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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
‘It’s nonsensical to make hiring harder as youth unemployment climbs’
2026-05-29T12:00:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Retail is the biggest private employer in the country. As rising youth unemployment stokes concern, retailers could help more if the government would let them, says George MacDonald
News
Next boss Wolfson warns of ‘crisis is in youth unemployment’
2026-05-26T06:31:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Next chief executive Lord Simon Wolfson has signalled alarm over a “dramatic fall” in entry-level job opportunities.
News
FatFace expands European reach under Zalando tie-up
2026-05-13T10:45:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
FatFace has expanded its partnership with European ecommerce platform Zalando to launch in an additional 20 markets.

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Analysis

Is fashion underestimating its exposure to the Middle East conflict?

2026-05-06T15:25:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is creating turbulence across the fashion industry, with Next warning the troubles would cost the business three times more than what it had previously estimated.

News

Next to raise overseas prices due to Middle East conflict

2026-05-06T06:45:00+01:00By George Arnett

Fashion giant Next has said it will implement “moderate” price increases in some international territories and pair them with “operational cost savings”.

Next boss Wolfson takes home record pay
2026-04-17T06:13:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Next eyes up luxury handbag brand Radley
2026-04-15T06:18:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Ranking: the retailers with the greatest estimated media value on their social posts
2026-04-01T06:00:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Investment in AI will pay off in two years, say European retailers
2026-03-31T00:01:00+01:00By George Arnett

Charts of the Week: Retail sales, Next costs and consumer confidence
2026-03-30T01:00:00+01:00By George Arnett
‘AI may not be threatening jobs right now. But in future..?’
2026-03-27T11:53:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Chart: Consumers brace for price rises as appetite for major purchases drops
2026-03-27T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett
Next chief executive Lord Wolfson on the impact of war in the Middle East
2026-03-26T17:06:00+00:00By George MacDonald

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