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NewsPeerage for Next chief executive Simon Wolfson
Next chief executive Simon Wolfson has been named a Conservative working peer in the Dissolution Honours List put forward to the Queen by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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NewsDemand for warm weather product lifts John Lewis sales
Warm weather helped increase sales at department store chain John Lewis and grocery stablemate Waitrose last week.
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NewsAubin & Wills opens Shoreditch flagship
Jack Wills’ sister fashion brand, Aubin & Wills, has opened a flagship store in London’s trendy Shoreditch.
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NewsAurum wants Mappin to be ‘next Tiffany’
Jewellery group Aurum aims to lift sales above £350m this financial year with a plan to turn Mappin & Webb into “the next Tiffany”.
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NewsSir Philip Green: Loss-making Bhs will make money
Sir Philip Green has reaffirmed his faith in Bhs after the chain posted a loss for the period in which it merged with his Arcadia Group.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Lee flagship, Carnaby Street
Lee, one of the denim world’s older names is seeking to reassert its primacy within this sub-sector with this overhaul of its flagship Carnaby Street store.
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NewsLittlewoods signs Costelloe
Irish designer Paul Costelloe has designed an exclusive menswear range for online shopping site Littlewoods.
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NewsSweden’s Monki targets UK in global expansion
Quirky Swedish fashion chain Monki has confirmed it is looking at entering the UK market.
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NewsMarks & Spencer ramps up its multichannel offer
Multichannel sales climb 27% to £413m, bringing £500m target in sight
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OpinionJJB Sports has an uphill battle on its hands
As expected JJB Sports figures this morning did not make pretty reading and although steps have been made to start turning the business around it is going to be a long uphill marathon rather than a quick sprint to recovery.
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NewsPeter Ruis appointed buying and brand director at John Lewis
John Lewis buying director of fashion Peter Ruis has been promoted to buying and brand director.
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NewsNext appoints Francis Salway as non-exec
Next has appointed Francis Salway, the chief executive of property giant Land Securities, as a non-executive director.
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NewsJJB Sports posts £68.6m pre-tax loss
Embattled JJB Sports has reported a pre-tax loss of £68.6m in its full year results and sales collapsed 42% as the retailer warned its recovery will be “neither quick nor easy”.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Q1 sales up 14%
Abercrombie & Fitch has reported first-quarter net sales up 14% to $687.8m (£457m). Total like-for-like sales increased 1%, while net loss for the quarter narrowed to $11.8m (£8m) from $59.2m (£38m) in the same period last year.During the remainder of the financial year, the retailer expects to open Abercrombie & ...
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KiK aims for 5,000 stores
Tengelmann-owned clothing discounter KiK is planning to increase its number of stores across Europe from more than 2,900, to about 5,000 within the next five years. This will involve growth in the existing markets such as Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, as well as new market entries. ...
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Gap posts £2.2bn Q1 sales
Gap has posted net sales of $3.33bn (£2.2bn) in its first quarter, a rise of 6% on the same period last year. Like-for-like sales increased 4% and net income rocketed 40% to $302m (£200m).Chairman and chief executive Glenn Murphy said: “Fuelled by our strengthened economic model, we are in a ...
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NewsBurberry ramps up investment after profits soar
Burberry said it will almost double capital spending to £130m next year with a focus on expanding key product areas including kidswear and moving into emerging markets.
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NewsGieves & Hawkes appoints Andrew Merriman as COO
Savile Row menswear retailer Gieves & Hawkes has appointed Andrew Merriman to the new role of chief operating officer, following a recent shake up of its senior management team.
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NewsTJX Europe reports 1% rise in first quarter like-for-likes
TJX Europe, the company which operates off-price fashion chain TK Maxx in the UK, said that like-for-like sales rose 1% in the first quarter to May 1.