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House of Fraser could be about to take a crucial step forward under its new owners with news that its website could reopen as early as next week and with new deliveries beginning to appear in its stores. The department stores’ shelves have been very empty in recent weeks due to...
Neil Feakins will join Wilko on the 4th October as their new customer insight and data director. Feakins will report directly to Lisa Wilkinson, who is the family director of parent company, Wilkinson Hardware Stores. Wilkinson said: “This is a great appointment for Wilko and further demonstrates our commitment to becoming...
Held at The Pullman hotel in London’s King’s Cross, the influential Retail Appointment Live event is already set to be the company’s biggest ever. <p style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align: start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing: 0px">So far, exhibitors include: Aldi, Benefit Cosmetics, Booker, Cancer Research, Claudie Pierlot, Costa, Debenhams, Desigual, Fullers, Greene King, Hotel Chocolat, Lidl, L'Occitane, Maje, New Look, Paddy...
Marks & Spencer has appointed Loblaw’s Jeremy Pee to the role of chief digital and data officer. Currently senior vice president at the Canadian retail company, Mr Pee will join M&S on 3rd December and will be responsible for M&S’s strategy to transform its digital capabilities and drive the digital...
Zara owner Inditex has said it will be selling all of its brands online anywhere in the world by 2020. Pablo Isla, the group’s chairman and chief executive, made the announcement at an event to mark the reopening of Zara’s flagship store on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. Mr Isla said: "We...
Burberry is to end its practice of burning unsold clothes, bags and perfume and will also stop using real fur after criticism from environmental campaigners. The British fashion house destroyed unsold products worth £28.6m last year to protect its brand, taking the value of items destroyed over the past five years...
John Lewis have seen their total sales increase by 4.5% year-on-year last week after the retailer performed well over the bank holiday. Fashion sales rose by 11.4% in the period with both womenswear and accessories achieving strong sales uplifts. Womenswear sales were up 21.7% as customers shopped for new clothing for the autumn,...
Quiz have said that they're pleased with the performance in the financial year to date and are confident that this will be consistent in the future. Quiz chairman Peter Cowgill said in his pre-AGM note: “Despite an uncertain trading environment, we believe that the group, underpinned by the strength of the Quiz brand as...
Little Greene are opening a second London showroom on King’s Road. The brand is planning to coincide the store's launch with the start of the London Design Festival. Little Green managing director David Mottershead said: “Having enjoyed great success with our Marylebone showroom, as well as our European outlets in Paris and...
Marks & Spencer have appointed Kirsty Ward to the new position of director of M&S Bank and Services. Kirsty will join M&S on the 19th November and will be responsible for the retailer’s M&S Bank and M&S Energy businesses. She will be reporting to Mel Smith, the retailer’s strategy director. Smith said: “M&S...
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