All Coast articles – Page 4
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NewsAurora to spin off of Coast brand to facilitate future sale
Fashion group Aurora Fashions is to spin-off occasionwear specialist Coast as it separates its business to facilitate a future sale.
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NewsTrinity Leeds reaches 90% capacity with new retail signings
Yet-to-launch shopping centre Trinity Leeds has almost reached capacity after pre-letting 90% of its space, following new retailer signings to the one million sq ft scheme.
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AnalysisTechnology: The rise of interactive retailing
Retailers are increasingly enhancing the in-store experience through interactive technologies. Liz Morrell looks at what it takes to create a seamless customer journey.
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AnalysisHighs and lows of click-and-collect
As retailers step up their multichannel offers, click-and-collect forms a core part of the shopping experience. Anna Richardson Taylor examines some of the more – and less – impressive services.
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AnalysisNeed to know: Using Paypal as an in store payment method
Aurora Fashions and sister business Karen Millen have become the first retailers to launch PayPal’s mobile payments service in store.
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NewsAurora launches PayPal mobile payments in-store
Customers shopping at womenswear chains Oasis, Warehouse, Coast and Karen Millen can now pay for items by PayPal in-store using their mobile phones.
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AnalysisHow to survive administration
In the past few years a raft of formerly big names have been bought out of administration. Can these businesses be saved, or is it just delaying the inevitable?
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NewsStewart Binnie stands down from Aurora board
Aurora Fashions president Stewart Binnie has stepped down from the board with immediate effect.
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NewsAurora: Focusing on growth
The fashion group is driving success by focusing on multichannel and overseas growth.
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AnalysisThe world’s most innovative technology
Innovation in retail is happening everywhere, from mobile in Africa to shopping walls in South Korea. Jessica Twentyman reports.
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NewsAurora to sell stake in premium Bastyan brand
Fashion group Aurora is to sell its stake in Bastyan as the womenswear label looks to wholesale for growth.
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NewsAurora like-for-likes soar 13% over Christmas
Fashion group Aurora, which runs Oasis, Warehouse and Coast, like-for-like sales soared 13% over the festive period.
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NewsAurora bolsters brand management teams
Aurora Fashions has made four high-profile appointments across its Warehouse, Coast and Oasis fashion brands, bolstering design, marketing and ecommerce functions.
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NewsAurora launches first multi-brand international website
Clothing retailer Aurora Fashions, the company behind womenswear chains Oasis, Warehouse and Coast, has launched the first of its dedicated international websites in Germany today.
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NewsAurora says far fewer stores are needed in the multichannel age
Fashion group Aurora Fashions is conducting a property review across its brands as it reassesses its bricks-and-mortar needs in the multichannel age.
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NewsCoast returns to its occasionwear roots and shows off new format
Fashion chain Coast is to go back to its occasionwear roots as it launches a new store format to attract a wider audience.
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NewsAurora aims to emulate Asos with international online strategy
Fashion group Aurora is seeking to add external brands to its international local-language websites in a bid to emulate the success of rival etailer Asos.
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NewsFootfall suffers as royal fever grips nation
Shopper numbers slumped on the weekend of William and Kate’s nuptials but food and garden retailers were boosted by wedding fever.
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NewsAurora Fashions to spin off Karen Millen
Aurora Fashions is to spin off Karen Millen as an independent company.
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NewsAurora to outsource distribution and IT functions
Aurora Fashions, the group comprising womenswear chains Oasis, Coast, Karen Millen and Warehouse, is to outsource its distribution and IT functions.