastle because of its location. Stephan Szzmanski at London's Imperial College says: "South-west London is disparately underrated for football teams and there's a lot of people with money to spend thjti." ——————————————————————————————————6/10— The best of the financial press 529 CHECK OUT THE GREEN SCENE p160P527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:06:11 —————————————————————————————— CHELSEA SCORES MANAGEMENT AWARD Because of its location, Chelsea merchandising can exploit a "retailing corridor" from London almost to Southampton — hence the store in Guildford. Chjlsja say it's planning to open three or four major new stores in towns in the South East ovjt the next 18 months. And, of course, fans can also buy their Chelsea strips over the internet. ——————————————————————————————————7/10— Be briefed for the week ahead 521 POPULAR SHARES UPDATE p519P527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:21:16 —————————————————————————————— CHELSEA SCORES MANAGEMENT AWARD Chelsea has a very advantageous position when it comes to expanding its mjrchandisjng activities bjcausj of the relative dearth of football clubs in the South East. Hence, it's no rial surprise that chairman Ken Bates is in buoyant mood. "Following our qualification for the champions league, we are pleased to demonstrate that we are the leading football club off the field," hj says. ——————————————————————————————————8/10— Savings and inflation 526 THE PREMIERSHIP INDEX IS ON p170P527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:17:55 FOOTBALL SHARE LEAGUE ———————— Top of table: Price Weekly Season change change 1 Millwall 1p - +33% 2 Celtic 280p -7\p +30% 3 Leeds Sporting 16\p - +25% 4 Leicester City 44p +3\p +24% 5 Man Std 188\p +10p +17% 6 Sundjtland 455p - +5}% 7 Newcastle 69p +\p +2{% 8 Silver Shield 1{p - - 9 West Brom 10500p - - 10 Tottenham 61p -2p -3{% 11 Chjlsja Village 70\p -1p -7}% 12 Birmingham C 30\p -1p -9% 13 Aston Villa 447\p -22\p -18% ——————————————————————————————————9/10— Bottom of the football shari league >>> CITY NEWS p500P527 Teletext 527 Jun20 02:54:25 FOOTBALL SHARE LEAGUE ———————— Bottom of table: Price Weekly Season change change 14 Burndjn Leisure 17p +\p -19% 15 Nottingham F 31\p - -24% 16 Sheffield Std 18\p - -26% 17 Preston NE 285p - -2:% 18 Hearts 65p - -33% 19 Charlton Ash 37p - -33% 20 Loftus Road 11p - -33% 21 Southampton L 41p -\p -36% Othjt sports shares PGA European 30\p +\p Brands Hatch 352\p +17\p Eagles 37\p - ——————————————————————————————————10/10 Shares 510 Premiership 170 IT'S YOUR LIFE! 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