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NewsUS retailers’ sales languish as unemployment rockets
US fashion retailers continued to feel the negative impact of weakening consumer confidence in their February sales updates as soaring unemployment plagued the country.
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Opinion
John Lewis in fashion
John Lewis will dip its toes into the choppy waters of online fashion e-tailing with the launch of its own version of online fashion giant Asos.com.
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News
Baugur files for bankruptcy
Baugur has filed for bankruptcy after an Icelandic court refused to grant its application to extend its protection from creditors.
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News
Baugur protection not extended
Baugur’s moratorium process, protecting it from its remaining creditors, has not been extended by the court in Iceland.
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NewsJohn Lewis to launch Asos-style fashion website
Department store chain John Lewis is to launch a dedicated fashion website in autumn to rival online giant Asos.
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NewsJohn Lewis profits plunge after tough year
John Lewis Partnership has revealed a steep fall in annual profits after a “tough year”.
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News
Armani Exchange invests in assortment optimisation
Diffusion fashion brand Armani Exchange, which has 162 stores worldwide, is to deploy assortment planning and business intelligence tools from IT Resources.
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Charles Tyrwhitt adds three London stores
Formal shirt retailer Charles Tyrwhitt is to relocate its store on Jermyn Street in London’s West End as part of a series of property deals in the capital.
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Smythson weighs up potential sale
Luxury leather goods retailer Smythson has appointed Cavendish Corporate Finance to examine the possibilities for a sale of the business.
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Retail like-for-likes fall 1.8 per cent in February
Retail sales slid 1.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis in February, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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GalleryWhite Stuff – York
Quirky fashion retailer White Stuff has opened a store in York that shows how a chain with large numbers of stores doesn’t have to mean that every shop has to look the same.
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News
JJB receives offers for its health clubs business
JJB has confirmed it has received a number of offers for its health clubs business.
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News
John Lewis staff face bonus cuts
Staff at the John Lewis Partnership are facing severe cuts in their annual bonuses as the retailer expects to reveal reduced profits in its full-year results on Wednesday.
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News
BRC urges the Government to delay VAT increase
The British Retail Consortium has urged the Government to delay plans to increase VAT to 17.5 per cent on December 31.
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News
Most Principles stores have closed
66 Principles stores closed over the weekend, after administrator Deloitte failed to find a buyer for the business as a going concern.
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News
Debenhams to acquire Principles brand
Updated : The assets of Principles will be sold to department store group Debenhams imminently, Retail Week has learnt.
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News
Gap records 'challenging' February
US fashion giant Gap has reported that sales in February dropped 12 per cent to US$795m, a comparable store sales drop of 12 per cent.
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News
Baugur flogs head office designer furniture
Baugur founder Jon Asgeir Johannesson is understood to have angered former staff by trying to sell them thousands of pounds worth of designer furniture from its head office.
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News
UK non-food like-for-likes fall in February
UK non-food retail like-for-like sales slumped 8.1 per cent in February, according to BDO Stoy Hayward's Like 4 Like Club figures, which revealed fashion sales were down on homewares.
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Asos appoints new finance director
Fashion e-tailer Asos has appointed Nick Beighton as finance director.