Clothing & Shoes
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Jan- 2024 -11 January
Online fashion revenues rise 6% YoY in December, True Fit finds
Online fashion revenues rose by 6% year-on-year in December 2023 compared with the same time last year, buoying the overall “muted” Golden Quarter fashion sales, True Fit data has revealed. True Fit’s Fashion Genome, which pulls together the preferences of 82 million active shoppers and over 20,000 brands, showed that…
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11 January
Boohoo added ‘Made in UK’ labels on clothes made in South Asia
Boohoo reportedly added “Made in the UK’ labels to some of its clothes that were actually made overseas, according to claims from BBC Panorama. The BBC investigative show said that Boohoo removed label from a selection of plain t-shirts and hoodies and had them replaced with the Made in the…
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11 January
Frasers Group appoints new joint broker
Frasers Group has announced the appointment of Jefferies, a full-service investment banking and capital markets firm, as its new corporate broker. Jefferies will replace Liberum as the company’s joint corporate broker, alongside Barclays Bank plc and Deutsche Numis, with immediate effect. Frasers said: “The board of Frasers wishes to thank…
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10 January
Axel Arigato to open flagship store in Covent Garden
Axel Arigato, the Swedish footwear brand, is set to open a new flagship store in Covent Garden in 2024. Located in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials, the entrance of the lifestyle brand spotlights Covent Garden’s position as a destination for international, high quality, fashion retailers. A ‘people-powered’ lifestyle brand, Axel Arigato…
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10 January
Sosandar revenues up 23% in record quarter of trading
Sosandar has welcomed a record quarter of trading over the festive period, with revenues soaring 23% to £14.3m in the three months ended 31 December 2023. Over the quarter, a strong performance was seen in October and November and this carried on into December, with all channels “continuing to perform…
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9 January
Shoezone profit before tax jumps to £16.2m
Shoezone has revealed that its profit before tax has risen to £16.2m, up from £13.6m last year, for the year ended 30 September 2023. Alongside this, the company posted revenues of £165.7m, up from £156.2m for the same period last year. Shoezone saw store revenues of £134.8m, up from £129.8m…
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9 January
Boohoo eyes closure of Leicester factory
Boohoo Group is looking to close its Thurmaston Lane factory in Leicester in favour of relocating its operations, Drapers has reported. The news comes after the online fashion retailer entered a consultation last month, which revealed that “less than 100” employees will be impacted at the so-called “model factory” in…
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5 January
Next boss warns of stock delays due to Red Sea attacks
Next chief executive Lord Simon Wolfson has warned of stock delays as a result of the attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea. Wolfson told The Guardian that while the current situation is a “minor inconvenience” it could become a major problem this year if it continues. Attacks from…
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5 January
Zalando direct-to-consumer VP steps down
Carsten Keller, Zalando’s direct-to-consumer vice-president and CEO and founder of the group’s Connected Retail division, has decided to leave the company after eight years. Keller joined Zalando in 2016 to to build the brand’s marketplace ecosystem. In 2018, Keller founded Connected Retail for brick-and-mortar stores. With the launch of Connected…
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2 January
Uniqlo UK boss to cut prices to attract more shoppers
Uniqlo’s UK boss, Alessandro Dudech, has vowed to cut prices as inflation eases out as it seeks to attract more shoppers to boost its expansion plans, the Telegraph has reported. According to Dudech, the group plans to pass on the falling cost of materials to consumers by cutting prices on…
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