All Fashion articles – Page 161
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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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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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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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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.
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NewsNew Look launches CVA following new financing
Under-pressure fashion retailer New Look has unveiled CVA proposals after conducting a £440m debt-for-equity swap and with lender backing.
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NewsArcadia under fire over furlough redundancy terms
Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia fashion empire has been accused of possible law-breaking over redundancies connected to the government furlough scheme.
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NewsNext to open beauty stores in former Intu Debenhams branches
Fashion giant Next has signed deals with retail property group Intu to open new-concept beauty halls.
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NewsM&S gets into gear for drive-up click and collect
Marks & Spencer is piloting drive-thru order collection as part of an initiative with specialist technology partner Doddle to extend its click-and-collect proposition, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsUK retail sales rise above pre-lockdown levels as shoppers return to stores
UK retail sales for the month of July were the highest they have been since before the pandemic struck but the outlook remains grim for many categories.
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NewsGlobal Fashion Group breaks even as online shift boosts sales
Global Fashion Group recorded its second quarter of growth this year, as the ecommerce shift in fashion and lifestyle shopping “continues to accelerate”.
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NewsMothercare finalises its franchise deal with Boots
Struggling retailer Mothercare has announced a franchise deal with Boots that will see its current range of products extended in the health and beauty retailer’s stores.
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NewsFrasers Group blames profit slump on Brexit and coronavirus
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group reported a slump in profits that it blamed on a prolonged period of Brexit uncertainty followed immediately by the coronavirus crisis.
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AnalysisThe economics of ecommerce: Counting the costs of trading online
As countries went into lockdown when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, ecommerce was the sole channel still open to retailers of products deemed non-essential.
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DataData: The retail sectors capturing footfall since stores reopened
Footfall is slowly returning to retail destinations following the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, but which sectors are capitalising on that traffic and enticing customers into their stores? Springboard data shared exclusively with Retail Week reveals the sectors that are emerging as the winners and losers.
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges’ sustainability push featuring innovative brands
On Monday, Selfridges launched its Project Earth campaign, which aims to change the way its customers shop by 2025.