All Fashion articles – Page 837
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Next set for poor first quarter
The City fears fashion group Next may report a like-for-like sales slump of as much as 10 per cent tomorrow, when the retailer updates on first-quarter trading.
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Oxfam to unveil fashion boutiques
Oxfam will open its first fashion boutique on Saturday, as it plans to transform the dowdy image of the charity shop.
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SRG picks new MD
Speciality Retail Group (SRG) has appointed Nick Keyte as managing director of the formal menswear chain, with Peter Lucas assuming the roles of chief executive and chairman.
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Blacks to shut Sandcity HQ
Blacks Leisure Group will close its Sandcity Washington, Tyne Wear head office and distribution centre and merge the business with its Freespirit operation in Northampton.
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Baugur reviews Moss Bros bid
Icelandic group Baugur is continuing to evaluate its 42p a share offer for struggling menswear retailer Moss Bros.
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Bravissimo heads for Milton Keynes
Lingerie retailer Bravissimo is to open its first regional shopping centre store at The Centre:MK in Milton Keynes.
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Opinion
Older shoppers pay for N Brown
N Brown’s share price took a hit a fortnight ago, when home shopping counterpart Findel warned on profits after having to increase provisions against bad debt.
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N Brown’s good results put a lid on City fears
Home shopping group N Brown has shaken off market fears over bad debts after reporting a stellar full-year performance.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 2, 2008
Baugur’s sale of MK One to Hilco is an unusual move for the Icelandic investor. It hasn’t been in the habit of selling its UK retail investments, but then again it hasn’t had many headaches on the scale of MK One.
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MK One sold to Hilco
Icelandic retail investor Baugur has sold its struggling value fashion chain MK One to Hilco, the retail restructuring company.
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Asos picks Paperchase IT boss to drive web
Asos has poached Paperchase global IT chief Gary Mudie to bolster its growing web site, as it revealed a sharp rise in full-year sales.
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Gillis ups ante for Blacks chiefs with £4m incentive bonanza
Outdoors specialist Blacks is to launch a 4 million incentive scheme for 25 top executives in an attempt to improve shareholder value and restore the retailer to its former glory.
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OpinionThe customer is always right…
Another week, another tale of fashion sector woe. More retailers took a battering in the headlines this week.
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NewsRose to offload stake in Lane Fox business
Sir Stuart Rose will attempt to diffuse the latest Marks Spencer boardroom fallout by selling his stake in Martha Lane Fox’s karaoke business Lucky Voice.
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New Look’s overseas sales to overtake UK
New Look’s Phil Wrigley has said the retailer’s international sales are likely to exceed its UK operation’s in the next five years.
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AnalysisItalian style: Valentino Fashion Group embraces technology to stay ahead
Valentino Fashion Group has embraced technology to stay ahead in the increasingly competitive world of high fashion. Joanna Perry visits Milan to learn how the business has been transformed
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Baugur denies MK One administration plans
Baugur has denied reports that MK One, the value clothing chain it has put up for sale, could be put into administration if no buyer is found.
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Jacques Vert issues profit warning
Jacques Vert has issued a profit warning, becoming the latest fashion retailer to be hit by increasingly tough trading conditions.
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Liberty changes finance chief
Iconic London department store Liberty has hired a new finance director.
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N Brown profits climb
Home shopping specialist N Brown has posted a 19.9 per cent increase in full-year profits to 78 million. Revenues advanced 16.6 per cent to 610.9 million in the year to March 1.