Retail Week
Jessica Brown
Jessica Brown is editor of Drapers.
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Sports Direct to beef up fashion portfolio with Van Mildert chain
July 8 2011
Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley is believed to be on the brink of adding Northeastern mini-chain Van Mildert to his fledgling branded fashion portfolio as he seeks to replicate the success of rival JD Sports. -
New Look chief marketing officer departs
18-May-2011
Nick Cross, the chief marketing officer of New Look, is the latest executive to depart the business after less than six months in the role. -
New owners equip All Saints for growth
13-May-2011
All Saints chief executive Stephen Craig said the fashion retailer’s new private equity backers had provided a “war chest” for its growth plans. -
Stephen Craig
11-Apr-2011
He’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but the All Saints boss is not concerned with making friends. As Jessica Brown reports, his aim is to ‘do a Burberry’ with the high street retailer -
All Saints Lebanese deal off: new suitors in the wings
30-Mar-2011
All Saints’ sale deal with M1, a Beirut-based business co-founded by the likely next Lebanese Prime Minister, has collapsed. However US investment firms Goode Partners and MSD Capital are understood to have stepped up their interest in buying the young fashion chain. -
All Saints close to sale deal
25-Mar-2011
All Saints is close to being bought by surprise suitor M1, a Beirut-based business co-founded by the likely next Lebanese Prime Minister, in partnership with Richard Sharp, the former head of Goldman Sachs’ private equity firm. A deal could be finalised as early as Monday. -
Burberry to boost brand with ‘statement stores’
March 25 2011
High-profile London stores designed to dazzle shoppers and mark British heritage. -
Tom Singh reinstates Roger Wightman in New Look buying role
24-Mar-2011
New Look founder Tom Singh has reappointed Roger Wightman to the role of group buying director at the fast-fashion chain just weeks after he was ousted by former chief executive Carl McPhail. -
Sir Philip Green comes out in support of UK manufacturing
17-Mar-2011
Sir Philip Green has come out in support of a return to British manufacturing, stating the time is right to examine opportunities to re-open UK factories and that Arcadia will try to bring more production to British shores. -
Former Primark buying boss joins New Look to revamp product offer
February 18th 2011
New Look has hired former Primark buying and merchandising director Julian Kilmartin to help it fix the product mistakes it made in the latter half of 2010. -
Hunter rescues Cruise and partners with Van Mildert
30-Dec-2010
Sir Tom Hunter has rescued Cruise from administration and entered into a joint venture agreement with Van Mildert, which will see the Middlesbrough mini-chain take control of all of Cruise’s buying. -
Suits You owner considers sale or closure
19-Oct-2010
The owners of SRG, the company behind 66-store menswear chain Suits You, are understood to have begun a strategic review of the business, which could lead to its sale, closure or administration. -
Arnotts hires Nigel Blow as chief executive
29-Sep-2010
Dublin department store Arnotts has appointed the former Brown Thomas boss Nigel Blow as chief executive. -
Dune outlines strategy to hit sales of £200m
September 10, 2010
Footwear retailer the Dune Group has outlined its strategy to reach sales of £200m in the next three years after operating profits rocketed 630% to £7.3m in the year to January 30. -
Jones Bootmaker up for sale with £50m price tag
6-Aug-2010
A ‘for sale’ sign has been hoisted over footwear retailer Jones Bootmaker. -
All Saints smashes sales targets after low-key New York launch
4-Jun-2010
All Saints has put British fashion firmly on the global map after it racked up sales of nearly $1m (£680,000) in its first week of trading on New York’s Broadway. -
New Look to accelerate store refurbs after profits jump
4-Jun-2010
Fast-fashion giant plans to double store overhauls against last year and add about 200,000 sq ft of space -
UK sees eruptions of optimism
April 23, 2010
The recent spate of sunny weather has brought not just an uplift in spring 10 sales but also a renewed sense of optimism. Results from some of the leading fashion firms seem to suggest we are over the worst. -
Liberty to be snapped up in £40m deal with BlueGem’s Marco Capello
12-Mar-2010
Marco Capello, the former managing director of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, is poised to buy the Liberty business via his investment fund BlueGem Capital Partners. -
Whistles posts a £5m pre-tax loss
10-Mar-2010
Whistles has reported a pre-tax loss of £5.1m for the 12 months ending January 31, 2009 in its first year under the leadership of former Topshop boss Jane Shepherdson. -
Liberty of London creative director exits
9-Feb-2010
Tamara Salman, the creative director of the Liberty of London brand, has left the business. -
Shoe Zone sales soar 27% over Christmas
19-Jan-2010
Footwear retailer Shoe Zone saw like-for-like UK sales rocket 27% in the five weeks to January 2, while sister chain Stead & Simpson saw comparable sales rise 7.6% over the same period. -
Office celebrates record Christmas
14-Jan-2010
Footwear chain Office saw like-for-like sales rise 19% for the six weeks ended January 4. -
Record Christmas for Republic
6-Jan-2010
Young fashion chain Republic has reported a record Christmas with like-for-like sales up 11% in the eight weeks to January 4. -
Shop Direct reports festive total sales up 6.3%
5-Jan-2010
Home shopping retailer Shop Direct Group reported total sales up 6.3% for the six weeks ended January 1. -
Primark mulls Westfield Stratford store
31-Dec-2009
Primark is reported to be considering signing a 70,000sq ft store at Westfield Stratford, the East London shopping centre scheduled to open in September 2011. -
Footwear anti-dumping duties extended from January
22-Dec-2009
EU Ministers today voted in favour of a 15 month extension to anti-dumping duties on leather footwear imported from China and Vietnam. -
High street reaction to online march too slow, says George Davies
25-Sep-2009
Retail legend George Davies this week has said the high street has failed to react quickly enough to the rise of the internet and its impact on consumer behaviour, as he unveiled details of his new multichannel womenswear chain GIVe. -
EBITDA and sales grow at House of Fraser
9-Sep-2009
House of Fraser has given an solid update with EBITDA up 16% in the first half of the year. -
Topman to expand Oxford Street flagship
8-Sep-2009
Topman will expand its flagship store on London Oxford Street to 23,000sq ft later this month. -
Gap international sales fall 12% in August
3-Sep-2009
Like-for-like sales at Gap’s international division, which includes its UK stores, fall by 12% in August. -
Batten down the hatches
10-Oct-2007
The lettings market for retail parks has faltered as bulky goods retailers start to feel the pinch from the downturn in consumer spending, so is this affecting the red-hot investment market? Jessica Price Brown consults the experts
