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3 January 2012 | By Victoria Gallagher

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15 December 2011 | By Ruth Faulkner

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JD Sports inks deal with Four Marketing

9 December 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

JD Sports Fashion and Four Marketing Group, which owns premium menswear etailer Oki-ni, have formed a joint venture under the name of Premium Fashion Ltd to retail fascia.

Hugo Boss plots Hugo and womenswear store debuts

2 December 2011

Premium brand Hugo Boss plans to open the first standalone store for its more trend-led Hugo sub-brand and is also considering opening its first womenswear store in the UK.

Owner shores up ailing Pringle with £10.9m injection

18 November 2011

The owners of Pringle of Scotland had to rescue the label in a £10.9m bailout, it emerged this week.

Back-in-profit Moss Bros to invest in multichannel

30 September 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

Menswear group Moss Bros has announced it will bolster its multichannel offering next year after posting a return to profit.

Moss Bros returns to profit

27 September 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

Moss Bros, the menswear group, saw like-for-like sales surge 15.4% in the first half of its financial year helped by record sales for its hire business.

Colleagues lead tributes to ‘gentleman’ Williams

23 September 2011 | By Collen McDonnell

A legendary buyer of the British menswear industry, Scott Williams, has died at the age of 56.

JD sees profits soar despite riots

21 September 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

JD Sports Fashion has posted a 20.6% rise in pre-tax profits rise for the first half of its financial year despite having £700,000 stock looted when riots hit the UK high streets in August.

JD Sports closes on deal to rebrand Cecil Gee as Oki-ni

2 September 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

JD Sports Fashion is poised to rebrand its Cecil Gee chain as Oki-ni as the sportswear giant moves closer to a deal with the premium menswear etailer.

Alfred Brown supplies British cloth for Moss Bespoke range

15 July 2011 | By Colleen McDonnell

Moss Bros has joined a growing list of men’s formalwear retailers offering suits made from British cloth under its Moss Bespoke sub-brand from this week.

Early Sales fail to tempt shoppers onto high street

24 June 2011

Footfall numbers show increase of just 1% on last year, despite Sales kicking off a week earlier.

Moss Bros sells off Cecil Gee to free up cash for core business

24 June 2011 | By Amy Shields

Moss Bros, the menswear group, will remain committed to its formal menswear chain Savoy Taylors Guild after disposing of its Cecil Gee chain for £1.7m to JD Sports Fashion.

Moss Bros like-for-likes up 13.4% as it disposes of Cecil Gee

20 June 2011 | By Nicola Harrison

Menswear group Moss Bros has said like-for-likes surged 13.4% in the 20 weeks to June 18 and has disposed of menswear chain Cecil Gee to JD Sports Fashion.

JD acquires Spanish sports chain and Cecil Gee stores

20 June 2011 | By Amy Shields

JD Sports Fashion has acquired Spanish fashion and footwear chain Sprinter and eight Cecil Gee stores from menswear group Moss Bros.

Wool shortage will put 10% on price of a suit

10 June 2011 | By Caroline Parry

Menswear retailers and brands are braced for a surge in raw wool prices at a time when demand for formalwear is outpacing the rest of the market.

Suit prices to rise by 10% as wool prices at record high

6 June 2011 | By Amy Shields

The price of a wool suit is set to rise by at least 10% as the cost of wool doubled to a record high in the past 12 months.

Moss Bros sales soar

19 May 2011 | By Amy Shields

Moss Bros, the menswear group, said sales soared in the 15 weeks to May 14 but remained cautious for the year ahead as consumer spending remains volatile.

Crombie beefs up made-to-measure tailoring service

13 May 2011

Menswear retailer Crombie has expanded its made-to-measure tailoring service in an attempt to convince shoppers it can translate the quality of its outerwear through the rest of its collection.

Moss revamps shops to include Bespoke

28 April 2011 | By Victoria Gallagher

Menswear retail group Moss Bros is to roll out its made-to-measure services and overhaul its stores in a bid to demonstrate its full offer to customers.