All Fashion articles – Page 608
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News300 jobs axed as Life & Style closes 22 stores
Bust homeware and fashion retailer Life & Style, which was born out of the ashes of Ethel Austin, is closing 22 of it 150 stores and making 274 people redundant as administrators RSM Tenon continue talks with potential buyers.
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NewsH&M signs Donatella Versace as guest designer
H&M has signed up Italian designer Donatella Versace to be its next guest designer.
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NewsEast pre-tax profits up 9.5%
Womenswear retailer East has reported pre-tax profits up 9.5% from £2.1m to £2.27m for the year to January 31, 2011, driven by the strong performance of its existing portfolio and new store openings.
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NewsPrivate equity firms enter Jane Norman rescue talks
Private equity firms Sun Capital Partners and Better Capital are understood to be the latest potential buyers to enter rescue talks with struggling womenswear chain Jane Norman.
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NewsSuperGroup reports business 'on track' and confirms Regent Street opening
Fashion retailer SuperGroup reported that retail sales have improved in the last three weeks and are running overall at about the same level as in the fourth quarter, when they rose 39%.
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GallerySwindon’s finest
BHS has followed the blueprint it revealed in Uxbridge almost a year ago with a series of new shops and modernisations, with the latest being in Swindon. John Ryan visits to assess the roll-out
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AnalysisThe new advertising landscape
Cannes Lions has crowned Ikea advertiser of the year - the first retailer to win the accolade. But what makes a great advertiser? Rebecca Thomson discovers a new dawn for retail advertising
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NewsN Brown reshuffles Figleaves leadership team
N Brown, the home shopping group which owns lingerie etailer Figleaves, will not replace the role of chief executive vacated by Julia Reynolds and has reshuffled its senior management team to lead the business.
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NewsCity speculates on Abercrombie bid for SuperGroup
US retailer Abercrombie & Fitch may be interested in acquiring trendy fashion retailer SuperGroup, City speculators believe.
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NewsJohn Lewis fashion sales leap as prices cut
Department store chain John Lewis generated strong fashion sales last week as it price-matched rivals’ promotions.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can we use social media to generate sales?
Tesco has claimed impressive sales figures generated through social media. How can other retailers learn from this?
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NewsFranchise director latest to exit New Look
New Look franchise director Alex Cara has become the latest high-profile departure from the value fashion retailer as its new management refocuses on its core UK operations
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NewsKing blames petrol prices for dip in spending
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King said the consumer environment is the toughest it’s been in his 28-year retail career, and warned that rising petrol prices are “punching a hole in customers’ budgets”
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NewsTeam behind Aurora vie to snap up Jane Norman
Aurora management team size up distressed womenswear retailer to run separately
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NewsTed Baker mulls overseas push after 9% sales rise
Quirky fashion retailer Ted Baker has identified potential to open concessions in up to 40 El Corte Inglés stores after a successful 12-shop trial.
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NewsUniqlo cuts its losses with 31% sales surge
Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo’s UK arm dramatically cut its losses in its last financial year as it edged closer to the black.
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NewsBBC apologises to Primark over faked child labour footage
The BBC has issued an apology to value fashion giant Primark after a three year inquiry revealed that the broadcaster used faked imagery of child labour in a Panorama expose.
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NewsInditex fares better than rival H&M as global sales soar
Inditex, owner of the Zara chain, fared better than rival H&M as its global sales soared 11% in its first quarter.
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NewsRetail sales values up, but volumes flat
The value of retail sales excluding petrol in May were up 2.4% on the previous year but flat in volume terms.