All New Look articles – Page 8
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News
New Look profits plummet as McGeorge returns to helm
New Look posted a nosedive in profits and sales at the half-year mark as it drafted in former boss Alistair McGeorge as executive chairman.
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Analysis
Analysis: When retailers go from friend to foe
Footasylum’s IPO represents a second sports retail payday for David Wardle and John Makin. The pair had previously founded, built and floated JD Sports before going into competition against it.
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Data
Fashion barometer: Primark benefits from ‘consumer buzz’
Primark has generated the largest amount of consumer buzz out of UK womenswear retailers during September.
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Video
The Retail Week: Debenhams, Bunnings, New Look and M&S
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest stories from the week, including Debenhams’ full-year results and people moves at New Look and M&S.
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Opinion
Opinion: New Look is right to turn to an old face
We’ve been here before. With New Look battered, bruised and seemingly on the ropes, the embattled business desperately needs a saviour.
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News
BrightHouse shines light on need for transparency
News that BrightHouse is having to compensate shoppers to the tune of £14.8m serves as a potent reminder that, in business, transparency is sacrosanct.
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New Look axes 400 store management roles
New Look has axed nearly 400 store management roles following a redundancy consultation which affected 1,000 staff, Retail Week can reveal.
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New Look turns to ex-boss McGeorge in turnaround bid
Former New Look boss Alistair McGeorge has returned to the ailing fashion chain following the departure of chief executive Anders Kristiansen, Retail Week can reveal.
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Analysis
Here today, gone tomorrow: Retail’s shortest tenures
The revolving door at retailers’ head offices can sometimes move especially fast, as Hobbycraft boss John Colley recently discovered.
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Video
The Retail Week: Fashion on the high street and online
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest trends during London Fashion Week and the challenges facing high street fashion retailers.
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New Look to keep Wightman as it cans Dumont Lopez hire
New Look has made a U-turn on its decision to draft in a new chief creative officer after scrapping the last major hire made by former boss Anders Kristiansen.
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Today in retail: Primark bucks value fashion slowdown
Primark’s full-year trading update shows a fashion retailer in fine fettle, in stark contrast with many of its rivals.
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Opinion
Opinion: The negative effects of leadership changes
While management changes are necessary, replacing a leader can be difficult and disruptive. Finding the right leader to navigate through a changed industry is another battle altogether.
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News
Analysis: What sort of leader does New Look need now?
Anders Kristiansen’s sudden exit from New Look yesterday rounded off a week of shock retail departures.
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News
New Look exit rounds off week of revolving doors
Anders Kristiansen’s abrupt exodus from New Look concludes a week of departures across the retail sector.
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Updated: New Look chief Kristiansen exits with immediate effect
New Look chief executive Anders Kristiansen has left the struggling fashion retailer after nearly five years in the role.
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Data
Fashion monitor: New Look trumps Boohoo online
With a profit slump announcement still smarting for New Look, the fast-fashion retailer can take heart from out-performing pureplays when it comes to online satisfaction.
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Opinion
Opinion: Asos and New Look set example on fashion ethics
Retailers have often been in the firing line over working practices within their supply chains, but this week two big names were the ones taking aim.
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News
Today in retail: Fashion bosses tackle rogue factories
As Brexit negotiations wear on, UK manufacturing is once more a hot topic with many hoping for a renaissance, especially in the textile industry.
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News
Asos and New Look speak out over UK factory conditions
The chief executives of Asos and New Look have warned that working conditions in some Leicester textile factories represent a “ticking time bomb”.