All Fashion articles – Page 96
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DataRanking: Amazon, Tesco and Asda offer best customer experience, say shoppers
Amazon, Tesco and Asda have come out on top of an exclusive consumer poll asking which retailers offer the best customer experience, but Aldi isn’t far behind.
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NewsBoohoo to cut 100 head office jobs across former Arcadia brands
Online fashion giant Boohoo has unveiled plans to axe around 100 jobs at its London head office.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retail confounded the doom and gloom to achieve a very merry Christmas
As soon as retailers’ Christmas updates started coming in, it was clear that something unexpected had happened – the festive season had been better than anticipated for many
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NewsN Brown struggles over Christmas as cost-of-living pressures hit
N Brown has posted a drop in group revenue and product sales as cost-of-living pressures impacted shopper spending.
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NewsVery sales rise at Christmas as toy and beauty categories do well
Pureplay retailer The Very Group has reported a lift in sales in the run up to Christmas, with strong demand for toys and beauty products in particular.
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NewsAsos sales slip over Christmas in ‘challenging’ conditions
Online fashion giant Asos has posted a fall in sales over the festive period but said it is making progress on its turnaround.
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NewsMarks & Spencer posts ‘strong Christmas growth’ as food and fashion sales climb
Marks & Spencer has reported that its food business “outperformed” over Christmas and it saw “outstanding” results in clothing and home.
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NewsExclusive: Marks & Spencer reshapes top digital team for next growth phase
Marks & Spencer co-chief executive Katie Bickerstaffe has “reset” her team to build on omnichannel momentum and create a more compelling customer ecosystem, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsJD Sports upgrades profit expectations as Christmas sales soar
JD Sports said it expects full-year profits to come in at the very top end of expectations after its sales doubled over the Christmas period.
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NewsSosandar sales soar as every product category grows in record quarter
Sosandar has recorded a surge in sales across every product category on its website and through third-party collaborators, including John Lewis, Next and Very, in a record quarter for the company.
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NewsShoe Zone sales and profits rise after ‘very positive year’
Shoe Zone achieved a rise in revenues and earnings last year, when stores performed strongly.
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Opinion‘2023 profit fight will be won by operating model resilience and agility’
Retailers that put all their eggs in the basket of defying the gravity of industry volume decline will find the going tough and likely put their balance sheets under significant pressure, maintains OC&C’s Matt Coode
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NewsDecember sales rise as Christmas brings some cheer for retailers
UK retail sales rose in December 2022 but the uptick masked a drop in volumes due to inflation running at historically high levels, the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor has found.
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NewsN Brown reaches £50m legal settlement with insurer
JD Williams-owner N Brown has announced it is to settle an ongoing legal dispute with Allianz Insurance for £49.5m by the end of the month.
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NewsRetailers ‘deeply dishonest’ about January Sale prices
Almost half of products were more expensive at the start of the year than in the latter half of 2022.
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Innovation of the WeekInnovation of the Week: H&M launches experimental metaverse experience
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our analysts
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NewsSeasalt enjoys record Christmas store trading but warns of online challenges
Cornish fashion brand Seasalt hailed record in-store trading over Christmas but warned online sales would continue to be challenging in 2023 due to macroeconomic conditions.
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GalleryStore gallery: 66°North’s first store outside the Nordics
Founded in 1926, 66ºNorth is one of Iceland’s oldest apparel manufacturers and it has finally branched out of the Nordics and opened its first store in the UK.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Next’s Lord Wolfson – caution in 2023 but ‘light at end of tunnel’ for retailers
A profit upgrade but reduced expectations for the year ahead – what to make of Next’s Christmas update? Chief executive Lord Wolfson unpicks the trading messages
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NewsTrouva acquired by personal shopping platform Re:store
Trouva, the online marketplace for independent brands, has been bought by Cambridge-based digital personal shopping platform Re:store for an undisclosed sum.