All articles by Jessica Brown
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NewsSports Direct to beef up fashion portfolio with Van Mildert chain
Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley is believed to be on the brink of adding Northeastern mini-chain Van Mildert to his fledgling branded fashion portfolio as he seeks to replicate the success of rival JD Sports.
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NewsNew Look chief marketing officer departs
Nick Cross, the chief marketing officer of New Look, is the latest executive to depart the business after less than six months in the role.
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NewsNew owners equip All Saints for growth
All Saints chief executive Stephen Craig said the fashion retailer’s new private equity backers had provided a “war chest” for its growth plans.
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AnalysisStephen Craig
He’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but the All Saints boss is not concerned with making friends. As Jessica Brown reports, his aim is to ‘do a Burberry’ with the high street retailer
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NewsAll Saints Lebanese deal off: new suitors in the wings
All Saints’ sale deal with M1, a Beirut-based business co-founded by the likely next Lebanese Prime Minister, has collapsed. However US investment firms Goode Partners and MSD Capital are understood to have stepped up their interest in buying the young fashion chain.
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NewsAll Saints close to sale deal
All Saints is close to being bought by surprise suitor M1, a Beirut-based business co-founded by the likely next Lebanese Prime Minister, in partnership with Richard Sharp, the former head of Goldman Sachs’ private equity firm. A deal could be finalised as early as Monday.
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NewsBurberry to boost brand with ‘statement stores’
High-profile London stores designed to dazzle shoppers and mark British heritage.
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NewsTom Singh reinstates Roger Wightman in New Look buying role
New Look founder Tom Singh has reappointed Roger Wightman to the role of group buying director at the fast-fashion chain just weeks after he was ousted by former chief executive Carl McPhail.
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NewsSir Philip Green comes out in support of UK manufacturing
Sir Philip Green has come out in support of a return to British manufacturing, stating the time is right to examine opportunities to re-open UK factories and that Arcadia will try to bring more production to British shores.
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NewsFormer Primark buying boss joins New Look to revamp product offer
New Look has hired former Primark buying and merchandising director Julian Kilmartin to help it fix the product mistakes it made in the latter half of 2010.
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NewsHunter rescues Cruise and partners with Van Mildert
Sir Tom Hunter has rescued Cruise from administration and entered into a joint venture agreement with Van Mildert, which will see the Middlesbrough mini-chain take control of all of Cruise’s buying.
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NewsSuits You owner considers sale or closure
The owners of SRG, the company behind 66-store menswear chain Suits You, are understood to have begun a strategic review of the business, which could lead to its sale, closure or administration.
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NewsArnotts hires Nigel Blow as chief executive
Dublin department store Arnotts has appointed the former Brown Thomas boss Nigel Blow as chief executive.
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NewsDune outlines strategy to hit sales of £200m
Footwear retailer the Dune Group has outlined its strategy to reach sales of £200m in the next three years after operating profits rocketed 630% to £7.3m in the year to January 30.
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NewsJones Bootmaker up for sale with £50m price tag
A ‘for sale’ sign has been hoisted over footwear retailer Jones Bootmaker.
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NewsAll Saints smashes sales targets after low-key New York launch
All Saints has put British fashion firmly on the global map after it racked up sales of nearly $1m (£680,000) in its first week of trading on New York’s Broadway.
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NewsNew Look to accelerate store refurbs after profits jump
Fast-fashion giant plans to double store overhauls against last year and add about 200,000 sq ft of space
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OpinionUK sees eruptions of optimism
The recent spate of sunny weather has brought not just an uplift in spring 10 sales but also a renewed sense of optimism. Results from some of the leading fashion firms seem to suggest we are over the worst.
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NewsLiberty to be snapped up in £40m deal with BlueGem’s Marco Capello
Marco Capello, the former managing director of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, is poised to buy the Liberty business via his investment fund BlueGem Capital Partners.
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NewsWhistles posts a £5m pre-tax loss
Whistles has reported a pre-tax loss of £5.1m for the 12 months ending January 31, 2009 in its first year under the leadership of former Topshop boss Jane Shepherdson.