All Fashion articles – Page 765
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NewsJapan’s government steps in as spending plummets
Japan’s government last week laid out plans to plough an extra ¥10 trillion (£68.2bn) into attempts to stimulate its ailing economy.Retail sales have been a big victim of the country’s economic travails and fell to their lowest levels for seven years in February.Japan’s finance minister Kaoru Yosano has labelled the ...
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NewsJohn Lewis reports strongest week of year
Department store group John Lewis has reported its strongest week of the year to date, with sales down just 1.5 per cent.For the week ending April 11, John Lewis said it had been fortunate “to enjoy a more clement spring for the season as a whole” and trade has done ...
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GalleryLiberty in the name of luxury
Liberty’s latest incarnation is a tour de force of luxurious, design-led merchandising. John Ryan takes a look at the cosmetic overhaul
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GalleryStore of the week: Uniqlo, New York
Space is an essential commodity for retailers and the further down the socio-economic scale you go, the more intensively it tends to be used.It’s a surprise, therefore, to wander into Uniqlo, not 200 yards from the recently opened Topshop in lower Manhattan and see how ...
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Opinion
March retail sales something to celebrate
The newspaper coverage of the BRC-KPMG retail sales figures for March was thinner on the ground than usual. A good news story for retail does not seem to command as many column inches as when things are going south.
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NewsZandra Rhodes designs range for M&S
Celebrity designer Zandra Rhodes has struck a deal with Marks & Spencer to design a range for the retailer.
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NewsNet-a-Porter launches its outlet site
Net-a-Porter has launched its designer outlet site, Theoutnet.com.
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NewsInternaçionale in £1.3m EPoS upgrade
Value fashion retailer Internaçionale is to replace its EPoS system as it begins converting the 85 MK One shops it bought out of administration last year.
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NewsAnn Summers co-founder Ralph Gold bought out for £56.5m
Sex toys and lingerie chain Ann Summers co-founder Ralph Gold pocketed a £56.5m dividend as he sold his entire stake in the chain to his older brother.The information is revealed in accounts filed at Companies House by parent company Gold Group International, which also owns underwear retailer Knickerbox.David Gold bought ...
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NewsDebenhams woos Henry Holland for Designers at Debenhams
Debenhams is in talks to sign up fashion designer Henry Holland to its Designers at Debenhams offer.The department store, which is driving sales from its own-brand ranges, wants Holland to join the Designers range, which includes collections from designers including Julien Macdonald, Jaspar Conran and Betty Jackson.Holland, who is a ...
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H&M sales rise as new Matthew Williamson range readies for launch
Sales at Swedish fashion giant H&M rose 6 per cent in March compared with last year as the retailer unveiled details of its latest designer collaboration with UK designer Matthew Williamson.Next Thursday the range will launch in 200 H&M stores worldwide including 11of its UK stores and one of its ...
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NewsM&S loses market share in clothing
Marks & Spencer is losing market share in clothing as the battle to win customers continues to intensify, particularly in the middle market.Data from market research company FashionTrak showed that M&S lost 12 basis points of market share in February, the Telegraph reported. Marks & Spencer’s womenswear ranges lost the ...
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NewsGap sales continue to slide
Gap sales have continued to fall, down 6 per cent for the five weeks to April 4 on last year with comparable sales down 8 per cent.Comparable store sales in March, although down, were an improvement on the same period last year, when like-for like-sales dived 18 per cent.International sales, ...
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OpinionJD Sports in fashion
JD Sports Fashion has hit the ball out of the park with its latest set of full-year results.Full-year profits came in well ahead of expectations and its like-for-likes over the nine weeks to last Saturday were in positive territory in spite of the snow and later fall of Easter this ...
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NewsDebenhams and Asda suits a sign of the times
Debenhams has proclaimed that “any woman can wear rubbish and look good”, with the launch of a new suit made from recycled plastic bottles.Each suit is made from 50 bottles which are melted down and woven in to a “soft but hard-wearing” type of polyester, said the department store retailer.The ...
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NewsSir Philip Green’s plan to transform Topshop London flagship
Arcadia owner Sir Philip Green is to build on Topshop’s groundbreaking US launch in New York with a revamp of the chain’s London flagship in time for Fashion Week.
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Mamas & Papas debuts in Saudi Arabia
Mamas & Papas has opened its first three stores in Saudi Arabia with franchise partner Al Tayer Group, including one in the capital Riyadh.
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NewsNew Look’s Phil Wrigley calls for unity on retail battles
New Look chairman Phil Wrigley has urged retailers to work together to support industry bodies to maintain the health of the retail sector.
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PPR boss trapped in car by employees
Billionaire retailer François-Henri Pinault was held captive in his car for an hour after becoming a victim of the trend for credit crunch boss-napping in France.Pinault, who is chief executive of luxury brands group PPR and husband of Hollywood actress Salma Hayek , was trapped by 50 employees angered ...
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AnalysisTopshop: an English brand in New York
The delays have been overcome and the most eagerly awaited store of the year has arrived – Topshop has opened in Manhattan. Before the crowds descended, John Ryan walked the shop with Sir Philip Green