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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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Opinion
‘Next will set the tone on retail’s prospects when it reveals results as war rages’
2026-03-19T16:05:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Fashion powerhouse Next reports soon. The industry will look to chief executive Lord Wolfson for his views on prospects as war unsettles the global economy, says George MacDonald
News
Zalando says AI is improving output, announces Levi’s partnership
2026-03-12T06:20:00+00:00By George Arnett
The fashion retailer and technology platform hit revenues of €12.3bn (£10.6bn) in 2025, up 16.8% on the previous year and at the high end of guidance
News
M&S tops YouGov UK fashion brands ranking – but Nike rules among Gen Z
2026-03-12T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett
Marks & Spencer has once again topped the ranking of how likely shoppers are to consider a fashion brand, though sportswear specialists tend to do better among Gen Z, Retail Week can reveal.

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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

Ranking: the retailers with the happiest workforces in the UK
2026-01-28T07:00:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Interview: Tom Joule on what’s coming next for the British lifestyle brand
2026-01-23T06:30:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
What’s next for Russell & Bromley under new ownership?
2026-01-22T15:00:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
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

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