Drapers
7 August 2010
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Adel Andic
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Davies backs Ghost as GIVe adds brands
Retail entrepreneur George Davies is to turn his high street womenswear chain GIVe into a multi-brand retailer, marking a major strategic shift for the business. -
Pure to launch new show
Womenswear trade show Pure London is to invest £1m in a separate spin-off event dedicated to young fashion that will run alongside next February’s show. -
Soaring sales make trousers spring 11’s hot trend
Womenswear brands sounded the death knell for the domination of the dress at womenswear show Pure London this week, after trouser sales for spring 11 soared for the first time in years. -
Web sales boost Pritchards
Men’s designer indie Pritchards has experienced a 10% hike in sales since the launch of its transactional website eight months ago. -
Abstract Prints
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American Apparel to miss filing deadline
Beleaguered US fashion retailer American Apparel will miss its deadline to file second quarter results and has confirmed that it expects to make a loss during the period. -
Anonymous By Ross + Bute
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Arnotts chairman leads board reshuffle
Mark Schwartz, who was appointed chairman of Arnotts yesterday, has led a reshuffle of the board of the Irish department store and is reviewing its senior management team. -
Aurora makes key appointments at Coast and Oasis
Aurora Fashions has appointed Margaret McDonald, formerly chief executive of womenswear and footwear retailer LK Bennett, managing director of occasionwear chain Coast. -
Bag an online credit option
Credit is now available for customers’ online purchases and the process has all the benefits of in-store finance -
Beales buys Westgate department store in Rochdale
Indie department store chain Beales has bought the Westgate department store in Rochdale for £300,000. -
Benetton redesigns European flagships
Italian fashion group Benetton has begun the overhaul of its London flagship in Oxford Circus as part of wider plans to revamp its stores around Europe. -
Boden goes premium to lure web shoppers
Boden, the catalogue and internet retailer, is to launch a limited-edition premium womenswear sub-brand for spring 11, one of a string of online-only ventures designed to reduce dependence on catalogues. -
British Fashion Council awards first menswear MA scholarship
The British Fashion Council has awarded the first menswear-focused BFC MA Scholarship to Thomas Crisp, a new graduate from Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. -
Browns buyer joins Asos Marketplace
Etailer Asos has appointed Browns Focus buyer Jemma Dyas to recruit brands, designers and indies to join its Marketplace venture. -
Bullfrogs to spawn new label and store
Footwear and young fashion indie Bullfrogs is to open its sixth store in September and will launch its third own brand for spring 11 in a bid to reduce its dependence on suppliers and give itself extra buying power. -
Contemporary Menswear Indicator, August 7 2010
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Contemporary Womenswear Indicator, August 7 2010
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from contemporary retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect womenswear by clicking on the PDF. -
Debenhams plots property deal
Department store group Debenhams is reportedly considering a sale and leaseback deal over nine of its stores as it looks to pay off debt and invest further in the company. -
EU approves takeover of Arnotts
The European Union has approved the takeover of iconic Irish department store Arnotts by its banks. -
Evisu poised to close its New York headquarters
Premium denim brand Evisu is to close its New York headquarters and its global chief executive and creative director Scott Morrison will leave the business, it has been reported. -
Fat Face makes redundancies as it focuses on product and stores
Fat Face, the lifestyle retailer and brand, has made 18 head office redundancies and created 45 store jobs as it cuts administrative costs and opens more stores. -
Fly53 to swoop onto the high street with 26-store assault
Streetwear brand Fly53 is to open 26 standalone stores over the next three years as part of its plans to expand rapidly into retail. -
Folk
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Footwear
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Footwear sales drop to lowest level for a year
Clothing sales picked up slightly in July, helped by summer Sales and promotions but footwear sales slowed to record their weakest performance since August 2009. -
Fresh product helps keep shoppers hungry
As well as the usual business of predicting trends and keeping up with current styles, at A Shop Called Wood we’ve used the past month to restructure our buying policies, which meant dropping mediocre brands. -
Hakaan launches exclusively with Harvey Nichols
Department store Harvey Nichols will exclusively sell the debut autumn 10 collection from London Fashion Week designer Hakaan, winner of this year’s ANDAM Award. -
Hoopers, Wilmslow, Cheshire
Chosen by Amy Molyneaux, designer and co-founder of womenswear brand PPQ -
Jimmy Choo owners consider sale
The owners of designer footwear label Jimmy Choo are considering putting the business up for sale, in a move expected to fetch up to £500m. -
John Lewis: Strong first half sales growth unlikely to be sustained
Fashion sales led a strong first-half performance at department store group John Lewis, with a 19% rise in the six months to August 6.. -
Jones Bootmaker primed for £40m sale
Footwear retailer Jones Bootmaker is preparing to hoist a For Sale sign over the business. -
Joules shifts focus away from ‘overcrowded’ lifestyle sector
Lifestyle brand Joules is ramping up its premium and contemporary womenswear business in a bid to diversify away from the “overcrowded” lifestyle market. -
Jucca
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Karen Tyler
Mamas & Papas’ fashion director tells Lisa Berwin how the maternitywear and kidswear retailer’s focus on quality is paying off -
La Perla to launch shapewear
Italian lingerie brand and retailer La Perla will launch its first collection of shapewear pieces, called ShapeCouture, to buyers next month. -
Lace
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Ladylike
Spring 11 -
Lightweight Knits
Spring 11 -
Major high street retailers reiterate commitment to ethical trading
High street chains including Marks & Spencer, Gap, Next, Tesco and Asda have all been the subject of investigations in to poor working conditions in their overseas factories. -
Mango plots major global push with one store opening every day
Spanish womenswear retailer Mango is planning to take on rivals such as Inditex and H&M by opening a store a day worldwide and rapidly ramping up its expansion in China. -
Mango ramps up its internet offer
Womenswear chain Mango is set to double its internet sales in 2010, the 10th anniversary of its website, Mangoshop.com. -
Marc Jacobs to produce plus sizes
Designer label Marc Jacobs is set to be the first luxury catwalk label to produce pieces for women in sizes upwards of a 14. -
Margin
Eye-catching graphic-print T-shirts and fresh young labels jostled for attention at the London streetwear show -
Men’s formalwear sales jump at Next and M&S
Next and Marks & Spencer have made massive value market share gains in men’s formalwear but seen their men’s casualwear sales shrink back. -
Michael Thomson
Owner of lingerie indie Cachet in Macclesfield, CheshireBrands include Elle Macpherson Intimates, Fantasie, Freya, Panache, Pour Moi?, Triumph -
Motel
The women’s young fashion label has rapidly established itself as a firm favourite with party girls -
New Ballet brand to offer higher margins
Lingerie brand and supplier Ballet has launched a new brand for spring 11 in response to demand from indies for lingerie that offers higher mark-ups and more design detail. -
Off the Record, Drapers Awards 2010 Launch Party
The launch of the 20th Drapers Awards at London’s One Marylebone. -
Old stock is well past its use by date
This week’s Indicator poll has a shocking statistic. -
One True Saxon, London
The men’s young fashion brand has created a pop-up store which creates an impression that is greater than the sum of its parts -
Patrizia Pepe
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Prada sales jump 29% in first half
Italian luxury fashion house Prada Group saw its total revenue rise 29% to €930m (£773m) in the six months to July 31 fuelled by growth across all distribution channels. -
Primark lures New Look’s Lawton to menswear role
Primark has poached New Look’s head of menswear, Steve Lawton, for a buying director role at the value giant. -
Primark to open second store on Oxford Street
Primark is to open another store on famous shopping destination Oxford Street at the eastern end of the road. -
Record number of visitors back established brands
Buyers and exhibitors were in a buoyant mood at Pure London this week as a record number of visitors attended the show, an increase of 24% on last August. -
Redlabelfashion.com
Women’s young fashion etailer Red Label recently relaunched its site, Redlabelfashion.com. -
Retailers sign up to celebrate Wool Week
Selfridges, Marks & Spencer and Jaeger are among the retailers hosting special events to celebrate Wool Week, which has moved from its previous September dateline to October 11-17. -
Retailers stock cautiously for Christmas
Retailers are planning to stock cautiously in the run up to the crucial Christmas trading period due to uncertainty over the economy and concern over house prices. -
Riddiford: Arnotts is in rude health
Arnotts chief executive David Riddiford has vowed that the iconic Irish department store will record “healthy” EBITDA growth this year, despite the turmoil surrounding the business’s ownership. -
Select embarks on retail push
Young fashion retailer Select is on a retail drive with plans to open 13 new stores by the end of year. -
Selfridges unveils footwear strategy
Selfridges is poised to open what it claims is the world’s largest footwear department in its London flagship store on Oxford Street. -
Skillsmart Retail awards Oxford Summer School scholarships
Individuals from businesses including lifestyle brand Henri-Lloyd and luxury etailer Net-a-Porter have been awarded scholarships worth nearly £2,000 each to attend the Oxford Summer School retail training programme. -
Spirit
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Stefanel
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Stephan van Kruisselberge
Just three years after its UK launch, US denim brand Not Your Daughter’s Jeans is achieving phenomenal growth by wooing older women with its patented shapewear styles. Yet its European boss says there’s more to come -
Sykes closes eponymous brand to focus on Aquascutum
Aquascutum design director Joanna Sykes is to axe her eponymous luxury womenswear label to focus on her designs for the British heritage retailer and brand. -
Tesco set to launch first transactional mobile app
Tesco is launching its first transactional mobile app next week on mainstream handset Nokia Ovi Store. -
The weekend newspaper round up: August 7 to 8, 2010
A round up of the best fashion business stories from the weekend’s newspapers. -
Topshop to expand in Japan with flagship store
Fashion powerhouse Arcadia is to expand its Topshop chain in Japan with the opening of a flagship store in Tokyo next month. -
Trousers
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UK businesses need a passage to India
It is to be hoped that clothing and textiles made it onto the agenda for David Cameron’s trade mission to India last week. -
UK workswear firms bought
US-based retailer Men’s Wearhouse has bought stakes in two UK providers of corporate uniforms and workwear, Dimensions Clothing and Alexandra, it has been reported. -
Upcoming talent is the focus for Dais
An indie that aims to showcase up-and-coming labels and designers will open in Huddersfield next week. -
USC launches international shipping
Young fashion chain USC has launched international shipping from its website in a bid to tap into growing traffic from overseas. -
Valerie
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Vero Moda launches lingerie
Young fashion brand and retailer Vero Moda is to trial a lingerie collection in its own stores from October with a view to wholesaling it next year. -
Very’s premium plot starts with G-Star
Very, the young fashion etailer owned by Shop Direct Group, is to introduce premium denim brand G-Star in line with a strategy to stock more brands at higher price points. -
Zara returns to profit in the UK
Zara UK has returned to profit for the first time since 2007.
