All Fashion articles – Page 857
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Joules sales up as ‘throwaway fashion’ falters
Sales at fashion retailer and wholesaler Joules Clothing soared 30 per cent to 22 million last year.
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Snow+Rock to launch in Ireland
Ski and outdoor sports retailer Snow+Rock is to open its first store outside England in the Republic of Ireland in October.
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French Connection teams up with creative guru
French Connection has teamed up with creative director Fabien Baron to deliver an eye-catching campaign for its spring/summer collection.
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Italian sports brand Freddy lands first UK store at Covent Garden
Italian sportswear brand Freddy is to open its first UK store this spring at Covent Garden.
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Hardy Amies plans to expand in profit drive
Hardy Amies has set out ambitious plans to have 30 stores in the UK in the next five years and push into overseas markets, in an effort to make the retailer profitable next year.
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Jane Norman to launch accessories stores
Jane Norman is set to shake up the 2.3 billion UK accessories market by opening standalone accessories stores, likely to be branded JN Accessories.
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Jagtiani silences talk of a bid for Debenhams
Retail tycoon Micky Jagtiani has ruled out making a bid for Debenhams despite upping his stake in the department store group to more than 9 per cent.
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H&M profits soar
Swedish fashion powerhouse H&M reported sales up 15 per cent to SEK78.35 billion ( 6.19 billion) in the year to November 30, 2007.
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Mamas & Papas picks MD
Marek Laskowski has been promoted to managing director of Mamas & Papas retail business.
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NewsNet-a-Porter to sell Halston garments 24 hours after catwalk launch
Fashion web site Net-a-Porter will offer pieces from American fashion brand Halston to customers only 24 hours after the collection is shown next week at New York Fashion Week.
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JJB gives green light for Nike’s Umbro deal
JJB Sports has backed sports brand Nike’s proposed acquisition of England football shirt manufacturer Umbro.
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Shoe Zone completes purchase of Stead & Simpson
Stead & Simpson has today confirmed that a newly formed company backed by Shoe Zone has bought the footwear business. Stead & Simpson went into administration late last night and Shoe Zone bought the majority of the business, saving some 2,700 jobs. Stead & Simpson had been experiencing a difficult ...
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Liverpool One to host raft of Inditex stores
Fashion and homewares retailer Inditex will debut its youth fashion concept Pull & Bear in the UK as part of a raft of units it has secured at Grosvenor’s Liverpool One.
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Landmark ups stake in Debenhams
Landmark Group has once more increased its stake in Debenhams to total more than 9 per cent, via its investment vehicle Milestone Resources.
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Sir Tom Hunter sells D2
Sir Tom Hunter has sold his clothing and footwear chain D2 in a multimillion-pound management buy-out in an effort to 'declutter' West Coast Capital's retail operation.
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Littlewoods moves on Empire Stores
Littlewoods has announced that it intends to buy Empire Stores' debtor book after it was reported that its owner Redcats was closing the business.
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Megamart to shake up value retailing in India
Indian brand-operator and manufacturer Arvind Mills has opened a discount fashion store in Chennai, which it wants to write a new chapter in Indian value retailing.
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Jane Shepherdson buys Whistles
Jane Shepherdson has concluded a deal with Baugur to acquire Whistles from Mosaic, as first reported in Retail Week (November 30).
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Shoe Zone poised to swoop on Stead & Simpson
Footwear chain Shoe Zone is understood to have bought Stead & Simpson in a deal that is likely to be finalised today.
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Hardy Amies revenues grow
Luxury fashion brand Hardy Amies has reported revenues for the year to December 31, 2007 of 1.65 million.