Markdown
This coverage explores how markdowns influence retail strategy and performance in the UK market. Reporting focuses on promotional pricing tactics, seasonal discounting, inventory management, margin impacts, and shopper behaviour — providing retail executives, merchandisers, and brand managers with insights into optimising markdown strategies to balance profitability, stock levels, and customer expectations.
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Jun- 2025 -11 JuneClothing & Shoes
Debenhams Group adopts AI for real-time pricing across brands
Debenhams Group has introduced artificial intelligence (AI) technology across its brands to automate product pricing and promotions in real time. The news follows the retailer’s partnership with AI platform Peak to replace manual pricing with automated, data-driven processes. The rollout will cover thousands of stock keeping units (SKUs) across its…
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Mar- 2025 -24 MarchOnline & Digital
Frasers ups Asos stake amid takeover rumours
Frasers has raised its shareholding in online fashion retailer Asos to 25.13%, up from 24.21%, making it the second largest shareholder in the company. The move comes after Asos’ largest shareholder, Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen’s company Bestseller, increased its stake to 28% fuelling talk of a private takeover of…
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21 MarchOnline & Digital
Asos ups profit outlook amid strong margin gains
Asos has raised its profit outlook for the first half of the year despite its ongoing struggles with volume deleverage. The company stated that it expects a “significant” increase in profitability after it saw strong gross margin growth driven by lower markdown activity, an increased full-price mix, and continued cost…
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Jan- 2025 -27 JanuaryComment
Elevating retail with intuition, strategy, and people-first leadership
Wizz Selvey, founder of Wizz&Co, is a retail strategist and brand consultant whose career has been defined by a unique blend of intuition, creativity, and hands-on experience. From her early days in retail to leading buying at Selfridges and now running her consultancy, Selvey has developed a reputation for helping…
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15 JanuaryComment
Priya Chandé: Driving Purpose and Innovation in Retail
Priya Chandé, Global Brand director at WUKA, has had a career marked by ambition, resilience, and a deep-rooted commitment to making a difference. From her early days at L’Oréal, where she learned the intricacies of marketing global brands, to leading a purpose-driven startup in the women’s health space, Chandé’s story…
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8 JanuaryComment
Shaping the future of retail analytics
Diane Wehrle, co-founder of Springboard, is a name synonymous with retail data innovation. Her journey from a business graduate to a pioneer in retail analytics is a testament to vision, resilience, and seizing untapped opportunities. In an industry often starved for real-time, actionable insights, Wehrle’s work has transformed how retailers…
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3 JanuaryComment
Disrupting the world of off-price sales
Chris Griffin, CEO of Secret Sales, is a retail innovator with a bold vision: transforming how brands manage discounted inventory while preserving brand equity. Since acquiring Secret Sales in 2020, Griffin has overhauled it from a flash sale platform into one of the largest online marketplaces for discount fashion, apparel,…
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2 JanuaryComment
Reinventing the high Street with The Pop-Up Club
Tillie Peel, founder of The Pop-Up Club, is on a mission to breathe life into the high street. What began as a small experiment to bring vintage clothes to her Essex community has grown into a pioneering business that supports independent makers, artists, and small businesses. By transforming vacant spaces…
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Sep- 2024 -17 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
AllSaints FY operating profit jumps 40% to £39.9m
AllSaints has reported a “record performance” as its operating profit rose 40% to £39.9m for the year ended 3 February 2024. In the 12 months, total revenue edged up 0.6% to £459.5m as the brand reduced its promotional and markdown activity and changed its sales mix due to the focus…
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Jul- 2024 -16 JulyDepartment Stores
B&M revenues rise 2.4% in Q1 as new stores overperform
Value retailer B&M has reported that group revenues rose 2.4% during the first quarter to 29 June, due to its “disciplined” store opening programme across its three businesses – home, electrical and pet. During the period, B&M made “strong and profitable” progress on its UK store openings, with 19 total…
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