All Fashion articles – Page 568
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OpinionPrimark is proving its value as others struggle
George MacDonald has written for Retail Week for more than 10 years, covering various sectors. He is a frequent TV and radio commentator on retail trends and issues.
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NewsChristmas updates boost store stocks
As the Christmas trading season drew to an end, retailers of all sorts were in fashion.
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NewsRepublic co-founder steps back from executive role
Co-founder of fashion group Republic Carl Brewins has stepped back from day-to-day involvement in the business after 26 years.
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NewsKaren Millen to expand online offer across Europe
Fashion retailer to launch local language websites in the hope of repeating German sales success.
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AnalysisRetail 2012
Retail Week reveals the highlights from our latest free-to-subscriber research into forecasts from the UK’s leading retailers. Joanna Perry reports.
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NewsRetail sales suffer steepest fall in three years, says CBI
Retail sales suffered their biggest fall in three years in January, according to the CBI Distributives Trades Survey.
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NewsKiddicare acquires 10 former Best Buy stores
Online baby products retailer Kiddicare has snapped up the leases of 10 former Best Buy stores.
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NewsPaul Mason quits Radley
Paul Mason has stepped down as chairman from handbag and accessories brand Radley.
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NewsDeadline for Peacocks bids looms as other retailers target the stores
Private equity firms including Permira and Cinven are understood to have ruled out buying Peacocks, while other investment firms and retailers eye its stores.
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AnalysisRight technology, right time
Technology is no longer a back-office service – it’s driving sales and changing how people shop. Rebecca Thomson discovers what’s next for retailers at the NRF conference in New York.
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AnalysisProfile: Richard Kirk, former Peacocks group chief executive
The former Peacocks group chief executive fought to the bitter end to save the retailer and the people working for it.
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Abercrombie & Fitch considers India expansion
Abercrombie & Fitch staff have visited India as it considers setting up shop in the country. An Abercrombie & Fitch spokesperson said: “We are constantly evaluating new opportunities for our brands, including new countries, for expansion.”Gap is also said to have stepped interest into the market after the government allowed ...
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NewsPrimark optimistic for 2012 after strong sales
The squeeze on consumers will lessen in 2012, directors of Primark’s parent company believe.
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NewsSuperGroup eyes efficiency savings with new warehouse
SuperGroup is to move to a new distribution centre which is set to make its operation more efficient.
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Cost-cutting at La Redoute
PPR-owned mail order retailer La Redoute may cut 250 jobs as part of a new cost-cutting initiative designed to make the retailer a pure-play online operation. The job losses would be mainly voluntary redundancies over a three-year period. Last week it was revealed that PPR was cutting 510 jobs at ...
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill plans 150 new stores as it eyes Peacocks property
Edinburgh Woollen Mill is to open 150 high street and mall stores this year, as well as more than 100 across the rest of the group that includes Jane Norman.
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NewsManagement shake up as Irisa and Jacques Vert businesses merge
Private equity owner Sun European Partners has merged its two womenswear businesses Jacques Vert and Irisa, formerly Alexon, and has appointed Jacques Vert chief executive Paul Allen to head up the newly formed business.
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NewsPrimark Northern Irish workers back call for strike
Primark staff in Northern Ireland have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in protest at the retailer’s attempt to impose a second year of pay freezes.
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NewsMatalan asks banks to loosen covenants
Matalan has asked its banks to loosen its covenants on debt incurred in 2010.
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NewsCredit insurer will not extend cover for UK retail sector
Europe’s biggest trade credit insurance company Euler Hermes has said it will not extend levels of cover to the UK retail sector.