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FTSE 100-listed Next is the largest clothing retailer by sales in the UK, As well as stores, it has a growing marketplace platform selling brands such as Calvin Klein, Reiss, Fat Face, Joules, Dorothy Perkins, Warehouse and Ralph Lauren. It also launched its Next Total Platform, offering an online, tech and logistics solution that can be licensed by smaller fashion brands to give them an online presence. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Next and the fashion sector.

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News
Russell & Bromley losses nearly doubled in run-up to collapse
2026-02-16T12:01:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
Russell & Bromley’s losses almost doubled in the year leading up to its collapse last month, as falling sales and rising costs weighed on the brand’s bottom line.
Chart of the Week
Chart: Vinted now has more customers in the UK than all but two fashion brands
2026-02-10T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett and Aoife Morgan
Data from platform SpendMapper, shared exclusively with Retail Week, suggests that the secondhand trading platform had 17 million customers in 2025, with Next and Primark the only fashion brands with more
Data
Ranking: the retailers with the happiest workforces in the UK
2026-01-28T07:00:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
New data has revealed the companies with the happiest workforces, according to participants in WorkL’s Happy at Work Test employee survey.

More on Next

Interview

Interview: Tom Joule on what’s coming next for the British lifestyle brand

2026-01-23T06:30:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan

Tom Joule is entering the new year with a pep in his step. His eponymous lifestyle brand – a favourite among the middle classes for its town wellies and preppy jumpers – is on track to turn its first profit since it collapsed into administration in 2022.

Analysis

What’s next for Russell & Bromley under new ownership?

2026-01-22T15:00:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan

Russell & Bromley was scooped up by high street giant Next this week, acquiring the specialist retailer’s brand and assets in a pre-pack deal.

Next snaps up footwear specialist Russell & Bromley
2026-01-21T10:30:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Apparel Brands Group joins bidders for Russell & Bromley
2026-01-19T07:31:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Chart of the week: Brits to cut fashion spend in new year budgeting push
2026-01-14T11:00:00+00:00By George Arnett
Russell & Bromley faces stores shutdown in Next deal
2026-01-12T06:45:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

Next executive Jane Shields retires
2026-01-09T07:50:00+00:00By George Arnett
Explainer: What is the Zeos platform and how is it helping Next achieve success?
2026-01-06T13:08:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Next raises profit outlook after better than expected Christmas
2026-01-06T07:39:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
Next eyes rescue bid for LK Bennett
2026-01-05T07:01:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

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