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- 2019 -3 JuneClothing & Shoes
Karen Millen owner mulls sale
Icelandic bank Kaupthing, which owns fashion retailer Karen Millen, has reportedly drawn in Deloitte to explore the sale of the company. According to Sky News, Kaupthing is reviewing its options for the retailers and sources said a sale of the company could take months to complete. It is not yet…
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Oct- 2018 -12 OctoberClothing & Shoes
Karen Millen buys Coast’s UK operations out of administration
Karen Millen has agreed to buy certain parts of the Coast’s UK business out of administration. Under Karen Millen, Coast will trade primarily across its various websites, in concessions across the UK and through wholesale and franchise partners. Coast’s solus stores and the concessions on mainland Europe are not included…
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4 OctoberAdvice
What is an administration pre-pack, and how might it affect retail suppliers?
2018 has been a difficult year for retailers: East, Maplin, New Look, Carpetright, Carphone Warehouse, Poundworld, Mothercare, Toys ‘R’ Us, House of Fraser, and Homebase have all stumbled to varying degrees. For House of Fraser, Mike Ashley (via his SportsDirect group) arrived as a ‘white knight’, using an administration pre-pack…
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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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May- 2018 -10 MayGovernment
Named and shamed: Underpaid retail staff among 200,000 to receive £15.6m back pay
HMRC has identified £15.6m in pay owed to more than 200,000 of the UK’s lowest paid workers, following an investigation from 2017 to 2018. This was an increase from the £10.9m that was owed to 98,000 workers in the previous year. Earlier this year, Karen Millen, Shoe Zone and bedroom…
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Mar- 2018 -9 MarchClothing & Shoes
Shoe Zone, Karen Millen ‘named and shamed’ over minimum wage
Karen Millen and Shoe Zone are among the firms that have been ‘named and shamed’ by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for failing to pay their employees the minimum wage. In a list of 179 companies, Karen Millen failed to pay £9,847.20 to 28 workers while…
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