All Karen Millen articles – Page 2
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Watch: CEOs reflect on retail’s past, present and future
As Retail Week marks its 30th birthday, we hear from eight industry luminaries about the biggest game changers for the sector in the last 30 years and what they see on the horizon that will transform retail.
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News
Karen Millen puts 100 head office roles into consultation
Karen Millen has put 100 head office roles into consultation following its acquisition of Coast, Retail Week can reveal.
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Analysis
Coast lost its way but finds good home in Karen Millen
Coast’s rescue by Karen Millen is a family affair with one bigger, stronger sibling taking over its ailing sister.
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Karen Millen and Shoe Zone fail to pay minimum wage
Karen Millen, Feather & Black and Shoe Zone have been named for failing to pay the minimum wage.
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Karen Millen losses narrow under Butterwick
Karen Millen’s losses have narrowed in what boss Beth Butterwick has termed as a ‘year of change’.
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Analysis
Analysis: Closing the gender pay gap in retail
On Equal Pay Day, Retail Week looks into what impact the requirement to report on the gender pay gap will have when it comes into force next year.
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Paperchase ploughs on with expansion despite profit dip
Paperchase boss Timothy Melgund described the UK retail as “not for the faint-hearted” – and the specialist retailer’s latest full-years reflect that.
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Watch: Will Karen Millen's return to its roots pay off?
Karen Millen boss Beth Butterwick believes it lost its way in recent years. She tells Retail Week how it’s rediscovering its purpose.
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Opinion
Real-life retail: Membership and social media spats
A daily eavesdrop on retail talking points and the latest industry developments – please share your thoughts in the comments section.
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News
Today in Retail: A digital brain drain?
As Retail Week revealed earlier today, another digital talent, this time in the form of New Look’s Sally Heath, is set to leave the industry.
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Karen Millen losses widen as sales slide
Fashion retailer Karen Millen has reported widening losses and falling sales for its last full year.
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Oasis and Warehouse poised for sale by collapsed owner
Administrators for failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing are believed to be seeking new owners for its Coast, Oasis and Warehouse brands.
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Analysis
Be Inspired: Creating gender diversity in the boardroom
Demand is growing for better representation of women in retail’s upper echelons, so what approaches are being used in an attempt to bring about real change?
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Karen Millen syncs latest tech to create pop-up shop of the future
Karen Millen has teamed up with tech firms to envisage how the latest innovations could transform customer journeys at its pop-up store Nexpo.
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Watch: Karen Millen develops store of the future with tech developers
Karen Millen showcased the store of the future last week, teaming up with tech firms to envisage what its stores could look like in years to come.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why the court was right to judge Karen Millen can't use her name
Designer Karen Millen has lost her court battle to use her own name for a new homewares line, in a case that looks controversial at first glance.
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Karen Millen loses battle to regain the rights to her name for trading
The founder and namesake of Karen Millen has lost a legal battle with her old company to use her name for future business ventures.
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Bonmarché blames like-for-like sales slump on bad weather
Bonmarché reported drops in like-for-like and overall sales, which the fashion retailer attributed to poor weather impacting summer trading.
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Hobbs boss insists Brexit makes international expansion ‘more attractive’
Hobbs boss Meg Lustman has insisted that international expansion has become “more attractive” since Brexit as it eyes standalone US stores.
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Bonmarché unveils start date of new chief executive Helen Connolly
Bonmarché has revealed that Asda’s Helen Connolly will be appointed chief executive on August 15, five months after her appointment was announced.