Debenhams
This coverage examines Debenhams’ trajectory, strategies, and impact within the UK retail sector. Reporting focuses on store operations, online developments, financial performance, brand repositioning, product ranges, and executive changes. Designed for retail professionals, it offers analysis of commercial decisions, market challenges, and opportunities relevant to department store management and broader apparel and homeware retailing.
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Jul- 2019 -2 JulyAnalysis
Who will lead the high street resurrection?
We may never know what Nietzsche thought of the UK retail sector. However, with today’s troubles, there is a good chance that he may well have felt the need to update his famous quote; ”the high street is dead… and we have killed it.” Walk down any UK high street…
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Jun- 2019 -17 JuneAdvice
Personalised delivery is the future for retailers
The retail and e-commerce marketplace is extremely crowded, with hundreds of brands constantly competing against each other to win basket conversions. It’s no secret that many retailers, especially those based on the UK high-streets, have been struggling over the past few years. Big brands including Debenhams, John Lewis and Mothercare…
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12 JuneDepartment Stores
Sports Direct challenges Debenhams CVA
Department store Debenhams has confirmed Sports Direct is among the parties which have sent applications to challenge its CVA which was voted through by creditors on 9 May. Debenhams went under the control of its lenders when it entered a pre-pack administration in April. Debenhams Group Holdings Limited, its subsidiaries…
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6 JuneHigh Street
‘Huge’ spike in retail job vacancies, says CV-library
The amount of jobs on offer in the retail sector jumped by 56.9% in May. That’s according to the latest job market data from job board CV-Library, which compared findings from May 2019, with the same period last year. According to the firm, “major” retail players such as M&S and…
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5 JuneHigh Street
Mike Ashley makes £51.9m offer for Game after increasing stake
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct has made a £51.9m offer for the gaming retailer Game Digital after it increasing its stake from 20% to 38.5%. Sports Direct acquired the shares from Marlborough UK Micro-Cap Growth Fund passing the 30% threshold requiring Ashley to make an offer for the shares he does…
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May- 2019 -21 MayAdvice
Retail landlords must stay focused in the face of CVAs
Recently announcing its restructuring plans, Debenhams has joined a long line of casualties for the UK High Street. With the culture of company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) still apparent, it is often the commercial landlords who find themselves left high and dry, faced with losing tenants and slashes to their rental…
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16 MayAnalysis
The state of the UK high street in 2019
We may only be in the first half of the 2019 but there has already been a continuation of 2018’s disastrous year for the UK high street. In recent weeks we’ve seen Debenhams slide into administration with other household names like fashion retailer Select and off-license group Oddbins both close…
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13 MayDepartment Stores
Debenhams CVA could cost local authorities £8.5m in business rates
Colliers International has estimated that Debenhams’ CVA could affect up to 59 local authorities, who could lose out on £8.5m of the £17.3m rates bills the department store retailer should have been paying on properties. As part of its CVA proposals, Debenhams had categorised its properties into five groupings and…
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7 MayDepartment Stores
Debenhams to ask for 50% cut in business rates bills
Embattled department store Debenhams has reportedly planning to ask 30 local authorities to accept a 50% reduction in its business rates bill, as part of its proposed CVA. According to the Sunday Times, the department store’s creditors are set to vote on the proposal on Thursday (9 May). Small landlords…
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3 MayAdvice
Why progressive web apps are the future of mobile commerce
It’s no secret that, while bricks-and-mortar retail is on the decline, e-commerce has been steadily growing in popularity. In fact, between December 2008 and December 2018, internet sales increased from 5.8% to 20% of total retail sales in the UK. However, while most retailers now recognise the importance of investing…
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