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News
Gap to enter India
Gap has revived plans to enter the Indian market, according to the local press.Ron Young, senior vice-president of Gap International Strategic Alliances, was recently in the country, suggesting that the company is making preliminary moves to set up shop in India.Gap’s team has sounded out prominent Indian apparel makers including ...
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Opinion
The scale of the problem
A Retail Week breakfast on what the coalition Government means for retailers didn’t make happy listening.
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OpinionRetailers ready for global assault
It has seemed for some time that international growth had been off the agenda for retailers concentrating on keeping their domestic house in order during a tough trading environment. But a several fashion retailers are again pursuing opportunities overseas.
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NewsBlue Inc opens first store in Ireland
Men’s high street brand Blue Inc has opened its first store in Northern Ireland and expects to create over 100 jobs in the next 18 months.
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NewsTheo Walcott axe delivers blow to M&S ad
A Marks and Spencer’s ad campaign suffered a blow when one of its stars, England striker Theo Walcott, was dropped from the England team.
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NewsNew Look profits climb 17.7%
New Look has reported strong growth in sales and profits for its full year to March 27 with underlying operating profits for the fashion group ahead 17.7% to £163m.
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NewsGeorge Davies to launch kidswear chain in Middle East
Fashion entrepreneur George Davies is to open a 60-store kidswear chain in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
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NewsInditex and H&M break into new markets
Two of Europe’s largest fashion retailers Inditex and H&M have taken their first steps into new growth markets this week; with Inditex opening its first store in India and H&M announcing its first opening in Turkey.
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NewsKarren Brady joins Arcadia board
Karren Brady, vice chair of West Ham United football club, is to join the board of Arcadia, it has been reported.
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OpinionWhat's Next?
Is it really possible to be a mass merchant and to have a store design that is in any way cutting edge?
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NewsPeerage for Next chief executive Simon Wolfson
Next chief executive Simon Wolfson has been named a Conservative working peer in the Dissolution Honours List put forward to the Queen by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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NewsDemand for warm weather product lifts John Lewis sales
Warm weather helped increase sales at department store chain John Lewis and grocery stablemate Waitrose last week.
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NewsMarks & Spencer ramps up its multichannel offer
Multichannel sales climb 27% to £413m, bringing £500m target in sight
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NewsSweden’s Monki targets UK in global expansion
Quirky Swedish fashion chain Monki has confirmed it is looking at entering the UK market.
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NewsLittlewoods signs Costelloe
Irish designer Paul Costelloe has designed an exclusive menswear range for online shopping site Littlewoods.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Lee flagship, Carnaby Street
Lee, one of the denim world’s older names is seeking to reassert its primacy within this sub-sector with this overhaul of its flagship Carnaby Street store.
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NewsSir Philip Green: Loss-making Bhs will make money
Sir Philip Green has reaffirmed his faith in Bhs after the chain posted a loss for the period in which it merged with his Arcadia Group.
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NewsAurum wants Mappin to be ‘next Tiffany’
Jewellery group Aurum aims to lift sales above £350m this financial year with a plan to turn Mappin & Webb into “the next Tiffany”.
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NewsAubin & Wills opens Shoreditch flagship
Jack Wills’ sister fashion brand, Aubin & Wills, has opened a flagship store in London’s trendy Shoreditch.
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