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New Wales HQ, London showroom prime Acai Outdoorwear for expansion
Womenswear brand Acai Outdoorwear said it has ambitious plans for expansion as the business relocates to new headquarters in North Wales and opens a new central London showroom.
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Hobbs in profit again in latest fiscal year, but that was pre-pandemic
Womenswear brand Hobbs has filed its accounts for the year to the end of March 2020 and said that prior to the impact of the pandemic, the company had been performing in line with its forecast expectations.
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Self-Portrait unveils Kate Moss campaign
Self-Portrait has launched a high-profile campaign with the London-based brand signing up well-known Londoner Kate Moss as it star. The campaign features a series of portraits of Moss shot by Nigel Shafran.
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Stitch Fix founder Katrina Lake to step down as CEO
The fashion subscription service has announced that Lake will be transitioning from her role as CEO to that of executive chairperson of the board. She will be succeeded at the helm of the business by Elizabeth Spaulding.
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Selfridges and Primark magnate W. Galen Weston dies
W. Galen Weston, patriarch of one of Canada’s wealthiest families and retail titan, has died at age 80, according to a statement by the family on Tuesday.
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Patagonia recruits new general manager of EMEA from Nike
The American outdoor brand has announced the arrival of Matthijs Visch as its new general manager of EMEA. Having spent 19 years at Nike, Visch was most recently in charge of the company's operations in Eastern Europe.
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Irish brand Gym+Coffee expands in UK
Gym+Coffee, is continuing its drive into the UK with the opening of its second retail store outside of Ireland. Following an earlier debut at Westfield London, it’s opening in Manchester's Trafford Centre on April 17.
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New Look appoints head of tech as online ops are “growing strongly”
There hasn’t been much in the way of news from struggling retailer New Look since securing essential financial support last November. But the retailer announced Tuesday a new appointment, and it’s big one.
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Sosandar shines after year of gains, ready for a "busy summer"
So many good things to report from online women’s fashion retailer Sosandar Tuesday. For starters, it was a strong year of revenue growth, accelerating every month in Q4, and it saw a “substantial” gain in core earnings.
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Clothing strength continues online, but year-on-year comparisons are easy
Online sales continued to grow in the UK during March with a 71.7% year-on-year increase, although given how much of a shock to the system the first lockdown was in March 2020, the strength of the rise was no surprise.
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Boohoo buys West End property, keeps London-based brands in the city
Boohoo announced on Tuesday that it has acquired a new office in Soho, London, for £72 million. The offices are at 10 Great Pulteney Street.
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Fashion fares badly in March - Barclaycard report
UK consumer spending fell 7.2% in March compared to the same period in 2019, as lockdown continued, Barclaycard said on Tuesday.
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Quiz sales plummet in latest year as occasion clothing drops off shopping lists
Struggling womenswear brand Quiz delivered a trading update on Tuesday and showed just how tough times have continued to be for the firm.
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Sales and profits are impressive at JD Sports, despite pandemic
JD Sports continued its long run of powerful results reports on Tuesday. And the theme was ‘retention’ as it retained most of the sales and profits that would have happened in stores when it was trading online only.
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Urban Outfitters names global CEO at Anthropologie
Urban Outfitters Inc. announced on Monday the appointment of a new global chief executive officer at Anthropologie, following the resignation of Hillary Super who officially stepped down from her role on Friday.
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Share price for Tod’s flies after Chiara Ferragni joins board
On Friday, the share price of Tod’s on the Milan Stock Exchange was strongly on the upswing, the market saluting the appointment of Chiara Ferragni to the group’s board as Tod’s aims to appeal to a younger audience.
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