All Fashion articles – Page 723
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NewsAmazon launches standalone footwear site Javari
Amazon UK has launched its standalone footwear and handbag site, Javari.co.uk.
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NewsSimon Bentley plots return to troubled Blacks Leisure
Former Blacks Leisure chairman and chief executive Simon Bentley is understood to be plotting a return to the outdoors specialist as it battles to secure its future.
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New Look in the frame for public offering in 2010
Retail IPOs moved a step closer this week as speculation mounted that New Look is gearing up for a £1.7bn flotation early next year.
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NewsAsos sales bolstered by international expansion
Fashion etailer Asos pushed ahead with overseas expansion and improved delivery options to help deliver strong first-half sales growth.
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NewsInditex store expansion assault pushes UK operation into loss
The UK subsidiary of Spanish fashion giant Inditex has plunged into loss after investing heavily in developing the business.
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NewsJJB Sports first-half losses skyrocket as suppliers hold back stock
JJB Sports has continued to struggle with a poor stock position as it battles on in its survival fight.
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Bay to ditch two thirds of shops in concession focus
Bay is to exit two thirds of its shops as it drives its concessions business and launches an online operation.
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NewsSainsbury’s to bolster non-food business
Sainsbury’s is to focus on strengthening its non-food business to form a “cohesive” general merchandise offer following the promotion of Adrian Mountford to director of general merchandise.
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NewsLoss-making Moss Bros braces for more woe
Moss Bros sounded a note of caution ahead of the crucial Christmas trading period despite an uplift in like-for-like sales during the first eight weeks of the second half.
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Cautious optimism for Jacques Vert
Womenswear retailer Jacques Vert revealed a 0.8% fall in like-for-likes for the 22 weeks since the beginning of April, but expects increased pre-tax profits for the full year.
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AnalysisNew Look: From the seaside to the city
On the eve of New Look’s 40th birthday celebrations, the retailer has completed its head office move from Weymouth to London. Four figures from across the business explain how they’ve dealt with the challenges the move has created
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NewsRetail industry pays tribute to Gap co-founder Don Fisher
Retailers paid tribute this week to Gap co-founder Don Fisher who died on Sunday, aged 81.
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GalleryDoing Dallas: How does NorthPark measure up?
The US may do things bigger, but do they do them better? John Ryan visits Dallas and one of the Lone Star state’s top shopping centres to find out how its retail scene measures up
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GalleryStore of the Week: Diesel, Dallas
Just occasionally, you come across a store window that makes you smile and that moment is carried through into the shop. Diesel is well known for its subversive take on visual merchandising and this store, in Dallas’ NorthPark mall, certainly stops shoppers.
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NewsGIVe debuts on Regent Street
Fashion entrepreneur George Davies opened his first GIVe store on London’s Regent Street on Wednesday.
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NewsSchuh overhauls website as profits defy market woe
Fashion footwear retailer Schuh is to relaunch its website next month after outperforming the market with a 21% leap in EBITDA for the year to March.
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NewsIndigo scores for Marks & Spencer as sales hold firm
Marks & Spencer has hailed the launch of its Indigo casualwear range a success after selling 350,000 items since its debut at the start of September.
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OpinionSecond time lucky for New Look flotation?
New Look is heading the pack of private equity backed retailers considering a return to the market next year.
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O’Neill set to snap up Sandcity stores
Boardwear brand O’Neill is in talks to buy stores from the administrators of Sandcity as it aims to roll-out new-look shops in the UK.
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NewsAsda installs webcams as it aims for company transparency
Asda has outlined a radical new strategy that it claims will make it the first genuinely transparent business that puts the customer at the heart of its decision-making process.