Arcadia
This coverage examines the rise and collapse of the Arcadia Group and its impact on the UK retail landscape. Reporting focuses on the company’s store portfolio, brand management (including Topshop, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and more), pivotal business decisions, administration process, and asset sales. Insight is tailored for retail executives, managers, and advisers seeking lessons in legacy brand management, crisis response, and evolving high‑street dynamics.
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Apr- 2019 -1 AprilClothing & Shoes
Colin Porter to retire as Joules CEO
Joules CEO Colin Porter is to retire before the end of 2020 after eight years working with the fashion retailer. The exact date of Porter’s retirement is yet to be announced, however a process to appoint his successor has begun with the Joules board set to make an announcement in…
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Mar- 2019 -28 MarchClothing & Shoes
Arcadia ‘draws up list of 67 store closures’
Arcadia has listed 67 stores it wishes to close across all of its brands, the Financial Times has reported. As seen by the publication, stores of varying sizes across the UK and Ireland with a total annual rent of £11m are set to be shut. These include Burton, Topshop, Evans,…
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15 MarchClothing & Shoes
Jobs and stores could go as Green considers Arcadia restructure
Sir Philip Green is preparing to unveil a company voluntary agreement (CVA) for Arcadia in a matter of weeks, Sky News has reported. The proposal could result in a number of job losses and store closures across its high street brands which include Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins and Warehouse.…
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6 MarchClothing & Shoes
Ann Summers seduces former HoF and Game directors
Ann Summers has appointed Game’s chief marketing officer Natalie Amosu and House of Fraser’s former product and trading director Marian Collins, to newly created roles. Collins is expected to work with current managing director Vanessa Gold and chief executive Jacqueline Gold, while it is uncertain which department Amosu will work…
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Feb- 2019 -26 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Karren Brady leaves Arcadia Group
Karren Brady has left her role as chairman at Philip Green’s Taveta, the company behind Arcadia Group. Earlier this month Brady said she had a “duty” to employees to remain in her role, with her support for Green’s business under pressure following staff allegations of sexual harassment, racial abuse and…
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Jan- 2019 -31 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Arcadia fined £450k after girl fractures skull in Topshop
Philip Green’s retail group Arcadia has been fined £450,000 after a 10-year-old girl was hit on the head by a queue barrier in Topshop, resulting in a fractured skull. The incident happened at Glasgow’s Silverburn shopping centre in February 2017 when the girl, now aged 12, was shopping with her…
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28 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Philip Green ends legal challenge against Telegraph
Sir Philip Green has ended his legal action against the Telegraph over its accusations of sexual harassment, bullying and racism made against him. The accusations, which Green denies, came to light when Lord Peter Hain named him in Parliament after an injunction had prevented the Telegraph from identifying the businessman…
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Dec- 2018 -11 DecemberGovernment
Major retailers’ e-receipts ‘may break data protection rules’
New research has found that major retailers “may break data protection rules” for sending promotional marketing to shoppers who had asked for no promotional emails. The research by Which?, saw mystery shoppers sent to 11 retailers: Topshop, Clarks, Gap, New Look, Dorothy Perkins, Arcadia Group (Miss Selfridge, Outfit, Burton), Schuh,…
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Nov- 2018 -28 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Primark, Topshop and ASOS defend practices in Parliament
Primark, Arcadia, ASOS were among some of the retailers who had executives and representatives appear before the Environmental Audit Committee to answer questions on sustainability in their businesses. This was part of the Environmental Audit Committee’s ongoing inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry. Representatives from Marks and Spencer,…
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26 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Missguided boss slammed by MPs for Parliamentary no-show
Nitin Passi, the CEO and founder of online retailer Missguided, has been criticised by MPs for refusing to appear in the Houses of Parliament as part of an investigation into fast fashion. In a letter to Passi, MP Mary Creagh chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, said she was “disappointed”…
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