Phase Eight
This coverage examines Phase Eight’s strategy and operations in the UK retail market, offering insights for executives, managers, and brand professionals. Reporting includes store openings and closures, marketing campaigns, product launches, leadership changes, and the brand’s positioning in the womenswear and occasionwear sector. The analysis helps professionals assess Phase Eight’s growth plans, customer engagement strategies, and competitive approach.
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Jan- 2024 -26 JanuaryNews
Rituals opens at two new locations
Luxury beauty and wellbeing brand Rituals has officially opened at Festival Place in Basingstoke, and Merry Hill in the West Midlands. The Dutch retailer offers a collection of body care, home fragrance, and skin care products, home items, and gift sets, to a range of luxurious bath and body products. …
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Nov- 2023 -14 NovemberNews
Phase Eight and Hobbs open upsized store at Merry Hill
Sovereign Centros has announced that premium womenswear brands, Phase Eight and Hobbs, have opened at Merry Hill, one of the UK’s top ten retail and leisure destinations. Having relocated from separate units, the sister brands have been brought together into an upsized 6,000 sq ft space on the Upper Mall,…
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13 NovemberNews
Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein open at Caledonia Park
Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein have opened at Caledonia Park, Scotland’s premium designer outlet village. Tommy Hilfiger has opened a 5,000 sq ft store at the centre, joining anchor brands such as Nike, Adidas, and POLO by Ralph Lauren. Stocking menswear and womenswear defined by the brand’s “classic American cool”…
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Sep- 2023 -25 SeptemberNews
Kenji and Rituals set to open at Merry Hill
Sovereign Centros has announced that Kenji, the design-led homeware retailer, and Rituals, the luxury beauty and wellbeing brand, have signed at Merry Hill. Set to open later this year, Kenji and Rituals will occupy over 6,850 sq ft of retail space, joining a series of recently opened leading retailers and…
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6 SeptemberNews
Caledonia Park signs Hobbs and Phase Eight
Railpen has recently announced that Phase Eight and Hobbs have signed at Caledonia Park, Scotland’s premium designer outlet village. The two brands will be sharing a 3.035 sq ft unity with a dual fascia, which is set to open in Q4. The new store will mark Hobbs’ first Scottish outlet…
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Jul- 2023 -14 JulyClothing & Shoes
Sustainable retail concept All Good Things secures £2.5m investment
All Good Things, the independent retailer that exclusively sells pre-loved, fragmented or repaired clothing, has secured a £2.5m equity investment. Funding has been provided by Souter Investments, in conjunction with a broad base of experienced retail industry alumni, including Ben Barnett (former CEO, TFG London), Helen Williamson (former MD, Whistles),…
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Mar- 2021 -11 MarchClothing & Shoes
M&S adds third-party brands to online offering
Marks and Spencer has announced a set of third-party brands such as Joules and Sosandar are to be added to its online offering. The move is the first wave of guest brands to be marketed and sold under the banner ‘Brands at M&S’. The new offering is part of M&S’s…
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Feb- 2021 -9 FebruaryHigh Street
Cornhill retail development adds Superdry and Waterstone stores
Lincoln’s Cornhill Quarter, which is subject to a £70m redevelopment from Lincolnshire Co-op, has announced two additional high profile retail signings to the scheme. A Superdry franchise store will be added to the ground floor of the Waterstones building, with the designer clothing brand Richard Goddard operating from the first…
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Dec- 2018 -14 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Hobbs chief executive exits amid senior overhaul
Hobbs chief executive, Meg Lustman, is to step down from her role at the women’s fashion retailer as its parent company TFG London undergoes a reshuffling of its senior staff. Lustman, who joined the company in 2014, will depart her role in January. Following the seamless integration of the Hobbs…
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Jan- 2018 -12 JanuaryGovernment
HMRC report names retail gender-pay-gap culprits
An HMRC report listing gender pay figures for period 2016-17 has revealed the names of 39 companies in the retail and wholesale trades which it says failed to pay female workers the same rate as men in equivalent roles. Among the firms studied, on average women were being underpaid by…
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