All Fashion articles – Page 598
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AnalysisClearing up and moving on
A week after the shocking riots, retailers reflect on events that put their stores and staff on the front line
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NewsFrench Connection stands confident
French Connection struck a confident note in an update last week when it reported UK like-for-like growth, increased year-on-year demand for its winter wholesale collections and that first-half profit would meet expectations.
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NewsSports retailers’ reputations intact despite ‘looter effect’
Sports retailers, including JD Sports, will not be damaged by their association with ‘looter fashion’, Oriel analysts are confident.
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NewsNew Look’s marketing director joins Monsoon
New Look has suffered another senior departure after group marketing director Joe Irons jumped ship to join Monsoon Accessorize.
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GalleryIn pictures: M&S unveils Westfield Stratford store
Marks & Spencer was handed the keys to its Westfield Stratford City store on Tuesday, when manager Lee Boon and his team moved in to prepare for the flagship mall’s opening on September 13.
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NewsCaitlin Moran rolls her sleeves up for change
Moaning on Twitter is fast becoming a national pastime but few of us have enough sway to turn our off the cuff rants into action.
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NewsLife & Style bought out of administration
Fashion and homewares chain Life & Style has been bought out of administration by Sue Townsend, former director of academic bookseller Blackwell.
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NewsReiss hires ecommerce director to drive multichannel growth
Reiss has drafted in former Boux Avenue ecommerce director Dan Lumb to spearhead Reiss’s strategy of growing the multichannel business at an international level.
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GalleryThe Next big thing
Next opened a store last week for its homewares, furniture and clothing offers with a DIY and gardening offshoot. John Ryan travelled to Shoreham-by-Sea to look at its latest innovation
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NewsAbercrombie & Fitch sees income climb
American casualwear giant Abercrombie & Fitch co has reported a 64% rise in net income to $32m (£19m) for the 13 weeks to July 30 with total sales also rising.
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NewsTwelve more TJ Hughes stores to close
A further 12 TJ Hughes stores are to close, administrator Ernst & Young has revealed.
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NewsRigby & Peller majority stake sold to Van de Velde
Belgian lingerie business Van de Velde has bought an 87% stake in lingerie retailer Rigby & Peller for an undisclosed sum leaving previous owners, the Kenton family, with a minority 13% holding.
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NewsTK Maxx owner triples profits in Q2
TJX Europe, the parent company of off-price fashion chain TK Maxx, tripled its profits in the second quarter of 2011 as like-for-like sales in Europe remained stable.
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NewsLondon footfall slumps amid riots
Footfall slumped in London last week as people stayed away from the high street to avoid the riots and retailers shut up shops.
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NewsCos to open two new stores in London
H&M-owned retailer Cos is to open two new stores in London this autumn.
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Zara makes African debut
Spanish clothing chain Zara, owned by Inditex, will make its African debut at the Sandton City shopping mall in Johannesburg on November 10. Zara has chosen to enter South Africa through the corporate store route, paying import duties at cost instead of opening through franchise outlets where it would need ...
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NewsBurberry director moves to Ben Sherman
Burberry director of merchandising Adrian Ward-Rees has moved to young fashion retailer Ben Sherman as the company continues its drive to reinvent the brand.
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NewsCreditors better protected under new pre-pack rules
Businesses may find it harder to push through controversial pre-pack administrations under a new draft regulation to be unveiled next month.
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AnalysisRetail Week On The Road: North East and Yorkshire
We visit Leeds, Bradford, Middlesbrough and Newcastle