Clarks
This coverage examines Clarks’ strategy and performance within the UK retail market. Reporting includes store openings and closures, product launches, marketing campaigns, sustainability efforts, and leadership changes — all analysed for their implications on sales, brand positioning, and footwear retail operations. The content is tailored for retail managers, product directors, and professionals in footwear and value-driven fashion retail.
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Mar- 2019 -5 MarchClothing & Shoes
Clarks closes Somerset factory leaving 35 jobless
Shoe retailer Clarks has confirmed the closure of its robot-assisted shoe factory in Street, Somerset, leaving 35 employees without a job. In January the retailer announced a proposal to cease production and close its Morelight manufacturing facility, and added that “despite [its] best efforts”, the levels of production and cost…
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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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Jul- 2018 -18 JulyShopping Centres
Retail centre ‘to rival Bicester Village’ planned for The O2
Crosstree Retail Estate Partners and AEG Europe have announced a new 85-store retail centre to rival Bicester Village will open at London’s The O2 in October. The 210,000 sq ft Icon Outlet will bring retail to The O2 for the first time since it changed from the Millennium Dome in…
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Jun- 2018 -26 JuneClothing & Shoes
Clarks CEO resigns following conduct that ‘fell short’ of company expectations
The CEO of family-owned footwear retailer Clarks has resigned after his “conduct, conversations and expressions fell short” of company expectations. Clarks said that it has accepted Mike Shearwood’s resignation “following an investigation into complaints that breached the company’s code of ethics on a number of occasions”. Shearwood joined Clarks as…
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Mar- 2018 -13 MarchGovernment
Leading retailers support plan for sustainability and equality
Over 25 leading UK retailers, including Sainsbury’s and John Lewis, have signed up to a series of pledges to tackle global challenges over the coming decades. The ‘Better Retail Better World’ scheme includes a series of stretching targets for the retail industry to achieve by 2020, and uses the United…
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