Topshop
This coverage explores Topshop’s performance and strategy within the UK retail market, focusing on brand repositioning, product lines, store operations, online presence, and leadership decisions. Reporting provides insight into how Topshop responds to evolving consumer trends, competitive pressures, and market shifts — offering valuable context for executives, managers, and professionals in fashion, branding, and retail operations.
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Feb- 2023 -7 FebruaryFeatures
Super.Mkt: a symptom of the charity shop revolution
Secondhand shopping has had its moment in the spotlight in recent years, as the stigma of repeating outfits and being seen in an unfashionable charity shop have dissipated to make way for sustainably-conscious shopping. Even before the cost-of-living crisis was on the tip of everyone’s tongues, the appeal of “buying…
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Jan- 2023 -25 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Arcadia pension deal nears completion
Trustees of the Arcadia Group pension scheme may be close to securing a funding deal backed by one of the UK”s biggest insurers, Aviva, Sky News has reported. A binding deal would guarantee their incomes following the collapse of the group, which owned brands such as Topshop and Dorothy Perkins…
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Dec- 2022 -15 DecemberPeople Moves
M&S appoints former Boohoo Group MD as head of menswear
Marks and Spencer has appointed the former managing director of Boohoo Group, Mitch Hughes, as director of menswear, Drapers has reported. Hughes replaces Wes Taylor, who steps down from his role at M&S this month after almost five years as director of menswear and kidswear. Hughes stepped down from Boohoo…
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Aug- 2022 -23 AugustPeople Moves
M&S strengthens womenswear team with two appointments
Marks and Spencer has welcomed Emma Fox as its new head of buying for womenswear and will join in October later this year. Fox will report to Maddy Evans who was promoted to director of womenswear earlier this year. She joins from The White Company where she was head of…
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12 AugustClothing & Shoes
Topshop founder Sir Ralph Halpbern dies aged 83
Sir Ralph Halpern, the founder of Topshop who was described as a driving force behind British retail in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 83. Halpern began his career as a trainee at Selfridges, and would later go on to become “one of the most high-profile…
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9 AugustClothing & Shoes
Arcadia trustees near closing £1bn pensions deal
Arcadia’s pension trustees are reportedly close to securing a £1bn deal that will see them receive the retirement schemes promised by the group prior to its collapse, Sky News has reported. The trustees were said to be in “detailed” talks with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) about a deal to insure…
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Jun- 2022 -16 JuneClothing & Shoes
Asos names new CEO and chair amid profit warning
Asos has warned of lower profits this full year due to uncertain consumer purchasing behaviour and the continuation of higher return rates, with revenue growth expected to be 4% to 7% and pre-tax profits now expected to be in the range of £20m to £60m. The announcement comes as Asos…
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Nov- 2021 -15 NovemberDepartment Stores
Thai company eyes Selfridges buyout
Central Group, a Thai-based company which owns Rinascente, the Italian department store, is reportedly considering entering a multi-billion pound takeover bid for Selfridges, according to Sky News. The group, which is controlled by the Chirathivat family, is said to be one amongst a “number of parties” which have expressed an…
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10 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Asos to detail growth plans following Beighton departure
Asos is set to detail plans on how it will deliver on its recently announced medium-term targets to analysts and investors at its Capital Markets Day later today (10 November). Asos said it will reveal how it aims to build on its performance over the longer-term, and “provide greater detail…
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Oct- 2021 -27 OctoberProperty
Ikea to open in former Topshop Oxford Street site
A new Ikea store is set to open its doors in the heart of London with a new location at Topshop’s former Oxford Street site. The new store is planned to open in autumn 2023, and will have a focus on home-furnishing accessories, with a full range available to buy…
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