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WEBDrapers Fashion retail industry news, trends and analysis. The latest fashion retail news spanning all fashion retail sectors, including department stores, high street chains, online retailers, independent retailers, brands and suppliers. Stay abreast of topics including sustainability, CVAs and administrations, business rates, discounting and ...
JD Sports in talks to shed brands as it focuses on core business
WEBSep 23, 2022 · JD Sports is understood to be in talks to offload some of its fashion and beauty brands, as it looks to refocus the business on its core sports fashion and outdoor brands. According to sources close to the business, the retail group is in talks to shed a number of stakes it has in fashion and beauty businesses.
This week’s fashion retail people moves: Gymshark ... - Drapers
WEB5 days ago · Asos's executive retail director of womenswear, Nick Loveday, and director of strategic partnerships, wholesale, Stephen Owen, are set to leave the etail business, Drapers can reveal. Monsoon Accessorize has appointed former Very Group fashion director Emma Alexander as the new managing director for …
French Connection: ‘We are now very clear who we are’ - Drapers
WEBOct 7, 2022 · One avenue that French Connection is relying on for growth is its wholesale business, which eclipses its retail arm. In the six months to 31 July 2021, wholesale attracted revenues of £28.8m, a growth of 5.9% on 2019’s pre-pandemic figures, and more than double the £11.4m contributed by retail sales.
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The organic cotton conundrum - Drapers
WEBAug 11, 2022 · Prices are also soaring. Outgoing Marks & Spencer CEO Steve Rowe said in May on his departure from the retailer that prices for organic cotton had gone up 40% in the previous 12 months. Conventional cotton prices reached a 10-year high at the end of 2021 at $1.16 (£0.95) per pound – levels not seen since 2011.
PrettyLittleThing’s transformation into a big ecommerce name
WEBSep 9, 2021 · PrettyLittleThing has been quick to adapt to the ever-changing role of celebrity and social media and it was one of the first ecommerce brands to join Tik Tok in 2019 and now has more than over 1.6 million followers, accruing more than 30 million likes. In the same year, in January, it released a podcast (Behind Closed Doors), which released ...
Inside John Lewis’s £150m Magna Park - Drapers
WEBSep 12, 2016 · John Lewis’s total investment at the Magna Park campus stands at £250m, an £150m investment in Magna Park 2 and 3, and £100m at Magna Park 1. Hanging garment centre Magna Park 2 could accommodate 9,198 double-decker buses. Magna Park 2 is capable of storing 1.6 million garments at any …
Introducing the UK’s newest wholesale marketplace - Drapers
WEBApr 7, 2021 · The launch is the first stage of Faire’s wider expansion into Europe. The marketplace, founded in the US in 2017, currently supplies 170,000 independent retailers across North America with adult and children's clothing, footwear, jewellery and homeware from more than 15,000 brands. UK retailers currently include Wilf & Wildlings in Yorkshire ...