All Fashion articles – Page 754
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NewsWestfield London backs down over service charges
Westfield has backed down over a dispute with tenants over service charges after months of wrangling with retailers at its London shopping centre.The Australian landlord had been battling with retailers including House of Fraser and Debenhams over charges at the centre. Westfield London had charged £14 per sq ft, about ...
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NewsNew Look to rival fashion giants as it aims to double trading space
New Look is aiming to double its trading space to over 7 million sq ft in the UK, putting it in the running to become Britain’s biggest fashion retailer by floor space.
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NewsJJB Sports CVA hailed as ‘sea change’ in retailer-landlord relations
JJB Sports executive director Peter Williams said the approval of its company voluntary arrangement marks a “sea change” in the relationship between retailers and landlords.
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NewsZara Kids unveils first UK store in London’s Covent Garden
Spanish fashion giant Zara has opened its first standalone Zara Kids shop in the UK as it seeks to grab a larger slice of the £4bn childrenswear market.
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N Brown looks abroad to continue its growth
Home shopping group N Brown will focus on new markets and an enhanced customer offer to continue to increase sales after a strong full-year performance.
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Asos to develop ‘best of British’ fashion range
Fashion e-tailer Asos is to focus on British-designed products for its next season, after the group reported this week that sales had more than doubled in the year to March 31.
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NewsCelebrities back TK Maxx over Piccadilly Circus store
Publicist Max Clifford has enlisted the backing of celebrities such as girl band The Saturdays in an attempt to persuade the Crown Estate to allow designer discount chain TK Maxx to open a shop on London’s Piccadilly Circus.
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M&S treads cautiously in India
Marks & Spencer’s foray into the Indian market is being slowed by global economic turbulence and delays in the availability of commercial property in the country.Through a joint venture with Reliance Retail, M&S had planned to set up 50 stores across the country in the next five years. Chief executive ...
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NewsDutch fashion player chases Piccadilly Circus site
Dutch fashion group The Sting is understood to be one of three retail names to have made offers on the iconic former Tower Records store at Piccadilly Circus.
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Coast follows in Karen Millen’s Russian footsteps
Aurora-owned fashion retailer Coast is to debut in Russia this autumn with a store in Moscow, and roll out to other Russian cities if successful.
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NewsDebenhams to cut down concession space
Debenhams will reduce its concession space by 450,000 sq ft as sales from own-bought ranges drive performance.
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NewsUSC launches social networking site to engage with customers
The 40-store fashion chain USC has launched a social networking site and will air its first TV ad as it seeks to attract and engage more customers.
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Refinancing package for Escada
Luxury fashion group Escada has arranged a E30m (£27m) refinancing package to help secure its survival. The company said it needed to raise the capital to cover liquidity demands and described the initiative as “urgent and unavoidable”.As well as raising funds, Escada plans to cut its debt and replace a ...
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OpinionNew Look looking to the future
New Look last night opened its doors to a baying fashion pack and gave them a taster of where the retailer is headed.
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NewsConsumer confidence levels rise for third month
Consumer confidence improved in April to levels not seen for more than a year.Confidence in the general economic situation over the next 12 months reached an index level of -15, which was a 16-point improvement on the previous month and the strongest showing since August 2007 research carried out by ...
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NewsViyella to launch new menswear range
Viyella, the classic womenswear retailer acquired out of administration by Austin Reed, is to launch a new full menswear collection.
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NewsM&S to launch 125th anniversary fashion range
Marks & Spencer is to mark its 125th anniversary with a special womenswear range drawing on key fashion looks from the past.
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NewsOffice drives online conversions
Office expects 10 per cent of its revenue to be generated online by the end of the year after introducing technology to up its online conversion rates.
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NewsJacques Vert womenswear managing director steps down from board
Womenswear retailer Jacques Vert has announced that its managing director of womenswear Shena MacDonald has stepped down from the board and will leave the group.
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NewsPeacock Group signs two for White River Place
Peacock Group is to open two stores at White River Place in St Austell, Cornwall.