All Fashion articles – Page 742
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NewsFreemans Grattan relaunches website
Home shopping group Freemans Grattan will this month relaunch its Kaleidoscope homewares and fashion website to deliver an improved customer experience.
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NewsRetailers to gain if recovery of pound sustained
Retailers are poised to reap earnings and margin gains if the recovery of the pound is sustained and relieves pressure on buying costs.
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NewsMothercare relaunches its maternity range
The mother and baby retailer has relaunched its maternity range to focus on fashion and comfort.
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GalleryStore of the week: Levi’s Women Paris
In the heart of Parisian denim country, on the Rue Pierre Lescot, is the new Levi’s Women store. Design consultancy Checkland Kindleysides’ creation spreads over two storeys and aims at a more mature customer than the traditional Levi’s-clad teen, according to the designers.
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GalleryPrimark sets sail for new shores
Germany is the latest step on Primark’s path to world domination and, judging by the value-fashion retailer’s debut store in Bremen, its appeal should translate. John Ryan goes to take a closer look
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NewsGap sales down 7 % in July
Gap sales fell 7% in July, compared to the same period last year, to £550m ($924m).
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NewsGeorge Davies kicks off GIVe retail roll-out
Fashion entrepreneur George Davies is to open the first of his new GIVe womenswear stores at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent.
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Sales drop at Signet's UK arm
Jewellery retailer Signet’s group like-for-likes fell 5.3 per cent in the 13 weeks to August 1.
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OpinionGap quick to respond to factory allegations
Gap should be lauded for its swift and thorough response to allegations of illegal dumping of harmful waste by a factory in Lesotho that makes jeans for the retailer.
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NewsSports Direct stalls on corporate governance compliance
Sports Direct has conceded that it is not in line with corporate governance best practice and said that it is not taking any immediate action to change its stance.
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NewsBenetton sales and profits hit by delivery changes
Benetton profits were hit by over 60 per cent after it rescheduled its autumn deliveries.
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JD Sports buys rugby brand Canterbury Europe
JD Sports Fashion has bought rugby brand Canterbury Europe from administration.
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NewsRetail round-up: what the weekend papers said August 1 to August 2, 2009
An African factory that manufactures jeans for Gap and Levi Strauss has been illegally dumping chemical waste into a river and unsecured tips posing a hazard to local children.
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NewsChris Ronnie calls for investigation
Chris Ronnie, the former chief executive of beleaguered JJB, has distanced himself from Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley and lambasted JJB chairman Sir David Jones’ strategy at the retailer.
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NewsMarks & Spencer extends use of smart customer service system
Marks & Spencer is expanding its use of a customer and staff feedback system that it trialled last year.
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NewsHouse of Fraser drafts in womenswear heavyweight to drive own-label
House of Fraser has reshuffled its operating board and hired womenswear heavyweight Stephanie Chen to drive the department store’s private-label strategy in womenswear.
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NewsRiver Island’s record year
Young-fashion powerhouse River Island has defied the market to deliver record sales and profits for the year to the end of December.
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NewsMarks & Spencer links with Formula 1 team for boys’ range
Marks & Spencer has signed a three-year deal with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team to create an exclusive boys apparel range.
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NewsStrong sales spur on QS growth push for Store 21
Value-fashion retailer QS is on the expansion trail after a period of strong sales growth.