Ted Baker
This coverage examines Ted Baker’s strategy and performance within the UK retail market, focusing on store operations, product design and launches, marketing campaigns, financial results, and leadership changes. Reporting highlights how Ted Baker balances brand identity, commercial growth, and consumer trends — offering insight for retail executives, managers, and professionals in fashion, lifestyle, and brand-led retail.
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Mar- 2020 -30 MarchPeople Moves
Ted Baker appoints Rachel Osbourne as new CEO amid Covid-19 crisis
Lifestyle brand Ted Baker has today announced the appointment of Rachel Osbourne as its new CEO amid the Covid-19 crisis. Osbourne , whose appointment will be effective immediately, has more than 20 years’ of relevant brand and retail sector experience. She joined Ted Baker as chief financial officer in November…
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24 MarchCoronavirus
Covid-19: Debenhams, Ted Baker and The Works latest to close stores
Debenhams, Ted Baker and The Works are some of the latest retailers to close stores amid the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the UK. Debenhams said it took the “tough decision” to close stores yesterday evening as a result of the current circumstances, but hopes to reopen as soon as it is…
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Feb- 2020 -25 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Ted Baker in talks to offload London HQ
Embattled retailer Ted Baker is reportedly in talks to sell its ‘Ugly Brown Building’ headquarters in London to British Airways’ pension scheme. According to Sky News, in a bid to help its balance sheet after an accounting blunder revealed it had overstated its inventory by £58m, Ted Baker is “close”…
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Jan- 2020 -29 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Ted Baker appoints chief customer officer
Ted Baker has announced that Jennifer Roebuck will take up the newly created leadership role of chief customer officer (CCO) following a “thorough search process” conducted by the fashion retailer. Roebuck will move from her current position as chief marketing officer at online beauty market Feel Unique. Prior to this,…
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22 JanuaryAnalysis
Ted Baker hanging by a thread amid £58m balance sheet black hole
If you have shares in Ted Baker, you are probably not having a good morning. The price has tanked by almost 7% after news broke that the fashion brand has found a £58m black hole in its accounts. There’s being a few hundred thousand or a few million short, but…
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22 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Full value of Ted Baker accounting blunder revealed to be £58m
Fashion retailer Ted Baker has revealed that an accounting overstatement – thought to originally amount to between £20m-£25 – is actually almost three times higher at £58m. In December last year, Ted Baker appointed ‘Big Four’ accountancy firm Deloitte to undertake a comprehensive review of its stock inventory position. In…
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15 JanuaryHigh Street
22,000 retail jobs lost in 2019 due to administrations
Almost 22,000 retail jobs were lost in 2019, according to new data from specialist finance broker firm ABC Finance. Some 1147 retail premises closed during the year, with the firm explaining that the most common causes for these closures included rising overheads such as rent on retail units, as well…
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Dec- 2019 -17 DecemberPeople Moves
Ted Baker appoints ex-Sports Direct CFO as non-executive director
Ted Baker has appointed Jon Kempster as an independent non-executive director effective immediately. Kempster has previously held board positions at Sports Direct, where he served as chief financial officer. He has also held senior positions at Delta, Fii Group, Linden and Low and Bonar. Kempster also held the position as…
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10 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Ted Baker bosses depart as it warns of profits drop
Ted Baker has confirmed its CEO Lyndsay Page has resigned and chairman David Bernstein is to step down from their roles, on the same day that the embattled clothing retailer also issued a profit warning. In a trading update for its full year, the company said expectations for the period…
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9 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Ted Baker appoints Deloitte to probe £25m stock overstatement
Ted Baker has appointed ‘Big Four accountancy firm’ Deloitte to probe into its accounting blunder that revealed it had overstated the value of its stock by up to £25m. According to Sky News, the auditor will work alongside law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the inquiry. Earlier this month, the…
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