All Fashion articles – Page 859

  • News

    Littlewoods Christmas sales rise driven by online

    2008-01-11T13:43:29Z

    Multichannel retailer Littlewoods Shop Direct's sales rose 7 per cent for the six weeks to January 4, driven by strong online sales.

  • News

    Landmark fuels bid talk as it ups Debenhams stake

    2008-01-11T10:54:27Z

    Dubai-based Landmark Group, headed by retail guru Micky Jagtiani, has edged up its stake in Debenhams to 8 per cent in a move that will further fuel speculation that it is to bid for the retailer.

  • News

    John Lewis storms into new year

    2008-01-11T09:18:13Z

    Department store chain John Lewis has maintained its strong sales momentum in the new year, racking up 10.9 per cent growth in the week to January 5.

  • News

    Unhappy Christmas for US retailers as sales fall

    2008-01-11T09:11:47Z

    Many US retailers have suffered just as disappointing a Christmas as their UK counterparts, December sales figures showed.

  • News

    Gap sales slide over Christmas

    2008-01-10T17:06:36Z

    Fashion giant Gap has reported a slide in sales for December as the credit crunch in the UK and the US continues to bite.

  • News

    Gap sales slump over Christmas

    2008-01-10T16:56:13Z

    Fashion giant Gap has reported a slide in sales for December as the credit crunch in the UK and the US continues to bite.

  • News

    US retailers fail to pull off Christmas cracker

    2008-01-10T16:50:49Z

    US retailers are poised to post tepid December like-for-like sales this week, despite a post-Christmas surge in sales.

  • News

    Beales issues profit warning

    2008-01-10T16:15:42Z

    Department store chain Beales has announced a profit warning and a fall of 6 per cent in like-for-like sales for the nine weeks to January 5.

  • News

    US downturn forces Talbots and Pacific to ditch fascias

    2008-01-10T16:10:38Z

    Fashion retailers Talbots and Pacific Sunwear will shut their non-core chains as US retailers are forced to streamline their businesses in order to survive tough trading conditions.

  • News

    Gap sales slump over Christmas

    2008-01-10T16:05:41Z

    Fashion giant Gap has reported a slide in sales for December as the credit crunch in the UK and the US continues to bite.

  • News

    John Lewis named UK's favourite shop

    2008-01-10T15:41:14Z

    Department store business John Lewis has been named the UK’s favourite retailer in a survey of 6,000 shoppers.

  • News

    Redcats to shut Empirestores with loss of 850 jobs

    2008-01-10T15:03:04Z

    Home shopping specialist Redcats is to shut its agency business Empirestores, with the likely loss of 850 jobs, to focus on its e-tail operations.

  • News

    Signet posts disappointing Christmas figures

    2008-01-10T13:04:49Z

    Signet's UK division, which comprises the jewellery chains H Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis, has posted poor festive sales.

  • News

    Alexon shakes off City’s fears with post-Christmas profit lift

    2008-01-10T12:40:57Z

    Clothing retailer Alexon has surprised both itself and the City by coming through the post-Christmas Sales period in better shape than feared.

  • Opinion

    Fashion dilemma

    2008-01-10T12:09:46Z

    Fashion retailers faced a tough decision as they tumbled headlong into the toughest Christmas trading period in three years.

  • NBrown
    Analysis

    A fitting solution

    2008-01-10T11:44:00Z

    N Brown subsidiary JD Williams has taken on a product lifecycle management system that allows it to keep its product offer apace with today’s fast fashion and still improve quality. By Joanna Perry

  • Analysis

    Made to measure

    2008-01-10T11:36:58Z

    Thomas Pink is a quintessentially British brand and who better to lead it than Jonathan Heilbron, a true Brit with a penchant for punk. Lisa Berwin reports

  • News

    Jane Norman targets Middle East franchises

    2008-01-10T11:33:18Z

    Jane Norman will open 30 standalone stores in the Middle East over the next four years, as it celebrates a one third rise in profits.

  • Dolcis
    Analysis

    On the back foot

    2008-01-10T11:30:00Z

    2007 was another tough year for specialist shoe retailers and more recent news of floundering footwear players has done little to assuage fears for the new year. But, as Jennifer Creevy discovers, there is still a place for those with the right offer

  • News

    Tesco ramps up Fairtrade clothing offer

    2008-01-10T11:28:46Z

    Tesco has started introducing a wide range of Fairtrade cotton and organic garments to stores, as it gears up to hit clothing sales of 1 billion for its financial year ending next month.