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Boden is to open its first stanadalone shop in a shopping centre at the new Westfield London extension as it continues its expansion into physical stores. The online fashion retailer has taken a 3,768 square foot unit on the ground floor.  Boden has hired Montagu Evans, the firm which secured planning consent for the...

ARKET is to open its first store in its hometown of Stockholm this summer. With the brand launching in August 2017, the shop will be its first in Sweden and follows openings in five major European cities, including London. It also has an online store in 18 markets. Owned by Swedish fashion retailer H&M,...

Sportswear giant Adidas has reported double-digit growth across all regions over the last year, encouraging the brand to upgrade its profitability targets. Net sales for the retailer rose 14.8 per cent to €21.2 billion (£18.8 billion) while gross profits rose 17.6 per cent to €10.1 billion (£8.96 billion). This was driven by...

Zara is set to introduce augmented reality displays from April as part of efforts to lure millennials into its stores and increase footfall. The technological push entails shoppers holding their smartphone up to a sensor within the store or designated shop windows to see models wearing selected looks from its ranges. There...

The John Lewis department store chain increased its sales by 11.6% year-on-year last week as the retailer benefited from a boost in trading due to Mother’s Day falling two weeks earlier compared to last year. Fashion sales rose by 17.9% as womenswear sales grew by 17.7%. Some of the strongest performing...

The UK’s fourth-largest grocer Morrisons has seen its levels of growth accelerate over the past year, marking its third consecutive year of rising sales. In the 52 weeks to February 4, like-for-like sales excluding fuel and VAT rose 2.8 per cent, up from a 1.9 per cent rise a year prior,...

The group chief executive of the South African parent company of British retailers Phase Eight, Whistles and Hobbs has announced his retirement. Doug Murray, who has led The Foschini Group for 11 years, said he would retire on September 2. Group chief financial officer Anthony Thunström will succeed Murray from September. Murray has...

Sportswear retailer Adidas is to open a new stadium inspired store in the £600 million Westfield London expansion. Due to launch on 20 March, the store will take inspiration from the homes of professional sports teams around the UK.  Designed by architect Julius Steinert from DarntonB3 Architecture, the shop will span 1,106...

High street fashion retailer French Connection has said it is coming close to returning to profitability after making a full year underlying operating of loss of £0.6 million compared to a £3.7 million loss in the previous year. In the 12 months to 31 January, group revenues were up 0.5% to...

Toy retailer Lego has beaten British Airways to the top spot as the British public’s strongest consumer brand. In the annual survey of over 2500 people conducted by Superbrands, the Danish toy retailer scored the highest out of 1500 brands on perceived quality, reliability and distinction. Half of the lists top ten...