Etail roundtable
Etail roundtable: Digital direction Video
Ecommerce experts gathered to discuss the latest developments in etail.
Property Focus
Property focus: Luxury
The battle for prime retail space in central London is spilling out into surrounding streets and buildings.
Property focus: Regional centres
As Trinity Leeds aims to prove, fashion retail isn’t all about London - major regional shopping centres are also prime territory for retailers.
Property focus: Empty shops
Bigger stores, flexible rates and rents - there’s plenty to do to keep physical stores viable in a multichannel world.
Global Report
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How to become a global director of retail communications
The starting route for a role such as this would normally be as a PR or marketing assistant dealing with product placement, event planning, and communication strategy. You will need to be ambitious and determined and gain great experience in a well-known brand.
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Global Report: Why global expansion is top of the agenda
At a Drapers roundtable breakfast discussion on the branded fashion market this month, there was one topic every guest unanimously wanted to discuss.
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Global Report: Chris Poad, Director, Merchant Services
Ecommerce has revolutionised the world of retail, opening new channels and opportunities for retailers.
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Global Report: Wendy Hallett, Founder and Managing Director, Hallett Retail and Fuse Fashion Network
As a brand with recent innovation and expansion into international retail markets, Fuse Fashion Network is delighted to partner with Drapers on this exciting global edition.
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Global Report: Markets to watch
Overseas expansion is far from saturated, but risk-taking UK businesses will be looking at the markets to watch
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Global Report: Europe
Despite its economic woes, Europe remains the first port of call for many seeking international expansion.
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Global Report: USA
UK fashion brands and retailers are eager to establish British style Stateside, and with the world’s number one economy and a vast population of 304 million where the appetite for shopping is voracious, it’s hardly a surprise.
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Global Report: Middle East
British retailers and brands have embraced the competitive and lucrative Middle Eastern market over the past decade, but it hasn’t reached saturation point yet.
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Global Report: Australia
The harsh economic climate may have led to domestic Australian retailers scaling back, but internationalchains are migrating Down Under, with many new names plotting an Aussie adventure.
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Global Report: Russia
With a population of 143 million, a growing affluent middle class and its status as one of the key BRIC marketsto watch, Russia, is an attractive proposition for UK fashion brands and retailers looking to expand abroad.
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Global Report: Brazil
Brazilians love to shop. I should know, I am one.
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Global Report: China
All eyes are on China right now. Over the past 10 years, the world’s most populous country, with more than 1.3 billion people, has transformed into a powerhouse.
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Close-Up Preview: Q&A with Håkan Nilsson, head of leasing at IKEA Shopping Centres Russia
Ahead of Drapers’ first special Global edition this weekend where we’ll be exploring retail in multiple overseas markets, we catch up with Håkan Nilsson, head of leasing at shopping landlord operator IKEA Shopping Centres Russia, which operates 14 sites across 11 of the countries most populated cities.
Brand Market Report
Aldo can't depend on heritage for Shellys' success
Aldo’s wholesale arm APS is hoping to return footwear brand Shellys to its glory days. But the business must rely on more than ’90s nostalgia to survive, writes Ruth Falkner.
Indicator
Contemporary Indicator, May 18 2013
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from contemporary retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect contemporary retail by clicking on the PDF.
Indicator
Occasionwear Indicator, May 11 2013
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from occasionwear retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect occasionwear retail by clicking on the PDF.
In Depth
M&S turnaround will not be easy
After a second year of declining clothing sales, Marks & Spencer will have to work harder to dispel the gloom.
Shopwatch
Phase Eight, James St, London
A Phase Eight store tends to be one of those shops that you feel ought to be a well-to-do indie, but is actually part of a relatively substantial chain.
Close Up
Close up: Wendy Malem, director, The Centre for Fashion Enterprise
The Centre for Fashion Enterprise director is rightly proud of the organisation’s unsung work nurturing London’s fashion stars.
Ecomm
Enter the dragon’s den
Fashion retailers looking to take a share of China’s huge market need to understand its online players.
Comment
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Dior cruise 2014: Wow with a capital W
Raf Simons’ show in Monaco was a gamble that’ll surely pay off.
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Deputy Diary: M&S - the saga continues Video
This time last week, we were waiting for Marks & Spencer to unveil its autumn 13 womenswear collection (see Drapers’ thoughts on this Reuters video) to see if it could rescue falling clothing sales; today we await its less favourable full-year results due out tomorrow.
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Bangladesh: 'Ethics' is not a dirty word
It is impossible for the images coming out of Bangladesh in the past few weeks not to leave their impact and, in discussing the business response to the tragedy, we must not lose sight of the fact that people have lost their lives because sufficient precautions were not taken.
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With £600 gilets, M&S autumn 13 falls wide of the mark
The much-anticipated preview of Marks & Spencer’s autumn 13 collection drew everyone’s focus to the quality of the range – but at what expense to the actual customer?
