All Fashion articles – Page 145
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NewsNew Look: Fate lies with landlords as sale option shut off
The future of fashion retailer New Look now relies upon landlords after a sale process conducted in tandem with a CVA proposal failed to produce a deal.
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NewsQuiz wins better rental terms following stores administration
Fashion retailer Quiz has won more flexible leases after putting its stores business into administration to conduct a restructuring.
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NewsFreemans marks relaunch as ‘digital department store’ with first prime-time TV campaign
Home-shopping specialist Freemans has rebranded and relaunched, and is marking the shift with a marketing campaign that includes TV.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can John Lewis finally crack fashion?
Could a host of new brands and fresh talent at the helm be the recipe for reinvigorating John Lewis’ fashion proposition? Retail Week assesses the latest changes.
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NewsNew Look requires backing of half of large landlords to pass CVA
Embattled fashion retailer New Look will need to convince at least 10 of its 20 largest landlord creditors to support its CVA or risk “Armageddon”.
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NewsPrimark boss: Practical approach to Covid constraints has spurred stores’ success
Primark’s strong shopkeeping skills helped draw customers to its stores despite the tough conditions afflicting many retail locations following the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsAmazon fashion chief takes reins as UK boss
Amazon has appointed vice president of its European fashion division John Boumphrey to lead its UK business.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five retailers that could be Britain’s next £1bn brand
With Gymshark securing unicorn status last month, just eight years after it was founded by former pizza delivery boy Ben Francis, who could be next? Retail Week looks at the businesses that have the potential to become Britain’s next £1bn brand.
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NewsModern slavery risk rises in Asia as pandemic hits fashion industry
While the UK is enraged by the allegations of modern slavery in Leicester factories, manufacturing hubs in Asia have seen the problem worsen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsLunchboxes, tablets and growth spurts drive back-to-school sales surge
As children return to school this week after six months away, John Lewis and M&S recorded sales jumps across stores and online as parents prepped for the new academic year.
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NewsJohn Lewis adds 30 new brands to ‘modernise’ offer
John Lewis has added more than 30 third-party brands to its autumn/winter range across clothing, accessories and beauty.
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GalleryStore gallery: British heritage brand Belstaff launches New York hub
Belstaff, a British retailer that specialises in quality craftsmanship, has opened its first standalone New York City store.
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NewsForever 21 owner ABG completes £250m Brooks Brothers deal
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and Simon Property Group have completed their $325m (£249m) acquisition of Brooks Brothers.
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NewsTed Baker founder Ray Kelvin returns via board nominee
Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin will have a role to play in the running of the business for the first time since he quit as boss amid a “forced hugging” scandal.
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NewsMoss Bros drafts in advisers as it mulls possible CVA
Struggling menswear retailer Moss Bros has drafted in KPMG as it considers closing stores and slashing jobs in a bid to ride out the pandemic.
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OpinionJacqueline Gold: ‘We’ve put more family money into Ann Summers, but now I’m facing a CVA’
The Covid-19 pandemic has been an extraordinary time for all retailers. With all our stores closed at Ann Summers, the focus shifted to online, and thanks to the heroics of our colleagues, we managed to meet a significant step up in demand while people were in lockdown. I can’t imagine why…
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NewsAnn Summers ponders CVA after ‘toughest year’
Lingerie and sex toys specialist Ann Summers is poised to launch a CVA after suffering increased losses in its latest reported year.
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Opinion‘Online shops mimicking physical stores are new danger for bricks and mortar’
‘Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’. Whatever your view on the outcome of the strategy that saw most of the population confined to barracks, the result for physical retailers has been calamitous.
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NewsSupply chain watchdog shuns Boohoo Leicester inquiry, questions independence
Supply chain monitor the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has declined to take part in Boohoo’s Leicester inquiry, questioning its focus on factories and not on the retailer’s buying procedures.
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NewsNew Look ‘very confident’ of winning CVA support but landlord body hits out
New Look chief executive Nigel Oddy is “very confident” landlords will back the fashion retailer’s proposed CVA – its second in two years.