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NewsMulberry signs new London flagship and office sites
Luxury British brand and retailer Mulberry has signed leases for a flagship store at 50 New Bond Street and for a new London head office space.
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NewsGap reports flat year-on-year sales for April
Gap has reported flat year-on-year sales of $1.05bn (£727m) for the four weeks to May 1.
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NewsOnline sales up 13% in April
Online sales in April rose 13% to £4.4bn according to figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
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NewsAsda halves the price of England World Cup shirts
Asda is gearing up for a price war after the supermarket started retailing England World Cup shirts for half the recommended retail price.
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NewsSuperGroup appoints DHL Express CEO as non-exec director
SuperGroup, owner of young fashion brands Superdry and Cult, has appointed Ken McCall as non-executive director.
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Fashion chains to hike autumn prices up to 8%
Fashion retailers have called time on deflation and are set to hike prices by up to 8% for autumn as they contend with volatile currencies, higher commodity costs and the likelihood that VAT will rise.
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New chief shuffles top team to ‘put Fat Face back on the map’
New Fat Face chief executive Anthony Thompson has reshuffled his top team to streamline the business and help “put Fat Face back on the map”.
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NewsTopshop eyes Chicago launch as Knightsbridge store opens
Arcadia sets sights on further US Topshop flagships following opening of its latest London store
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NewsLands' End kids debut
Home shopping retailer Lands’ End is to launch its first kids’ clothing range in August as it seeks to widen its appeal.
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NewsAmerican Apparel struggles with debts as losses deepen
The future of young fashion chain American Apparel has been thrown into question for the second time in just over a year as the retailer struggles to repay its debts to private equity firm Lion Capital.
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NewsMothercare sales pass £1bn but City profit expectations not met
Maternity specialist Mothercare generated full-year sales of more than £1bn for the first time last year but profits narrowly missed City expectations.
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NewsJD Sports adds to brand stable with Sonneti acquisition
JD Sports Fashion has bought preppy menswear brand Sonneti from the WDT stable of brands.
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1,000 Uniqlo stores to open in China
Fast Retailing has announced plans to open 1,000 Uniqlo stores in China within 10 years, generating ¥1 trillion (£7.47bn) in sales.Uniqlo will open a 38,000 sq ft flagship store in Shanghai this weekend, giving it a total of 65 stores in China. Beginning in the fiscal year 2012, Uniqlo will ...
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H&M ito open its first store in the southern hemisphere
H&M is looking at opening its first store in the southern hemisphere. Chief executive Karl-Johan Persson said Brazil and Argentina were “very interesting”, but H&M is also looking at Australia. At present none of the retailer’s 2,000 stores are located south of the equator.Persson confirmed that the retailer has the ...
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Macy's like-for-likes up 5.5%
Macy’s has reported $5.57bn (£3.85bn) sales in the first quarter, an increase of 7.2% compared with the same period last year. Sales were up 5.5% on a like-for-like basis.Online sales (Macys.com and Bloomingdales.com combined) were up 34% in the period.Net income was $23m (£15.9m), compared to an $88m (£60.9m) loss ...
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Nordstrom like-for-likes up 12% in Q1
Nordstrom has reported that net income rose 43.8% to $116m (£80.5m) for the first quarter ended May 1. Total sales rose 16.7% to $1.99bn (£1.38bn) while like-for-likes were up 12%. Multichannel like-for-likes increased 13.7% while full-line like-for-likes rose 11.7% and direct sales were up 38.7%. Nordstrom Rack like-for-likes rose 1.9%.Nordstrom ...
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NewsMenswear sales improve at French Connection
French Connection saw like-for-like retail sales in the UK and Europe fall 1.9% for the 14 weeks ended May 14, but performance was ahead of plan and better than last year thanks to improved gross margin and cost controls.
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NewsM&S recruits 1966 World Cup winners to front menswear campaign
Marks & Spencer will launch a new menswear advertising campaign on Friday, featuring players from the 1966 World Cup-winning England team as well as members of the current England squad.
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NewsJames Bidwell leaves Anthropologie
Managing director of Anthropologie Europe James Bidwell has left the retailer after a business restructure made his role redundant.