Simply Be
This coverage examines Simply Be’s strategy, operations, and positioning within the UK retail and fashion market. Reporting highlights its focus on inclusive sizing, e-commerce initiatives, marketing campaigns, product development, and leadership decisions driving the brand. Designed for retail executives, brand managers, and buyers, the content offers insights into how Simply Be addresses consumer trends and maintains competitiveness in the womenswear sector.
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Feb- 2025 -12 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-12/2/25
Kering, the luxury conglomerate behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, and Bottega Veneta, reported a challenging fiscal 2024, with revenue falling 12% to €17.2 billion (£14.3 billion) and EBITDA plummeting 29% to €4.6 billion (£3.8 billion). Gucci’s 23% sales decline to €7.65 billion (£6.37 billion) significantly impacted the group, alongside a…
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12 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Joshua Alliance completes £191m N Brown takeover
N Brown Group’s non-executive director and fourth-largest shareholder, Joshua Alliance, has announced the completion of the group’s £191m acquisition. News of the deal will see the Alliance family, which already held a controlling stake, take the Jacamo and Simply Be owner private. The cash acquisition was initially approved in October…
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Aug- 2024 -28 AugustClothing & Shoes
N Brown completes website roll out for its three strategic brands
N Brown Group has announced the successful launch of its new trading website for JD Williams – the group’s leading midlife retail brand. The launch completes the transformational priority to roll out new websites for all three of its strategic brands ahead of peak 2024 which it said marks an…
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Feb- 2024 -13 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Frasers ups stake in N Brown to 20%
Frasers Group has revealed it has increased its stake in fashion retailer N Brown to 20%, according to the latest holding documents filed by the company. The pure play retailer’s brands include Jacamo, Simply Be and JD Williams and was founded in 1859 in Manchester – where its headquarters remain…
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Oct- 2023 -31 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief-31/10/23
The British Retail Consortium reports a drop in shop price inflation to 5.2% in October, down from 6.2% in September, marking the lowest rate since August 2022. Non-food inflation also declined to 3.4%, the lowest since September 2022. Food inflation decelerated to 8.8%, and fresh food inflation decreased to 8.3%,…
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31 OctoberNews
N Brown appoints new Simply Be general manager
Fashion and homeware digital retailer N Brown Group plc has announced the appointment of Heidi Kenyon-Smith as the new general manager of Simply Be. Kenyon-Smith brings significant digital, womenswear and media expertise to N Brown, with over 20 years of industry experience, and joins the business from the dentsu media…
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12 OctoberClothing & Shoes
N Brown profit before tax falls 97%
N Brown has announced that its profit before tax fell 97% from £4.3m to £0.1m for the 26 weeks ended 2 September 2023. Furthermore, the group’s revenue contracted 10.4% to £297m for H1 24 compared with £331.5m in the same period last year. The company put this fall down to…
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Sep- 2023 -27 SeptemberNews
Today’s news in brief-27/09/23
Tesco is freezing prices on over 1,000 items until 2024 in response to the cost-of-living crisis. Products like Typhoo One Cup teabags, Jacobs’ Cream Crackers, and Aquafresh Toothpaste are included. The supermarket is continuously cutting prices, with recent reductions on items like Andrex Toilet Tissue, Free From white rolls, and…
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27 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
N Brown bolsters third party brand offering
N Brown Group, the fashion and homeware digital retailer, has introduced a series of new third-party brands across its three strategic brands, “further enhancing its already wide-ranging product offering for customers”. Launched at the beginning of September to Jacamo and JD Williams customers, it has already added FatFace to its…
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8 SeptemberSupermarkets
N Brown partners with Sainsbury’s on Simply Be launch
N Brown Group has announced a partnership with Sainsbury’s for a Simply Be launch in the UK supermarket chain. A selection of Simply Be clothing is available online at Tu, Sainsbury’s clothing platform, and will also be available at select stores from late September. The launch includes a selection of…
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