All Menswear articles – Page 22
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NewsFrench Connection stands confident
French Connection struck a confident note in an update last week when it reported UK like-for-like growth, increased year-on-year demand for its winter wholesale collections and that first-half profit would meet expectations.
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NewsAbercrombie & Fitch offers money to Jersey Shore star to stop wearing its clothes
Abercrombie & Fitch has offered a “substantial payment” to stop Michael Sorrentino, star of hit reality TV show Jersey Shore, from wearing its clothes.
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Zara makes African debut
Spanish clothing chain Zara, owned by Inditex, will make its African debut at the Sandton City shopping mall in Johannesburg on November 10. Zara has chosen to enter South Africa through the corporate store route, paying import duties at cost instead of opening through franchise outlets where it would need ...
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GalleryThe luxury shop around the corner
Designer brand Nicole Farhi has just opened its new flagship store on Conduit Street, but is this for the few or can luxury be accessible to a wider audience? John Ryan visits and talks to boss Niki Scordi
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GalleryGap, Via del Corso, Rome
Gap understands the notion of what makes a flagship to judge from this 14,110 sq ft, two-floor branch that has just opened on Rome’s Via del Corso, one of the Eternal City’s principal shopping streets.
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NewsFashion Rocks to open at Westfield
Young fashion retailer Fashion Rocks is to open at Westfield Stratford City this September.
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NewsRiver Island ups ante with return to print advertising
Creative director keen to grab market share with autumn collection ads in September’s fashion bibles
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NewsInvestor confidence in SuperGroup returns
Fashion retailer SuperGroup appears to have won back investor confidence after a series of upsets and after its stock rose more than a third over July.
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GalleryDesigual, Oxford Street
Desigual is one of those curious beasts where you tend to look at the shop ahead of the stock.
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AnalysisLarry Meyer
In suitably tough, no-nonsense New York style, the Forever 21 boss has signalled the US fast fashion retailer’s intent to take the UK by storm. Gemma Goldfingle reports
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NewsGood news for fashion as Next signals end of cost price inflation
A year of punishing cost price inflation for fashion retailers is coming to an end, fashion giant Next has signalled.
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NewsIn focus: Abercrombie & Fitch
Recent Retail Week Knowledge Bank subscriber searches indicate strong interest in both Abercrombie & Fitch and sub-brand Hollister.
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NewsUniqlo UK boss exits after successful market re-entry
The chief executive of Uniqlo in the UK has decided to leave the business, having led its successful re-entry into the UK since 2006.
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NewsBanana Republic lands at the Trafford Centre
Gap-owned fashion retailer Banana Republic is to open its first store in the North after signing for a unit at the Trafford Centre in Manchester.
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NewsFat Face’s focus on pricing and product pays off as profits rise
A product overhaul and sharper prices have boosted fashion retailer Fat Face’s profits as its turnaround plan begins to bear fruit.
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NewsRepublic plans overseas growth through website
Fashion retailer Republic is to push international sales via its website as part of its growth plan.
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Tata Group proposes to open Massimo Dutti stores in India
Tata Group’s retail arm Trent has entered into an initial agreement with Spanish retailer Inditex to open Massimo Dutti stores in India.The proposed joint venture will be 51% owned by Inditex’s Zara Holding, while the rest will be owned by Trent. Trent and Inditex have a similar joint venture to ...
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GalleryHow retailers are selling the Sales
Roll up, roll up… it’s Sale time, and as retailers scramble to rid themselves of unwanted stock, Retail Week considers the many ways there are to skin a marked-down cat. John Ryan reports from Westfield London
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Fast Retailing plans opening of up to 100 Uniqlo stores
Fast Retailing, Japan’s largest clothing retailer, has said that it plans to open up to 100 Uniqlo stores in Taiwan as part of its plan to become the world’s top fashion brand by 2020. This figure is double the goal set out in September 2010, which was to establish 50 ...
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NewsIn focus: Arcadia
Coinciding with the ending of Kate Moss and Jamie Hince’s honeymoon on Sir Philip Green’s yacht – and with Kate Moss’s Topshop collections now history – Retail Week Knowledge Bank has been undertaking the more prosaic exercise of updating its Arcadia and Bhs profiles in the wake of the financial ...