Miss Selfridge
This section on Miss Selfridge offers coverage on the brand’s transition from a leading physical retail to an online-only model under new ownership. With reporting on brand repositioning, e-commerce performance, product direction and integration within multi-brand platforms, these updates are especially relevant to fashion buyers, digital merchandisers, and retail leaders analysing the lifecycle of heritage high street brands in a digital-first era. Insights here support those tracking how legacy fashion names are being reshaped for a new generation of consumers.
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Oct- 2018 -25 OctoberGovernment
Philip Green named as man facing #MeToo allegations
Retail billionaire and Arcadia Group owner Philip Green has been named in Parliament as the man facing newspaper allegations of sexual harassment. Green was named by Lord Peter Hain who said he felt a “duty” to name Green under the protection of parliamentary privilege after being contacted by someone “intimately…
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May- 2018 -16 MayHigh Street
Arcadia’s profits plummet by 42%
Arcadia Group’s parent company Taveta Investments has reported a 42% drop in the company’s profit for the year to 26 August 2017. The group – which owns high street chains Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge – made £124.1m in profits before goodwill, amortisation and exceptional items. Total sales fell…
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2 MayClothing & Shoes
Clothing retailers ban mohair following PETA investigation
Clothing retailers Arcadia Group, H&M and Inditex have banned the use of mohair in their products following a PETA investigation that found workers in farms mutilating and slowly killing goats. The animal charity believes that events at the farms are “violations” of South Africa’s Animal Protection Act, 1962. Yvonne Taylor,…
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Mar- 2018 -27 MarchNews
Over 80% of national retailers snub new Instagram tech
A new selling feature on photo-sharing social media app, Instagram, has been ignored by more than 80% of retailers in its first week, according to Cybertill. Instagram rolled out a new ‘Shopping’ feature to business accounts in the United Kingdom, as well as Germany France, Italy Brazil, Canada, Spain and…
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Feb- 2018 -26 FebruaryHigh Street
Leaked email reveals Philip Green ‘asked HSBC to find Arcadia buyer’
A newly leaked email suggests that Philip Green enlisted the help of HSBC to find a buyer for the Arcadia Group, despite his claims to the contrary last week. According to reports Green met with the banking giants managing director David Barraclough and UK chief executive Ian Stuart back in…
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20 FebruaryHigh Street
Philip Green says Arcadia sale rumours are ‘totally false’
Sir Philip Green and board members at the Arcadia Group have denied reports of being in negotiations to sell the company to a Chinese firm. Reports on February 18 claimed that Green was looking to sell parts of, if not all of, his retail conglomerate which owns Topshop, Miss Selfridge,…
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19 FebruaryHigh Street
Philip Green considers selling Arcadia to Chinese firm
British retail magnate Sir Philip Green is reportedly in talks to sell part of the Arcadia Group to a Chinese textiles giant. Reports said that Chinese firm Shandong Ruyi has already held negotiations and looked over the books of the retail conglomerate, which owns Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Burton and Dorothy…
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