All New Look articles – Page 22
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Asos - UK good, overseas bad?
The City is a hard taskmaster and it found reasons to be disappointed in Asos’s overseas sales growth today, but there’s no stopping the UK.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail’s ambassador for women in the boardroom
What is needed to increase the number of women in senior retail positions? Matthew Valentine speaks to New Look’s head of
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NewsHobbs appoints former New Look boss Phil Wrigley as chairman
Former New Look boss Phil Wrigley has been appointed as chairman of fashion retailer Hobbs.
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NewsNew Look Christmas like-for-likes up 1.5%
New Look “performed well” over Christmas as like-for-like sales increased 1.5% in the period.
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NewsNew Look like-for-likes rise over Christmas
New Look recorded positive like-for-likes over Christmas when the fashion retailer battled stiff competition across the high street.
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NewsNew Look replaces Zara as most popular high street store
New Look has replaced Zara as Britain’s favourite fashion retailer, according to fashion recommendation site Dressipi.
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NewsNew Look multichannel director Shivani Tejuja exits
New Look ecommerce and multichannel director Shivani Tejuja has left the business.
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NewsRetailers slash prices in fight for festive shoppers
Retailers are slicing prices with deeper discounts this Christmas as they battle it out to appeal to bargain-hungry shoppers.
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NewsNew Look international boss joins Retail Week Live line-up
New Look managing director for international Bernhard Ruf has joined the roster for Retail Week Live.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Using Google Glass while shopping
What is it like to shop using Google Glass? Mobile agency Somo lent Rebecca Thomson the technology for an afternoon to find out.
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OpinionBlog: Is development on the horizon for UK retail property market?
For the past few months there’s been talk of returning confidence in the UK retail property market. Reports of incoming foreign investment, acquisitive retailers and a property development pipeline thaw have all contributed to a general feeling of cautious optimism.
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OpinionComment: Why Barratts is in administration
Barratts has, to a large degree, been the architect of its own misfortune as it failed the differentiation test in a crowded sector.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Arcadia - if in doubt blame the weather?
Sir Philip Green says the weather has been both unseasonably mild and wet recently, but Arcadia’s problems are more deep-seated than that.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The international footprints of young fashion retailers
As New Look lines out its ambitions to increase its international footprint, Retail Week takes a look at the overseas strategies of the retailer and fellow young fashion retailers Topshop, River Island, Primark and SuperGroup.
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NewsNew Look boss rules out IPO as he plots international expansion
New Look boss Anders Kristiansen has ruled out launching an IPO in the next year as the retailer plots international expansion.
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NewsNew Look records surging profits as chief financial officer prepares to leave
New Look has revealed surging profits in its first half as chief financial officer Alastair Miller, who led the crucial refinancing of the business this year, prepares to step down after 13 years.
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AnalysisAnalysis: A breath of fresh air for retail parks
Out-of-town retail parks are thriving as acquisitive retailers take on the spaces made vacant by previous tenants. Laura Heywood finds out why big-box retailing is back in fashion.
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NewsNew Look chairman McGeorge relinquishes executive duties
New Look’s Alistair McGeorge has moved to non-executive chairman as chief executive Anders Kristiansen assumes full leadership of the retailer.
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OpinionComment: Why in-store technology is just part of the selling process
The days of the unassisted sell, courtesy of a bank of iPads, are not just numbered, they’re probably done and dusted.
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OpinionComment: New Look enjoys a new lease of life
New Look was in the headlines this week after revealing plans to introduce concessions such as nail bars into its stores in order to increase shoppers’ dwell time.