All Fashion articles – Page 608
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NewsTJ Hughes puts administrators on standby
TJ Hughes has today filed an intention to appoint an administrator, making it the fourth retailer within a week to call in the administrators, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsUsdaw to raise concerns about Life & Style with Government
Shopworkers union Usdaw is writing to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to detail concerns over the running of fashion and homewares chain Life & Style and its predecessor company Ethel Austin.
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NewsAlexandAlexa.com sells controlling stake
Independent luxury kidswear etailer Alexandalexa.com has sold a majority stake in the business to investment management firm Tiger Global, one of the original investors in social networking site Linkedin.
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NewsJane Norman in administration
Zolfo Cooper has been drafted in as administrator of fashion group Jane Norman.
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NewsNew boss lined up for Bonmarche
Duke Street, the private equity group, has lined up a new chief executive for womenswear retailer Bonmarché, should it complete a purchase of the fashion chain.
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GalleryA whole new lesson in Anthropologie
US lifestyle brand Anthropologie’s inspired visual merchandising rarely fails to impress, but is its third UK store and its first in Scotland sufficiently different from its London outposts? John Ryan visits
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales rise almost 8%
Department store chain John Lewis enjoyed its best trading of the half-year so far last week, when sales rose 8.6% to £57m.
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NewsEdinburgh Woollen Mill 'enters race for Jane Norman'
Edinburgh Woollen Mill has entered the race to buy womenswear chain Jane Norman, according to reports in two of this morning’s papers.
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NewsIn focus: Monsoon Accessorize
Monsoon Accessorize faces more issues than most retailers, many assessed in Retail Week Knowledge Bank’s update of Peter Simon’s international womenswear and accessories chain.
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NewsVast contrast typifies results across retail
Food and general retailers alike lagged a flattish market as updates and sector data showed sharply divergent performances from store groups.
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NewsFate of Life & Style lies in hands of administrators
The administrators of bust homewares and fashion retailer Life & Style, born out of the ashes of Ethel Austin, will decide on Monday whether to sell it as a going concern or liquidate it, it is understood.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Sizing up the high street
When it comes to online, multichannel retailers are trumping pure-plays, so it’s no surprise plus-size fashion retailer N Brown is heading for the high street.
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NewsInvestors should drop idea of UK Retail plc, says analyst
Investors should abandon the idea of ‘UK Retail plc’, a label which has outlived its usefulness, Peel Hunt analyst John Stevenson has argued.
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OpinionThe public will still believe that Primark exploits workers
The news of the BBC Trust’s apology to Primark over fabricated footage in the Panorama programme about child labour in the retailer’s supply chain gave rise to some heated debate among the Verdict analysts - as happened more widely.
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OpinionBetting on Dunkerton
It was a big day last week for fashion specialist SuperGroup when the City’s scribblers descended on Cheltenham for a bit of speed-dating with the management.
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NewsJohn Lewis hoists Westfield Stratford sign
John Lewis unwrapped and hoisted the sign for its Westfield Stratford City store this week.
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NewsRepublic rethinks store target as online picks up
Fashion chain Republic has revised its long-term store growth target in response to the “changing nature of the customer” that now flocks to the internet to buy clothes.
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NewsNick Robertson spells out his OBE
Asos chief executive Nick Robertson hasn’t let his OBE, awarded as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours, go to his head.
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NewsSchuh sold to US retailer in £125m deal
Footwear retailer Schuh has been acquired by US-based retail group Genesco for a total of £125m.