All Womenswear articles – Page 25

  • Hobbs upped promotional activity
    News

    Hobbs profits soar on record sales

    2011-11-04T09:57:00Z

    Upmarket womenswear retailer Hobbs’ pre-tax profits soared 137% on record sales in the year to January 29.

  • Hash Ladha
    Analysis

    17 Hash Ladha

    2011-11-04T07:00:00Z

    Group multichannel director, Aurora Fashions

  • Contemporary womenswear label Bastyan, which is backed by Coast, Warehouse and Oasis owner Aurora Fashions, is to open a pop-up store.
    News

    Aurora-backed Bastyan brand to open pop-up store

    2011-10-31T09:56:00Z

    Contemporary womenswear label Bastyan, which is backed by Coast, Warehouse and Oasis owner Aurora Fashions, is to open a pop-up store.

  • Playlife, Italy
    Gallery

    Playlife, Treviso, Italy

    2011-10-31T07:00:00Z

    Look hard and then look again. Does it look like Benetton?

  • Topshop
    News

    Topshop's sleeping beauties

    2011-10-31T07:00:00Z

    This could be another sit-in protest at Topshop’s Oxford Circus store, or perhaps a snap of exhausted shoppers who have braved the crowds at one of the busiest stores in the UK.

  • News

    Gap opens first Polish store

    2011-10-28T07:00:00Z

    US clothing retailer Gap has opened its first store in Poland in Warsaw with franchise partner Ultimate Fashion. The store is located in the Arkadia shopping mall. Gap is planning to open stores in other Polish cities in the country during 2012, including Katowice, Krakow and Wroclaw, and plans to ...

  • Forever 18
    News

    Forever getting older

    2011-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Ever felt old? You probably have when you’ve wandered into a store called Forever 21, but now a new store is calculated to make you feel even more senile.

  • Pre-tax profits soared 57.5% and sales were up 42% in the year to January 31
    News

    In focus: Jack Wills

    2011-10-28T00:00:00Z

    With a preppy appeal and strong international prospects, the fashion chain is a rising star.

  • Video: Debenhams virtual pop-up stores
    News

    Video: Debenhams virtual pop-up stores

    2011-10-27T10:56:00Z

    Debenhams has unveiled virtual pop-up stores at some of the UK’s most famous landmarks including Trafalgar Square.

  • Robert Clark
    Opinion

    Jack Wills - Britain’s answer to Abercrombie & Fitch?

    2011-10-27T10:00:00Z

    Is Jack Wills Britain’s answer to Abercrombie & Fitch? Can it successfully challenge the latter in its home territory or, indeed, elsewhere in the world?

  • The Facebook campaign uses the pulling power of bloggers to engage customers
    Analysis

    Ted Baker ‘It’s Rutting Season’

    2011-10-27T07:00:00Z

    Ted Baker’s latest social marketing campaign is a clever attempt to harness the word-of-mouth power of Facebook.

  • Uniqlo’s Regent Street store was its oldest in central London and the refurb is in harmony with its global look
    Gallery

    Uniqlo: Colour it in

    2011-10-24T07:00:00Z

    Uniqlo Regent Street has just emerged from a three-month makeover with a new look intended to bring it into line with the retailer’s global flagships. John Ryan reports.

  • wind_turbine
    News

    M&Co builds wind turbines to power stores

    2011-10-21T12:33:00Z

    Womenswear retailer M&Co plans to build wind turbines to power all 300 of its stores, making it the first high street chain to fully control its energy consumption.

  • News

    Gap announces plans to shut a fifth of its stores

    2011-10-21T07:00:00Z

    Fashion retailer Gap has announced that it plans to shut more than a fifth of its Gap stores in North America over the next two years. The retailer recognised that it had expanded to such an extent that the US market became oversaturated with its stores. As a result, Gap ...

  • New Look bodyscanner
    News

    New Look unveils bodyscanner

    2011-10-21T00:00:00Z

    New Look has debuted a bodyscanner in its Westfield Stratford City store, which calculates the contours of the body to help customers find the perfect fitting pair of jeans.

  • Nick Robertson
    News

    High street bargains hurt UK sales at Asos

    2011-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Nick Robertson blames promotional high street for UK sales slowdown.

  • Bonmarché
    News

    Bonmarché to expand its business overseas

    2011-10-20T09:51:00Z

    Value womenswear retailer Bonmarché is eyeing international expansion after bolstering its board with a new brand director.

  • Oasis’s revamped London flagship store clocked up record sales when it reopened last weekend.
    News

    Video: Oasis's revamped London flagship

    2011-10-20T09:47:00Z

    Oasis’s revamped London flagship store clocked up record sales when it reopened last weekend.

  • Asda has launched a property review on four of its underperforming Asda Living stores.
    News

    Asda reviews the future of four of its Living stores

    2011-10-20T09:45:00Z

    Asda has launched a property review on four of its underperforming Asda Living stores.

  • Luxury group Mulberry hopes the Government will help with the financing of a second factory in Somerset
    Analysis

    Retailers and UK manufacturing

    2011-10-20T07:00:00Z

    Retailers and the Government hope to ramp up the quantity of UK-sourced goods, tapping into the consumer desire for home-grown quality and craftmanship