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NewsDune hires KPMG to find new investors for ‘exciting growth opportunities’
Dune founder and chair Daniel Rubin is on the hunt for new investors for the footwear retailer and has appointed KPMG to run the process.
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Prospect Analysis
Dune (Strategy)
Dune turned to a CVA in early 2021 to restructure the business. This has moved the majority of its stores onto a turnover-based rental model.
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Ecommerce at Dune
With the transition to online shopping accelerating during the pandemic, Dune is continuing to invest in its online capabilities and partnerships. This has seen the website redesigned and replatformed in 2021, with additional investment in marketing and data capabilities to support online growth.
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Technology strategy at Dune
A key aim of Dune’s investment in IT over recent years has been to ensure that customers have a consistent shopping experience irrespective of their geographic location.
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Stores at Dune
Management has confirmed that Dune will continue to open new stores, both full price and outlets, in high footfall locations where it is able to secure attractive rent terms.
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Dune (Overview)
Dune is a London-based, specialist footwear and accessories retailer which is positioned in the upper-end of the mass-market footwear market and tries to project itself as a lifestyle brand.
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Dune (People)
Dune appointed former Toni & Guy boss Nigel Darwin as its new CEO in September 2022, enabling founder Daniel Rubin to revert to his role as executive chairman. Rubin had taken the helm in March 2020 following the departure of former boss James Cox.
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Dune (Financials)
As the economy showed signs of recovery – prior to more recent turbulence – group sales increased 16.3% year on year to £78.6m in FY2021, having slumped 48.7% to £67.6m in FY2020. But sales had been on a generally downward trend across the business for several years before the pandemic hit and, despite an uptick against the previous year, its sales for FY2021 remained below pre-pandemic levels.
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Dune (SWOT)
Dune is positioned as an affordable luxury brand – a segment that has been less affected by competition from non-specialists such as fashion retailers.
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Customer and marketing at Dune
Dune is positioned as an upmarket – albeit not luxury – fashion-led, specialist footwear and accessories retailer and describes itself as sexy, stylish and sophisticated.
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Supply chain at Dune
Dune’s UK operations hub is in Whetstone, Leicestershire, but it also has a dedicated facility of more than 40,000 sq ft to service its ecommerce business.
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Dune (Outlook)
The retailer is being taken forward by former Tony & Guy boss Nigel Darwin as its new CEO from September 2022, enabling Rubin to revert to his role as executive chairman. With the outlook remaining tough, there are some challenging times ahead for the footwear specialist’s new boss.
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Dune makes rescue bid for LK Bennett
Footwear chain Dune has launched a bid to rescue LK Bennett from administration.
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Analysis
Data: The UK's top 30 multichannel retailers
In 2017, there aren’t many retailers that don’t operate an ecommerce site, but being a successful multichannel retailer is so much more than simply opening an online store.
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Today in retail: Desert boots on the Somerset ground
Some good news for UK manufacturing today, as Clarks reveals that it will begin volume manufacturing shoes in Britain again.
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Dune boss John Egan steps down for non-executive role
Dune’s chief executive John Egan is standing down after nine years at the helm of the footwear specialist.
