All Fashion articles – Page 777
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Little cause for celebration
After all the hype at Christmas, few retailers would have got too hopeful about a January of positive like-for-likes. So this week’s BRC figures showing a 1.1 per cent rise in same-store sales on last year and a return to overall sales growth, should be welcomed as a sign of ...
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LVMH slashes spending for the year after income falls
French luxury retail giant LVMH has slashed its budget for new stores and cut capital expenditure by up to 15 per cent this year to help it steer through the global slowdown.
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US fashion giants axe jobs to control costs
Two of the US’s biggest fashion retailers are to slash hundreds of jobs in a bid to cut costs in the weak US retail market.
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JJB Sports set for reprieve as bidders eye Blacks
The embattled sportswear market is this week heading for a major shake-up as the future of JJB Sports and Blacks Leisure remains unclear.
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Peacock Group suffers profit and like-for-like drop
The Peacock Group will sacrifice EBITDA for margin growth, after heavy discounting and a disappointing performance from its Bonmarch chain resulted in a fall in profit last year.
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Monsoon eyes US shops and e-tail growth in global push
Monsoon is to open up its website to new countries, as it plans an assault on the US market.
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Former JLP director Cloake becomes Retail Trust chairman
Dudley Cloake has been appointed chairman of stores sector charity Retail Trust.
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For love and Liberty
The owners of luxury department store Liberty are hoping that the retailer can turn fortunes around when it unveils the results of its 'Retail Renaissance' on Saturday.
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Ted Baker to launch Baker Baby at Debenhams
Ted Baker is to extend its successful Baker by Ted Baker range for Debenhams.
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Vente-privee sales soar 46%
French fashion e-tailer Vente-privee has revealed that sales jumped 46 per cent to 545m last year.
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Landsbanki will not sell House of Fraser shares for 'foreseeable future'
Landsbanki has reiterated that it does not intend to sell on the shares it now controls in House of Fraser “for the foreseeable future”.
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NewsJohn Lewis to open Milton Keynes distribution centre
John Lewis is to close its Stevenage Distribution Centre in 2010 to open a new warehouse near Milton Keynes, and will create 3,000 jobs at the group over the next three years.
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H&M names Persson new chief executive
Fashion group H&M has appointed Karl-Johan Persson as successor to chief executive Rolf Eriksen, who will retire this year.
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Fat Face enhances merchandise processes
Fat Face has halved the time taken to do stock grading and allocation after going live with an upgraded version of Prologic’s CIMS software.
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Mike Ashley and Lion Capital court Blacks
Controversial sports tycoon Mike Ashley and Lion Capital are amongst the interested parties for Blacks Leisure, it is understood.
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Blacks reveals bid interest
Blacks Leisure has said it has received a preliminary approach for the retail group.
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Stylo administration looms as CVA hangs in balance
Last ditch attempts are under way to secure approval of company voluntary arrangements for the Barratts and Priceless chains.
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Supergroup settles copyright case with Arcadia
Supergroup’s wholesale arm Laundry Athletics has reached a settlement with Arcadia Group over the alleged copying of one of its jackets.
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JJB Sports to appoint administrators for lifestyle division
JJB Sports has filed notice of intention to appoint administrators for its Qube and Original Shoe Company chains.
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Marks & Spencer admits mistakes in Shanghai
Marks & Spencer has conceded it made several “basic shopkeeping” mistakes when it opened its first store in mainland China.