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FTSE 100-listed Next is the largest clothing retailer by sales in the UK, As well as stores, it has a growing marketplace platform selling brands such as Calvin Klein, Reiss, Fat Face, Joules, Dorothy Perkins, Warehouse and Ralph Lauren. It also launched its Next Total Platform, offering an online, tech and logistics solution that can be licensed by smaller fashion brands to give them an online presence. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Next and the fashion sector.

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Opinion
‘AI may not be threatening jobs right now. But in future..?’
2026-03-27T11:53:00+00:00By George MacDonald
As Marks & Spencer unveiled a new AI initiative and Next detailed how it is using the technology, AI is clearly creating both opportunity and value – as well as acknowledgement of a challenge, for those looking to join the workforce, George MacDonald reflects
Data
Chart: Consumers brace for price rises as appetite for major purchases drops
2026-03-27T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett
Consumer confidence was down two points in March, according to the GfK consumer confidence tracker, with appetite for major purchases dropping sharply
Analysis
Next chief executive Lord Wolfson on the impact of war in the Middle East
2026-03-26T17:06:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Fashion bellwether Next posted an impressive set of results this week, with chief executive Lord Wolfson revealing not only a strong year recently ended but upgraded profit guidance for the year just begun – despite war fears and associated extra costs.

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News

Next sales and profit rise but it warns on potential Middle East impact

2026-03-26T07:31:00+00:00By Megan Robinson

Next has seen a rise in year-on-year sales and profits, but it warns of a potential future impact from instability in the Middle East.

Analysis

In a time of permacrisis, have retailers forgotten the art of trading?

2026-03-23T16:09:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev

With the sector staggering from one crisis to the next over the last six years of ‘permacrisis’, Retail Week looks at whether many retailers and brands have simply forgotten the fundamentals of the business.

‘Next will set the tone on retail’s prospects when it reveals results as war rages’
2026-03-19T16:05:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Zalando says AI is improving output, announces Levi’s partnership
2026-03-12T06:20:00+00:00By George Arnett
M&S tops YouGov UK fashion brands ranking – but Nike rules among Gen Z
2026-03-12T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett
Russell & Bromley losses nearly doubled in run-up to collapse
2026-02-16T12:01:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan

Chart: Vinted now has more customers in the UK than all but two fashion brands
2026-02-10T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett and Aoife Morgan
Ranking: the retailers with the happiest workforces in the UK
2026-01-28T07:00:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Interview: Tom Joule on what’s coming next for the British lifestyle brand
2026-01-23T06:30:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
What’s next for Russell & Bromley under new ownership?
2026-01-22T15:00:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan

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