Barbour
This coverage examines Barbour’s operations and strategy in the UK retail market, offering insights for executives, managers, and brand professionals. Reporting includes store openings and refurbishments, wholesale and concession activity, marketing campaigns, leadership changes, and the brand’s positioning within the premium outerwear and lifestyle sector. The analysis highlights Barbour’s approach to growth, heritage branding, and customer engagement in a competitive retail landscape.
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Jan- 2025 -2 January
Today’s news in brief-2/1/25
Lidl reported its best-ever Christmas performance, with turnover surpassing £1bn for the first time, a 7% increase over the four weeks to December 24, 2024. The retailer attracted over 2m additional customers, with December 23 marking its busiest day. Key contributors included the expansion of its British supply base by…
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2 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Barbour profits surge 12.3% to £39.6m
British outerwear brand Barbour’s operating profits surged 12.3% to £39.6m for the year to 30 April 2024 despite a 6.2% drop in turnover to £321.8m. According to Barbour, its profits were driven by a focus on cost reductions and foreign exchange gains. However, its turnover was affected by a challenging…
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Sep- 2024 -13 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Barbour opens new store at Victoria Leeds
British heritage and lifestyle brand, Barbour, has opened its city debut store at Redical’s Victoria Leeds, marking its first New Heritage retail shop outside of London. Spanning two floors at Victoria Quarter’s 9-11 King Edward Street, the Barbour store is centred around the brand’s new design concept of New Heritage,…
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Aug- 2024 -27 AugustClothing & Shoes
Barbour opens new concept store in Covent Garden
British luxury lifestyle brand Barbour has opened at 37 Neal Street in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials neighbourhood. The historic retailer’s store is centred around its design concept of New Heritage, which celebrates its dual identity as both “historic in legacy and contemporary in design”. In a nod to Barbour’s 130-year…
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May- 2024 -7 MayNews
Today’s news in brief
The latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor reveals a 4% year-on-year decrease in total UK retail sales for April. Non-food sales dropped by 2.8% over the three months to April compared to a growth of 1.2% in 2023. Food sales saw a 4.4% increase over the same period, although this is…
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7 MayHigh Street
The Fragrance Group sees 6.1% rise in LFL sales
The Fragrance Shop has hailed “exceptional” end-of-year results for the 12 months to 1 April 2024 with a 6.1% like-for-like sales increase and overall continuing business growth of 9.4%. Among many of the brands in its portfolio, Barbour increased by 55%, Versace grew by 48% and Jean Paul Gaultier by…
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Apr- 2024 -12 AprilNews
White Stuff opens new outlet store in Ashford
White Stuff has recently opened a new outlet store at the McArthur Glen Designer Shopping Outlet in Ashford, Kent. The new 1,300 sq ft store, situated near M&S and Barbour, will create 11 new jobs in the area and offers shoppers outlet prices on White Stuff’s womenswear and menswear collections,…
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8 AprilClothing & Shoes
The Highlands Stores and PPL launches Out With Style
The Highlands and Pace Partnership London (PPL) has launched Out With Style, a new retail concept dedicated to the outdoors. Out With Style’s launch comes from The Highlands Stores, the owners of the flagship Barbour partner stores on Regents Street and Duke Street, with the help from the Pace Partnership…
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Jan- 2024 -4 JanuaryNews
Today’s news in brief-4/1/24
UK retail footfall rose by 6.1% in December driven by a festive shopping surge. Shopping centres led with an 11.1% increase, followed by retail parks (5.9%) and high streets (3.7%). Compared to 2022, footfall edged up by 0.2%, primarily in high streets (+1.2%). However, shopping centres saw a decline of…
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4 JanuaryLuxury Goods
Barbour FY23 profits fall despite healthy sales rise
Barbour has revealed that operating profits fell 15% to £34.3m for the year ended 30 April 2023, despite seeing sales increase by 20% year-on-year to £343m during the period. The retailer attributed the dent in its operating profits to “intense cost pressures” on the business. In February 2023, the luxury…
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