All Debenhams articles – Page 5
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AnalysisDo you really need shops? Lessons from Cath Kidston, Karen Millen and Coast
As pureplays Boohoo and Asos scoop up the brand rights to former high street darlings Debenhams and Topshop, switching them to online only, Retail Week gleans lessons from brands that have already ditched their stores.
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AnalysisBoohoo boss: How we will make Debenhams a force to be reckoned with
In news that took the sector by surprise, Boohoo has acquired the intellectual property assets of struggling department store Debenhams for £55m – but what does the fashion etailer plan to do with the business?
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Opinion‘Asos and Boohoo swoops for Topshop and Debs are changing of the guard’
If proof were needed of the scale of change underway in retail, it came this week as pureplays Asos and Boohoo swooped on two of retail’s most venerable high street names.
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NewsBoohoo acquires Debenhams brand and website
Boohoo has acquired Debenhams’ brand and website for £55m in what executive chair and co-founder Mahmud Kamani describes as “a transformational deal”.
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘The pressure is on for fewer but better stores’
After the experience of the last 10 months, do we really need shops any more? Perhaps we should start by reflecting on how they were created and why we started going to them in the first place.
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Opinion‘As Debenhams exits, Oxford Street must learn from Paris’ radical reinvention’
Another one bites the dust.
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NewsDebenhams axes Oxford Street flagship and 320 jobs with latest closures
Debenhams is permanently closing its Oxford Street flagship and five other stores, with the loss of 320 jobs.
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Opinion‘Investors must separate wheat from chaff as etailers race to market’
The acceleration of online retail sales during the pandemic has brought a race to market as ecommerce players rush to pull off IPOs.
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NewsDebenhams closes Irish online business as retailers face new Brexit tariffs
Department store chain Debenhams has been forced to close its digital Irish business to avoid tariffs now required under the Brexit deal.
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NewsUS giant circles Arcadia and Debenhams for ‘double takeover’
The owner of US department store Barneys has emerged as a potential buyer of both Arcadia and Debenhams.
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NewsTopshop administrators seek up to £200m for flagship Arcadia brand
Topshop’s administrators hope for offers of up to £200m for the business, the jewel in the crown of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia fashion empire.
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘The job losses are awful, but fashion needs a cull’
I joined the retail industry rather a long time ago – in 1987 to be precise, at Freemans, the traditional mailorder business that produced a 1,000-page catalogue twice a year.
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NewsMike Ashley’s Frasers swoops in with late rescue bid for Debenhams
Frasers Group has made a last-minute rescue bid for ailing department store chain Debenhams, with owner Mike Ashley vowing to save as many jobs as possible.
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AnalysisAs Arcadia and Debenhams collapse, what will the aftershock mean for retail?
As December, traditionally the height of retail’s peak trading period begins, two of the industry’s most venerable names have been brought low by the Covid earthquake that has shaken the industry.
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NewsDebenhams to go into liquidation with 12,000 jobs at risk
Debenhams is set to go into liquidation putting 12,000 roles at risk after JD Sports confirmed it had withdrawn interest in buying the ailing department store chain.
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NewsAshley offers Arcadia a lifeline as Cowgill backs away from Debenhams deal
The imminent collapse of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia empire has prompted a domino effect in the high street, with JD Sports’ rescue bid for Debenhams now in jeopardy.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why would JD Sports want to buy Debenhams?
JD Sports has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire Debenhams and exclusive talks to buy the struggling department store business are underway.
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NewsJD Sports enters talks with Debenhams over rescue bid
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has entered exclusive talks with Debenhams over a rescue bid that could secure the future of the struggling department store chain.
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AnalysisBlack Friday 2020 deal tracker: What promotions retailers are running
Deals are already under way for Black Friday 2020, which is predicted to be a bumper event for online retailers. Retail Week tracks the promotions being run by the UK’s biggest retailers this year.
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NewsMike Ashley fails to match Debenhams price tag and retracts offer
Mike Ashley is out of the running to acquire Debenhams after refusing to match the £300m price tag for the beleaguered department store chain.