All Fashion articles – Page 596
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OpinionM&S’s strongest brand is Marks & Spencer
An £8.99 jar of peaches in moscato or a £4.99 bag of pasta might sound more at home in Harrods food hall than in Stratford E15.
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NewsDiscounting hits Primark’s operating margin
Primark’s operating margin is expected to take a hit over the full year following a higher level of discounting on the UK high street towards the end of the summer.
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NewsStudent fees to hit young fashion, Wolfson warns
Younger chain Lipsy to be hit as effects of debt start being felt by 16 to 22 year olds
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AnalysisHow to snare student shoppers
The half a million undergraduates preparing to start higher learning in the UK are a valuable customer group for retailers and the secret to their wallets is all in communication. Rebecca Thomson reports.
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AnalysisMary’s regal retail roadshow in Rotherham
Mary Portas is touring the country on her review of the high street. Tim Danaher joins her in Rotherham for an insight into her thinking
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NewsOnline sales up 14% in August
Online sales were up 14% to £5.3bn in August as fashion drove sales.
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NewsHigh street price increases slow fashion sales
Shoppers are finding it increasingly hard to keep up with the latest fashion trends because of increases in clothing prices.
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NewsRiots cloud picture on August retail sales
The value of retail sales rose year-on-year during August but was flat month-on-month in a period when rioting disrupted trading.
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NewsInternational growth crucial for ActivInstinct
Online sportswear retailer ActivInstinct is to push international growth as it aims for overseas sales to overtake domestic revenue within 18 months.
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NewsLaura Ashley to extend gifts category
Laura Ashley is to widen its gifts offer after customer feedback.
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NewsF Hinds profits slip as input costs rise
F Hinds’ profits dipped in its last financial year as the jeweller grappled with maintaining margin in the face of rising input costs.
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NewsBargain hunters hit Boden profitability
Boden chief executive Julian Granville has warned that its customers are being “squeezed”, proving that the middle classes are not immune to the tough climate.
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NewsPriority for Olympic traffic to cause distribution headache for retailers
Retailers this week warned that transport disruption during next year’s Olympics and Paralympics could leave store shelves empty.
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AnalysisZara aims to use the web to crack the US market
Last week, Inditex, the world’s leading clothing specialist, launched a transactional website for its Zara chain in the US.
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Fast Retailing plans Asian expansion
Fast Retailing plans to open more than 100 Uniqlo stores in Asian countries outside of Japan in the year ending August 2012. This would represent twice as many openings than in the previous fiscal year. The retailer operates approximately 160 Uniqlo stores in the region, mainly in China and South ...
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Gap opens first franchised Banana Republic store in Russia
Clothing retailer Gap has opened its first franchised Banana Republic store in Russia, in AfiMall City, Moscow.Gap began offering its Gap and Banana Republic products online to Russian consumers through its international online shipping provider in 2010.Fiba Holding will manage the store under Gap’s existing franchise agreement.
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NewsJohn Lewis posts sharp drop in operating profit amid highly competitive environment
John Lewis has posted a sharp drop in operating profit in its first half as it matched the scale of discounting on the high street with its ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ commitment and invested in the business.
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NewsNext signals end of price inflation as profits rise
Fashion giant Next has reported a 8.5% rise in first-half profits and signalled an end to price inflation.
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NewsCPI inflation rate reaches 4.5%
The rate of inflation rose to 4.5% in August from 4.4% in July as clothing prices climbed, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) showed.
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GalleryIn pictures: First look at Westfield Stratford City
Westfield Stratford City opened to hordes of shoppers on 13 September 2011.