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Christie disconnects to join Superdry

10 February 2012

French Connection’s accessories sales manager Christina Christie is leaving her role for a post at young fashion brand Superdry.

French Connection issues profit warning

3 February 2012 | By Tiffany Holland

French Connection has issued a profit warning, downgrading its pretax profit from £5m for the year January 31 to £4.7m, which includes a one-off exchange gain of £700,000.

Nicole Farhi set for expansion

13 January 2012 | By Gina Lovett

Nicole Farhi is gearing up for international expansion, after private equity firm Kelso Place Asset Management took a majority stake in the brand this week.

Daily Round Up: John Lewis sees mobile Sales success; Sears Holdings to close 120 stores; textile disruption in Pakistan; retail interest for TJ Hughes Dumfries store

28 December 2011 | By Gina Lovett

From around the web and the nationals

Aurora bolsters online team

16 December 2011 | By Ruth Faulkner

Aurora Fashions has made four high-profile appointments across its Warehouse, Coast and Oasis chains to improve design, marketing and ecommerce functions.

Daily Round Up: Marc Jacobs, Tesco, Mothercare, French Connection, Ted Baker, Abercrombie and a new underclass

17 November 2011

From around the web and the nationals

H&M, Burberry and Macy's launch on Google+

8 November 2011 | By Gina Lovett

H&M, Macy’s, Burberry are the first fashion brands to launch on Google social network business offering, Google Pages, launched last night.

French Connection launches Tegan online

14 October 2011 | By Suzanne Bearne

French Connection has launched a classic womenswear brand that will only be available to buy online.

Boux Avenue appoints new brand and marketing director

23 September 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

Lingerie chain Boux Avenue has appointed Lorna Perrin, formerly of French Connection, as brand and marketing director.

French Connection back on the growth path

19 September 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

French Connection, the men’s and womenswear chain, has said it is “firmly back on a growth path” after posting a profit for the first half, with a substantial increase in wholesale income and growth like for like retail sales.

Indies show love for Manchester initiative

26 August 2011 | By Naomi Wilde

Manchester’s independent retailers have welcomed moves by the city council to revive the local economy following widespread rioting.

Riots leave retailers with £100m bill

12 August 2011 | By Lucie Greene

Businesses are picking up the pieces after fashion stores across the country were damaged and looted by worst rioting in living memory.

French Connection's profits in line with expectations

10 August 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

French Connection, the men’s and womenswear chain, has said its profits for the first half will be in line with management expectations.

Divine Trash moves into bigger store

17 June 2011 | By Caroline Parry

Young fashion indie Divine Trash has moved to larger premises as it celebrates its fifth anniversary.

Kookaï sales slump after repositioning

3 June 2011 | By Ruth Faulkner

Sales at Kookaï UK, the womenswear chain, dropped 30% in the year to August 28 while pre-tax losses held firm during the period at £3.3m.

Kurt Geiger strikes worldwide licence deal for Lipsy footwear

20 May 2011 | By Jessica Brown

Premium footwear retailer Kurt Geiger has signed a licence to design and distribute footwear under the Lipsy young fashion brand worldwide from spring 12.

French Connection confident on full-year forecasts

18 May 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

French Connection is confident it will hit its targets for the year following a good reaction to its autumn 11 ranges, a rise in wholesale volumes and an improvement in trading the lead up to Easter and the royal wedding.

Bright forecast for French Connection and Ted Baker

1 April 2011

Ted Baker and French Connection look set for a bumper autumn 11 after indie stockists said customers were buying trusted brands in uncertain times.

De Montfort ramps up technical content

25 March 2011

De Montfort University has reiterated its commitment to grass-roots manufacturing skills with the addition of more technical content on its various fashion and product design courses, following the closure of its Fashion Technology BSc course.

French connection boss hits out at upward only rent reviews

17 March 2011 | By Nicola Harrison

French Connection chief executive Stephen Marks has hit out at upward only rent reviews, asking the government to review the law.