Boohoo
This coverage tracks Boohoo’s position and performance in the UK fashion retail market, focusing on financial results, leadership moves, sustainability initiatives, marketing and expansion strategy. With analysis tailored to brand managers, retail executives and strategists, the reporting examines how Boohoo navigates fast-fashion challenges and compliance demands to maintain competitiveness.
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Jan- 2020 -15 JanuaryAnalysis
Boohoo more valuable than M&S – a sea-change encapsulated
From a purely journalistic standpoint it is now a de facto cliché to refer to Marks and Spencer as the “high street bellwether”, yet that is the status it has held for so many decades. The once mighty monolith was the first British retailer to reach a market capitalisation of…
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15 JanuaryHigh Street
Moody’s downgrades M&S credit score to negative
Moody’s has downgraded Marks and Spencer’s outlook from stable to negative after it reported a 0.7% decline in revenues in its third quarter of the current financial year to £3bn. In referencing the decision Moody’s said that the “continued decline” in Marks and Spencer’s clothing and home like-for-like sales, which…
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14 JanuaryComment
How to: Proper supply chain management
“We are forced to work against our will” said the message in the Christmas card opened by a young English school girl planning to write her own wishes in the card. After the discovery of this message from a worker in a Chinese prison, Tesco’s supply chain management has been…
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14 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Boohoo reports ‘strong growth’ over Christmas
Boohoo has reported a period of “strong growth” across all its brands in the four months ended 31 December. Total group revenue grew by 44% to £473.7m across all geographical regions, while total UK revenue increased by 42% to £255.8m. The US division also saw revenue increase by 57% to…
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Dec- 2019 -6 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Boohoo founders sell off £143m of stock
Boohoo founders, Mahmud Kamani and Carol Kane, have announced the sale of 50 million shares in the fashion group, at a price of 285p with a total value of £142.5m. Following this placing, which was announced in a regulatory filing yesterday, the duo now possess just over 184 million shares…
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3 DecemberOnline & Digital
Boohoo upbeat after ‘record’ Black Friday trading
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has reported “record performance” across the Black Friday weekend. The company was “pleased to confirm” that since its half year end, trading has “remained strong” across its key brands, and both of its warehouses also had a “strong” operational performance. The group’s new brands, Karen Millen,…
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Sep- 2019 -25 SeptemberOnline & Digital
Boohoo revenues spike 43% in half-year results
Online clothing retailer Boohoo has seen its revenues skyrocket by 43% to £564.9m for the six months to 31 August 2019. This was a result of “strong momentum” across the business, driving revenue growth in all of its brands and in all key focus territories. The group added it is…
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5 SeptemberOnline & Digital
Boohoo raises FY guidance after sales come in ‘ahead of expectations’
Online clothing retailer Boohoo has raised its full-year guidance after it reported sales for the first half of the year came in “ahead of expectations”. In a trading update Boohoo said that due to “strong” revenue growth driving operating leverage across its key brands it now anticipates group sales growth…
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Aug- 2019 -7 AugustOnline & Digital
Boohoo acquires Karen Millen and Coast putting 1,100 jobs at risk
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has acquired British brands Karen Millen and Coast, which were recently put up for sale by their owner Icelandic bank, Kaupthing. The group has acquired only the online business and all associated intellectual property rights from the administrators of Karen Millen Fashions Limited and Karen Millen…
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6 AugustOnline & Digital
Boohoo confirms offer for Karen Millen and Coast
Online retailer Boohoo has confirmed it has made an offer to acquire the online business of British brands Karen Millen and Coast, together with all associated intellectual property rights. The group believes that the online business of these brands would represent “highly complementary” additions to its scalable multi-brand platform and…
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