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Oct- 2023 -26 October
Vinted considers €200m share sale
Second-hand online marketplace Vinted is considering a secondary share sale of more than €200m (£174m) as it aims to be at the forefront of a sustainable fashion boom, according to the Financial Times. According to the report, Vinted is working with Morgan Stanley to consider options for its capital structure…
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26 October
Inditex signs €70m three-year recycled polyester agreement
Zara owner Inditex has formed a strategic partnership with Ambercycle, a Los Angeles based material science company, to help scale textile to textile recycled polyester. As part of this collaboration, the company has signed a three-year agreement to buy a significant portion of the annual production of Cycora – an…
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26 October
Kering Q3 revenues fall 13% amid cooling luxury demand
Kering Group, the owner of luxury brands Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, revealed that group revenues were down 13% to €4.5bn (£3.9bn) in Q3. This comes as the group’s revenues from its directly operated retail network fell 6% on a comparable basis, reflecting lower traffic and contrasted performances…
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26 October
Very Group PBT plummets 92% to £4.6m
The Very Group has revealed that its profit before tax has dropped to £4.6m for the 52 weeks ended 1 July 2023, down 92% compared with the £63.9m it posted last year. The company stated that this was down to the heightened cost of funding the company after its finance…
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26 October
Majestic Wine furthers expansion with two new openings
Majestic Wine has furthered its expansion plans after opening two new stores in the same week for the first time in a decade. The wine retailer returned to Chippenham on 24 October, four years after its former store in the town was closed down by previous management. After the group…
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25 October
Today’s news in brief-25/10/23
Asos has pushed back the release of its FY23 results to 1 November 2023, citing the need for its auditor, PwC, to complete planned testing. PwC has assured that the outstanding procedures are of limited scope. Asos confirmed its performance up to 3 September 2023 aligns with the post-close trading…
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25 October
One in three adults used BNPL services last year, Clearpay finds
Some 30% of British adults have used a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service to make at least one payment over the last year as of August 2023, according to research by Clearpay. According to findings, BNPL was most popular among Millenials and Gen X, at 41% and 36% respectively. …
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25 October
Frasers Group ups Boohoo stake to 16.5%
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has once again increased its stake in online retailer Boohoo and now holds a 16.5% share in the business. It has upped its stake from 15.1% and now holds a total number of voting rights of 209,319,058. Frasers first purchased a 5% stake in the online…
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25 October
Poundland to open 75 stores by end of December
Poundland has announced its plans to open or relocate 75 stores over the three months to the end of December. The programme covers both its existing pipeline of new stores, and the former Wilko stores it has already opened, or plans to open, as new Poundland stores. This month the…
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25 October
ScS sales dip 0.4% below FY22 levels
ScS revealed that its sales were only 0.4% below the prior year for the 52 weeks ended 29 July, ending FY23 with a cash balance of £69.5m compared with £70.8m last year. The group also reported that gross margins were 1% lower than the prior year at 44.4% due to…
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