All Fashion articles – Page 836
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Analysis
Keep it in the family
Baugur’s bid for Moss Bros last week has sparked a bitter war of words over the retailer’s future. As the battle hots up, Lisa Berwin looks at what lies ahead for the venerable brand
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News
Littlewoods suffers £24m losses
Pre-tax losses at Littlewoods Shop Direct reached 24.2 million in the year to April 30, 2007, as the group continued to feel the strain of its business restructure on its balance sheet.
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Gap makes profit comeback as leading US retailers falter
Gap has posted a fourth-quarter profit rise for the first time in three years and forecast further gains after it increased full-price clothing sales in the holiday season.
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Opinion
Moss Bros in no-man’s land
Sometimes, a picture says more than any words ever could. And the photograph of the Moss Bros store on Oxford Street on page 18, taken this Monday, just screams desperation.
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News
Ideal shopping direct: the city view
The AIM-listed home shopping group posted a 3 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to 6.3 million before exceptionals, on sales up 13.1 per cent to 96.9 million.
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Blacks unveils new look in London as it chases slice of fashion scene
Outdoor specialist Blacks has unveiled its first new-format store in London, in an attempt to push its outdoor offer into the fashion arena.
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Opinion
George calls time early
It’s early closing for George after four years on the UK high street. However, it is far from surprising that Asda has called time on the 11-store standalone clothing concept.
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News
Moss Bros shares spike as offer from Baugur fuels investor fight
Menswear retailer Moss Bros was the week’s biggest riser as a bad-tempered battle for control raged. Members of the founding families, the board and associates of potential buyer Baugur all laid into each other, which can hardly be helping store performance.
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News
Gee family strikes back at McCarthy in Moss Bros war
Moss Bros director Rowland Gee has hit back at comments made by fellow board member Don McCarthy about family involvement in the business.
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News
TK Maxx takes first three units for HomeSense
Discount designer fashion retailer TK Maxx has signed for its first three sites to launch its Canadian HomeSense fascia in the UK.
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News
Fat Face shakes up senior team as sales grow
Lifestyle and fashion retailer Fat Face has reshuffled its senior management team.
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News
Figleaves chief slashes ranges to drive growth
The new chief executive of lingerie e-tailer Figleaves has cut its brand portfolio by a quarter in an attempt to accelerate its sales growth.
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News
House of Fraser unveils Westfield London plans
House of Fraser has revealed the first images of its 103,000 sq ft (9,570 sq m) Westfield London store, which is set to open by Christmas and is one of five anchors at the scheme.
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News
French Connection faces City microscope as prelims loom
The City will scrutinise beleaguered French Connection on Wednesday when it is expected to report disappointing prelims.
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John Lewis staff to be offered pension scheme early
John Lewis intends to cut the time its employees will have to wait before they can join its pension scheme from five years to three.
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NewsWhite Stuff connects its shops and HQ via broadband link-up
White Stuff is close to completing the roll-out of a broadband wide area network (WAN) from Vodat.
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News
M&S mid-season Sale sparks trading fears
Marks & Spencer has kicked off a mid-season Sale days after distributing 800,000 friends and family discount vouchers to staff, sparking fears of weak clothing sales on the high street.
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News
Asda to close George stores
Asda is to close its standalone George clothing high street stores four and a half years into a pilot, after failing to make the economics of town-centre retailing work.
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News
Gerry Weber to open its second UK shop in Cambridge
German fashion and lifestyle retailer Gerry Weber is to open its first standalone store outside London and only its second in the UK at Grosvenor’s Grand Arcade development in Cambridge.
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Online organic clothing launch
New online clothing retailer Organic Boutique will launch its transactional website on March 20 th .