All Fashion articles – Page 863
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Opinion
Keeping abreast of what matters
As Anita Roddick showed, retailers can make a huge difference when they back a worthy cause
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News
Reiss targets 60 accessories stores
Fashion retailer Reiss wants to take the accessories market by storm as it sets itself a target of 60 standalone stores across the UK.
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Opinion
Baugur’s interest in Sports Direct is far from innocent
Two of retail’s most high-profile companies have become unlikely bedfellows.
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News
Next to roll out new Meadowhall format
Next is to roll out its new shopfit to all new space and about 12 per cent of its existing 460 stores over the next year, following the opening of a flagship at Sheffield’s Meadowhall last week.
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News
Sainsbury's to go 100% fair trade on TU t-shirts
Sainsbury’s has vowed to covert all its TU t-shirts to ethically sourced fair-trade cotton by January next year.
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Analysis
Mystery shopper October 12, 2007
The mission: to find a pair of trainersThe requirements: They should be suitable for gym use mainly, but also the occasional outdoor run, and cost about £80The time and place: mid-week in London
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News
N Brown ramps up ad spend as figures excel
N Brown will up its ad spend by between 5 million and 6 million in the second half to attract more online customers and increase awareness of its brands.
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Opinion
BRC sales data lifts mood with general retailers outperforming
General retailers had another good week as they outperformed the All Share index, although they still lagged behind on the year. Stronger than expected BRC’s sales data lifted the mood, although the organisation noted that widespread price-cutting contributed to the rise.
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News
Mosaic secures franchise deals in Russia and India
Mosaic Fashions has signed two exclusive franchise deals in India and Russia.
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News
End of an era as Brick exits SRG family business
Brian Brick has resigned as non-executive director of Speciality Retail Group (SRG), the company his grandfather founded in the 1920s.
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News
Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
Football shirt manufacturers ‘shunning supermarkets’
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News
Baugur snaps up stake in Sports Direct
Serial investor Baugur has taken a stake in beleaguered retailer Sports Direct.
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News
Theo Fennell boss to exit as sales soar
Theo Fennell managing director Barbara Snoad is to leave at the end of this year after six years at the upmarket jeweller.
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News
Ethel Austin kicks off brand assault after £5m injection
Ethel Austin has begun a brand-building offensive after being granted a 5 million cash injection from its owners.
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News
Lovelock steps down from Jacques Vert
Mosaic chief executive Derek Lovelock will retire as non-executive chairman of womenswear retailer Jacques Vert on November 1.
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News
EBTM widens losses after year of growth
Music-inspired fashion e-tailer EBTM (Everything But The Music) has increased its turnover to 1.4 million after a year on the acquisition trail, but still made a loss overall.
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News
Gap plans push into the Philippines
Gap is set to open a dozen stores in the Philippines by 2012.
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News
Carphone eyes £56m profits for first half
Carphone Warehouse is expecting pre-tax profits of 53 million to 56 million for its first half, according to a trading update released this morning.
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News
Littlewoods to scrap 280 jobs
Multichannel retailer Littlewoods is poised to axe 280 jobs nationwide in a bid to streamline its operations.
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News
Nevisport hits the buffers
Scottish outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Nevisport has fallen into liquidation just two weeks after it was reportedly bought by Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley for 2.5 million.