All Fashion articles – Page 859

  • News

    Sports Direct takes stake in Amer

    2008-01-23T09:00:18Z

    Sports Direct has bought a 4.96 per cent stake in multi-branded sports equipment and apparel manufacturer Amer Sports Corporation.

  • News

    Asos festive sales dazzle

    2008-01-23T08:57:13Z

    Asos sales soared 86 per cent year on year for the seven weeks to January 20.

  • News

    Gap signs Greek franchise partner

    2008-01-22T15:43:30Z

    Gap has announced a franchise agreement with Greek retail group Marinopoulos Group to bring Gap and Banana Republic to Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Croatia.

  • News

    Bristol’s Cabot Circus boosted by signing of 10 upmarket retailers

    2008-01-22T12:09:13Z

    Bristol’s 1 million sq ft (92,900 sq m) city centre development Cabot Circus has signed 10 high-end retailers.

  • News

    Kookaï has a sparkling Christmas

    2008-01-22T11:37:38Z

    Kooka UK has reported a 9 per cent increase in like-for-like sales over the Christmas period, in the eight weeks to January 10.

  • News

    EBTM turns a profit

    2008-01-22T09:17:41Z

    Branded music apparel retailer Everything But The Music (EBTM) made 3.59 million in the year to October 31 last year.

  • News

    Fifa to open raft of global stores

    2008-01-21T13:56:09Z

    Fifa will open hundreds of branded outlets around the world in time for the World Cup in South Africa in 2010.

  • News

    Thomas Pink gets revamp for St Pancras

    2008-01-21T13:26:48Z

    Upmarket shirt retailer Thomas Pink will open a new-look store in the retail development at St Pancras International train station at the end of February.

  • News

    Dolcis enters administration

    2008-01-21T13:06:21Z

    Beleaguered footwear chain Dolcis has today been placed in administration after owner John Kinnaird lost the battle to save the retailer.

  • News

    This is the best headline ever

    2008-01-21T10:59:04Z

    This is a changed test standfirst that should be substituted for the first par if necessary.

  • News

    Paxman attacks M&S smalls

    2008-01-21T09:35:51Z

    Sir Stuart Rose is set to talk pants with BBC’s inquisitor-in-chief Jeremy Paxman following an e-mail from the Newsnight presenter.

  • News

    Sports Direct warns of tough year ahead

    2008-01-21T08:46:00Z

    Sports Direct has warned that it expects the UK retail sector to become more challenging over the next six months, but it expects to exceed profit expectations for the full year.

  • News

    Kinnaird in talks to buy Envy

    2008-01-18T12:54:31Z

    Retail entrepreneur John Kinnaird is understood to be in talks with fashion group Alexon to buy its struggling menswear chain Envy.

  • Opinion

    M&S’s knight is not beaten yet

    2008-01-17T17:00:50Z

    Would Marks & Spencer’s investors have been better off if Sir Philip Green had succeeded with his 400p takeover proposal three years ago?

  • News

    Home shopping groups avoid slump with solid like-for-likes

    2008-01-17T16:51:31Z

    Home shopping continued to outperform market expectations as N Brown, Ideal Shopping Direct and Findel all reported strong like-for-like sales growth over the Christmas trading period.

  • News

    New boss Gillis unveils Blacks shake-up plan

    2008-01-17T16:47:37Z

    New Blacks Leisure chief executive Neil Gillis set out his turnaround plans for the business as the retailer reported that its full-year profits are likely to be below market estimates.

  • News

    C&A to launch Jinglers revamp across Germany

    2008-01-17T16:08:15Z

    Value family clothing retailer C&A is poised to roll out a revamped look for its Jinglers jeans areas in Germany after a successful trial.

  • News

    Officers Club halves loss in move upmarket

    2008-01-17T15:41:40Z

    Value menswear retailer The Officers Club halved its losses in its past financial year, as its move to position itself as more upmarket bore fruit.

  • Analysis

    Sales Derby

    2008-01-17T12:37:00Z

    It’s Sale time and the race is on to clear old stock. John Ryan takes a walk around the Westfield Derby centre with Karl McKeever to see how persuasive retailers’ strategies are

  • News

    Dolcis on the brink as Stead sells Famous

    2008-01-17T12:21:27Z

    It was make-or-break time for Dolcis as Retail Week went to press, as speculation mounted that the company had filed for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in an effort to buy more time to secure investment.