Clothing & Shoes
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Feb- 2021 -15 February
Burberry to repay £6m in business rates relief
Burberry has voluntarily agreed to repay around £6m in business support to the Treasury, following the business rates holiday designed to help businesses navigate through the impact of the pandemic. According to the Sunday Times, the retailer has also repaid a £300m loan from the Bank of England, in a…
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12 February
Shoe Zone expects to report £14.6m FY loss
Shoe Zone has announced that ahead of its FY 2020 results, it expects to report a statutory loss before tax of approximately £14.6m an increase from £11.3m in 2019. The group also expects to report revenues of approximately £122.6m, dropping from £162m the previous year. The increase in the anticipated…
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12 February
Boohoo seeks larger London office following acquisition spree
Online fashion retailer Boohoo is reportedly seeking a larger London office following its recent acquisition spree that saw its purchases of a number of Arcadia brands and the Debenhams brand. According to the Evening Standard, Boohoo is looking to upgrade from its current London office in Euston Tower to a…
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11 February
Ted Baker Q4 sales fall 47% amid low occasionwear demand
Clothing retailer Ted Baker reported that Q4 group revenues fell by 47% during the 13-week period ending 30 January 2021. It comes as the retailer said it has seen a “material negative impact” from the Covid pandemic including the closure of its entire UK store portfolio for the majority of…
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10 February
JD Sports eyes EU warehouse amid ‘worse than feared’ Brexit impact
Peter Cowgill, the chairman of JD Sports has revealed the company is considering opening a new distribution centre in the EU to overcome some of the challenges caused by the UK leaving the EU. Speaking to the BBC, Cowgill said the current impact of Brexit for retailers has been “considerably…
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10 February
Urban Outfitters Q4 sales drop 6.9%
Urban Outfitters has announced its total company net sales for the three months ended January 31, 2021, decreased 6.9% to $1.09bn (£787m) compared with $1.16bn (£837m) the previous year. The retailer also revealed comparable retail segment net sales decreased 7% which the group claims was due to negative retail store…
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9 February
M&S bolsters clothing business with senior hires
Marks and Spencer has announced it is strengthening its Clothing and Home leadership team through two new hires, who are both set to “play an important role” in the development of its Never the Same Again programme. The programme, launched last year, is focused on the group becoming “more relevant,…
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8 February
Kurt Geiger reports pre-pandemic growth
Luxury footwear and accessories retailer Kurt Geiger has reported pre-pandemic growth to both its revenues and profits. Accounts filed at Companies House revealed that the group’s turnover rose to £347m for the year ended 1 February 2020, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%. Operating profit for the period also grew from…
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5 February
Ralph Lauren sees Q3 revenues drop 18%
Ralph Lauren has announced that in its third quarter ended 26 December 2020, revenues decreased by 18% to $1.4bn (£1.02bn) attributed to the impact of Covid-19 and government restrictions on trade. Europe revenue in the third quarter decreased 28% to $316m (£230m) on a reported basis and decreased 32% in…
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5 February
Dune mulls CVA, drafts advisors for strategic review
Dune is reportedly in talks with landlords about potential rent cuts, which could lead to a CVA depending on negotiations, according to Sky News. The footwear retailer, which was founded in 1992 by Daniel Rubin and employs around 1,200 people across its 42 stores, has recruited advisors from KPMG to…
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