Karen Millen
This coverage examines Karen Millen’s performance, strategy, and presence within the UK retail market. Reporting highlights store operations, e-commerce initiatives, brand positioning, marketing campaigns, and executive decisions shaping its trajectory. Crafted for retail professionals overseeing buying, merchandising, brand management, and operations, the content offers insights into how Karen Millen navigates the competitive fashion and lifestyle sector.
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Jun- 2025 -24 JuneOnline & Digital
Debenhams partners with InPost to expand delivery service
Debenhams Group has announced that it has partnered with InPost to expand its delivery options across the UK. Customers will now have access to InPost’s “extensive” network of 10,000 lockers and 6,000 parcel shops nationwide. The move is part of the group’s ongoing commitment to making online shopping more convenient…
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3 JuneDepartment Stores
Spring heatwave sparks 500% retail sales surge at Debenhams Group
The Debenhams Group, which includes Debenhams, Karen Millen, Boohoo, Man, and PrettyLittleThing, has reported a 500% surge in sales and a 1,000% increase in searches for certain summer products this May, compared with the same month last year, driven by the spring heatwave. New data, which looked at the demand…
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Mar- 2025 -19 MarchDepartment Stores
Debenhams Group launches new credit payment option
Debenhams has unveiled DebenhamsPay+, a new credit payment option designed to give customers control over how they shop and pay. Following a successful trial since January, through DebenhamsPay+ customers can now pay in monthly interest-free instalments on orders of £15 or more. In addition, a new option, Flex It, provides…
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17 MarchFeatures
Can Boohoo’s rebrand solve its fast fashion woes?
In the run-up to Boohoo announcing its name change to Debenhams Group, the fashion business had battled an onslaught of media scrutiny – and we’re only halfway through the 2020s. Let’s recap this chain of events: in 2020, a Sunday Times investigation found that Boohoo suppliers in Leicester were getting…
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11 MarchClothing & Shoes
Boohoo rebrands to Debenhams Group
Boohoo has announced that it is rebranding as Debenhams Group, having rescued the high street department store out of administration in 2021 and initially relaunched it as an online-only business. News of the rebrand comes as Boohoo incurred a one-off non-cash cost of roughly £40m on surplus stock in its…
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Nov- 2024 -14 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Boohoo raises £39m through fundraiser as half-year losses triple
Boohoo has raised £39.3m through a “significantly oversubscribed” fundraising launch with shareholders after its losses tripled in its half-year results. In the half-year ended 31 August 2024, adjusted pre-tax losses widened to £27.4m, up from a loss of £9.1m the prior year. Revenues also fell by 15% from £729.1m to £619.8m.…
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11 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Boohoo excludes Frasers from shareholder meetings amid ongoing row
Boohoo is reportedly set to meet its shareholders this week, but is excluding a meeting with majority shareholder Frasers Group amid an ongoing row between the two companies over its governance.According to The Times, newly-appointed CEO of Boohoo, Dan Finley, is understood to be meeting some of the company’s biggest…
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8 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Boohoo accuses Frasers of ‘commercial self-interest’ as row continues
Boohoo has raised “concerns” over Frasers’ behaviour in a new open letter to the Mike Ashley-owned company, as a row over Frasers’ own involvement in Boohoo continues, with the retailer now accusing Frasers of “commercial self-interest”. Its latest response comes as Frasers sought stronger involvement in Boohoo’s strategic review, with…
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Sep- 2024 -30 SeptemberNews
Today’s news in brief-30/9/24
Boohoo is reportedly considering a break-up of its business, following pressure from shareholders to revive the company’s declining fortunes. Boohoo’s share price has dropped by over 85% in the last five years, and the company has faced widening losses. The board is said to be contemplating spinning off its core…
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30 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Boohoo considers break-up of business
Boohoo bosses are reportedly mulling a break-up of the company after shareholders have pressured the group to revive the business. According to The Times, a number of shareholders at the online retailer are understood to have urged the board to break up the group and spin off its core brands…
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