All Fashion articles – Page 147
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Opinion
Opinion: Is Dunkerton’s passion enough to turn Superdry around?
He might “bleed orange” – but is passion enough to make Superdry’s interim boss Julian Dunkerton the man to return the fashion retailer to rude health?
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News
Bonmarché set to delist as second-largest shareholder sells up
Bonmarché is on track to be taken private after Philip Day convinced the retailer’s last major investors to sell its stake.
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News
John Lewis sales jump driven by fashion clearance
John Lewis’ sales jumped last week off the back of strong results across its fashion range, but Waitrose struggled across its categories.
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News
Superdry plunges into loss as Dunkerton ‘steadies ship’
Superdry has slid into the red after a tough year at the end of which founder Julian Dunkerton took control after staging a boardroom coup.
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Opinion
Obituary: Arthur Ryan, Primark founder who blazed a trail
In 1969, Apollo 11 flew Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon, Jeff Bezos was just five years old and Arthur Ryan opened the doors to the first Primark store.
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Data
Data: Nearly two-thirds of shoppers back 1p fashion tax
Over half of shoppers say they would be prepared to pay a penny tax on fashion purchases to bolster the sector’s sustainability credentials.
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News
Primark founder and chair Arthur Ryan dies
Primark founder, chair and former chief executive Arthur Ryan passed away today following a short illness.
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News
Jack Wills owner canvasses buyer interest
Fashion retailer Jack Wills’ private equity owner BlueGem is soliciting interest in the business from potential buyers.
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News
Matalan warns on margins as discounting rises
Matalan has reported a rise in first-quarter sales and earnings but cautioned that price-cutting is taking a toll on margins.
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News
Green’s overseas assets targeted by pensions watchdog
Sir Philip Green’s overseas assets could be plundered by The Pensions Regulator as it bids to secure payments promised to the Arcadia pension scheme.
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News
Asos could axe 100 jobs as profits crash
Asos is poised to axe around 100 jobs at its London head office as the business grapples to revive slowing sales.
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News
Monsoon Accessorize to cut up to 50 roles
Monsoon Accessorize will make up to 50 staff redundant as part of ongoing efforts to restructure the business.
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Opinion
Opinion: Online retailers must face up to inconvenient truths
Online retail sales growth slowed to 0.6% in the 12 weeks to June 2, versus 8% in 2018. While we can point to the weather as being partly to blame, I think there are a few larger trends at play here.
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News
Primark new space drives growth as like-for-likes shrink
Primark sales have risen thanks to new space as like-for-likes declined over the past three quarters.
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News
Superdry hires former M&S and New Look finance chiefs
Superdry has hired the former chief financial officers of M&S and New Look to its board.
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News
Monsoon Accessorize CVA passed by creditors
Monsoon Accessorize’s CVA has been passed by its creditors, paving the way for hefty rent reductions at around half of its stores.
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News
Sosandar sales rocket as losses narrow
Sosandar has registered a surge in sales and narrowed losses during its full-year results as it “continues to expand its product range” to fuel “future growth”.
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Interview
Interview: Zalando womenswear boss on building ‘the Spotify of fashion’
Zalando’s vice president of womenswear Sara Diez talks to Retail Week about how the online retailer is aiming to become the ultimate go-to destination for fashion
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News
Bonmarché management sell stakes to Day
Bonmarché’s management have sold their shares in the business to Philip Day, just weeks after telling shareholders to ignore the entrepreneur’s offer.
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News
Zalando: ‘Instagram will be our biggest competitor’
European fashion retailer Zalando has said it has an unconventional competitor in the likes of photo-sharing app Instagram as the social platform moves further into the online retail space.