All Fashion articles – Page 652
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NewsFenchurch appoints retail manager
Urban clothing retailer Fenchurch has appointed Gap’s Alexis Potter as its first retail manager, as it embarks on a European store expansion.
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OpinionPrice alone not enough for value specialists
One of the many things we’ll miss about Sir Stuart Rose when he retires next year is the frequency with which he says “value is a function of price times quality”. Never has that been truer than today.
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NewsN Brown on the acquisition trail after strong start to year
Home Shopping group N Brown is eyeing further acquisitions to drive growth as it revealed a strong first half.
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Fast Retailing expects profits to fall next year as global competition toughens
Fast Retailing expects its profits to fall next year as global competition toughens. The Japanese company said it expected operating profit to fall 14.3% to ¥113.5bn (£869m) for the year to August 2011, despite managing a 21.9% increase in operating profit in the year to August 2010. The company said ...
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NewsAsos launches mobile site
Asos has launched its first mobile site to allow customers to buy products on the go.
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Opinion
Matalan upgrades warehouse system in e-commerce drive
Matalan is pushing its expansion into e-commerce by upgrading its warehouse management system.
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NewsAsos reports strong sales growth
Etailer Asos saw sales soar 47% year-on-year for the three months to September 30.
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NewsJacques Vert appoints Alison Jordan as marketing director
Womenswear retail group Jacques Vert Group has appointed former Fortunum & Mason marketing chief Alison Jordan as marketing director.
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NewsBurberry expects full year profits to be in top end of expectations
Luxury retailer Burberry expects full year profits to be in the top end of analyst expectations after reporting a 17% increase in underlying revenue for the six months to September 30.
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Opinion
Mind the Gap
Gap’s u-turn on its logo is the funniest thing that’s happened in retail in ages
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NewsGap apologises and scraps new logo after uproar
Gap has done a rapid about face and said that it would revert to its traditional blue box logo after a disastrous reaction to a new logo unveiled in America last week.
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NewsN Brown first half profits up 5.5%
Home shopping retailer N Brown has revealed that its adjusted pre tax profit grew 5.5% to £44.1m in the six months to August 28.
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NewsSales growth slows in September
UK retail like-for-likes grew just 0.5% in September, marking the sixth month of low growth according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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NewsRetail administrations slow
The rate of businesses going into administration has slowed to levels not seen since before the economic downturn, with the retail sector showing the “most pronounced drop”.
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NewsNet-a-Porter snaps up Koodos.com
Luxury etailer Net-a-Porter has acquired the assets of discount fashion etailer Koodos.com which has been put in to administration.
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NewsRalph Lauren to open first Rugby store in UK
Ralph Lauren will open its first Rugby store in the UK in Covent Garden.
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NewsAmerican Apparel appeases lender with key management hiring
Beleaguered US fashion chain American Apparel has hired Blockbuster executive Tom Casey as acting president, in line with a pledge to lender Lion Capital to secure key management talent.
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NewsGap president defends controversial new logo
Gap’s North American president Marka Hansen has defended the US casualwear chain’s controversial new logo and said she wanted customers to “take notice” of the chain and “see what it stands for today”.