All Anthropologie articles
Lifestyle retailer Anthropologie is part of American company URBN brands, which includes Urban Outfitters and Free People. It sells clothing, shoes, accessories, home furnishings, furniture, gifts and beauty products. Its first store launched in 1992 in Wayne, Pennsylvania, followed by a mail order catalogue and website in 1998. Its first international store opened in 2009 in London. It has over 200 stores in the US, Canada, Germany, France and the UK.
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InterviewQ&A: Chelsea Peers founder on continuing to capitalise on the loungewear boom
Retail Week sat down with premium pyjama and loungewear brand Chelsea Peers founder Tom Pyne, to discuss the ongoing boom of loungewear, the importance of a broad customer base, and how third-party partners have been the key to success.
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NewsUrban Outfitters owner posts surge in sales
Fashion and lifestyle retailer URBN, which owns brands including Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People, has posted a surge in sales during its second quarter as well as the first half of the financial year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Life after Debenhams – how beauty brands defied the department store downturn
Dwindling department store numbers across the UK could have been a death knell to the beauty sector’s fortunes, but new entrants and changing consumer habits have driven the sector’s performance
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AnalysisSix ways to win back lockdown shoppers this Christmas
Research shows 80% of all shoppers that have made a purchase with brands since March have been newly acquired customers. However, these new shoppers are extremely fickle and are shopping around. What can retailers do to attract them back during the biggest online Christmas ever?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail's biggest hires, fires and feuds in 2018
There have been many entrances and exits in the retail sector in the past year. Here is a snapshot of 2018’s most important hires and fires.
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NewsPeter Ruis takes top role at Anthropologie
Former Jigsaw chief executive Peter Ruis has joined US fashion and homewares retailer Anthropologie as the managing director of its international business.
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GalleryIn pictures: High street Sales round-up
As we move into mid-January, retailers are scrambling to rid themselves of unwanted merchandise and adopting a variety of ways to do so.
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GalleryIn pictures: Summer in Covent Garden and Brent Cross
Covent Garden and Brent Cross may be entirely different retail propositions, but both have all guns blazing when it comes to summer visual merchandising.
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GalleryIn pictures: retailers and architects team up to create amazing windows
Retailers including Anthropologie and Levi’s have worked with architects to create windows designed to wow shoppers on London’s Regent Street.
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OpinionComment: Retail destinations can’t afford to stay the same
Change is at the heart of high streets that work and the carefully sculpted Marylebone High Street is among the best at embracing it.
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NewsIn pictures: White Stuff opens retro flagship in Bluewater
White Stuff has opened a flagship store in Bluewater shopping mall with a retro interior that aims to create a domestic feel.
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NewsUrban Outfitters plans to double global turnover by 2020
Urban Outfitters Inc plans to double its topline sales in the next five years by expanding its product offer and distribution, and improving customer engagement.
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InterviewQ&A: Monsoon Accessorize, IT and ecommerce director, John Bovill
John Bovill, IT and ecommerce director of Monsoon Accessorize speaks to Retail Week about his last purchase and first job in retailing.
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NewsRegent Street rolls out beacon technology to build shopper profiles
Regent Street, owned by the Crown Estate, is rolling out beacon technology and an app to push promotions and information to shoppers.
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InterviewQ&A: Soak & Sleep chief executive Charlie Hunt
Charlie Hunt, chief executive of Soak & Sleep speaks to Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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GalleryStore gallery: Anthropologie moves out of London with new shop in Guildford
Fashion and homewares retailer Anthropologie has opened its first English store outside London. But will its aspirational and arty ambience work away from the capital?
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OpinionComment: Is it a good time to open a new store?
There has been a rash of new store openings lately, but is this evidence of a new dawn for retail?
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NewsAnthropologie on UK store grab
Anthropologie is to triple its store count from three to nine over the next two years.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why American retailers are entering the UK
US retailers are increasingly crossing the pond to set up shop in this country. Alex Lawson examines the opportunities and pitfalls they face.
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OpinionComment: Building brands in the digital retail era
The news that Ocado is planning a move into dedicated non-food sites for categories such as pets, baby, health and beauty and home and gardening got me thinking.