Was it a tale of weather woes at House of Fraser this Christmas? Not a bit of it. The department store chain that’s now owned by China’s Nanjing Cenbest had a grrrreat six-week Christmas trading period with comparable sales excluding VAT up 5.3%. OK, that didn’t match the 8% rise of a year ago but…
I love knitwear. It doesn’t love me of course – my record at keeping a seater looking vaguely respectable is two washes tops. But that doesn’t stop me adding sweater after sweater to my spending wishlist. These are my tops picks from the pre-fall 16 collections.
The dust is settling on Christmas 2015 so how was the season overall? Not bad, it seems, even if fashion had a pretty tough time. UK spending in the all-important festive shopping period grew 2.1% year-on-year, MasterCard SpendingPulse said today, adding that despite deflation and discounting, this retail spending growth shows the strength of UK…
Quilting is key for pre-fall 16 outerwear and it’s even working its way into daytime dressing with some labels giving us quilted tops, skirts and pants. But for most of us, quilting is best as an outerwear option.
Print and pattern specialists have gone head over heels for flora and fauna this pre-season which means there’s a surefire way to update key pieces. Choose your motifs from among our feathered friends or get the butterfly effect.
Only a year ago, everyone had this funny idea that ‘wearable tech’ would be all about dresses with LEDs in them, weird and wacky clothes that would look very futuristic (but wouldn’t actually do much) and jackets that could, well… switch your oven on. What they didn’t get is that to appeal to women in…
Was the holiday season the washout for US retailers that many had feared? Yes, and no. Some retailers did just fine thanks while others… well, let’s look at Gap Inc.
The pre-fall collections have confirmed one thing – (almost) anything goes. That means that when it comes to length, there’s something for everyone and the mini is as big news as midi, maxi and everything in-between. So what’s key about the new minis? Well, what’s worn with them is as important as the skirts/dresses themselves.…
This is it, the moment retail changes forever. The tablet revolution is ending and smartphones are now the top driver of sales and e-traffic for US retail companies. Tablets didn’t have it their way for long (the iPad only launched in April 2010) but their days on top have gone. Who says so? The State…
I’ve been a journalist for… well, more years than I care to own up to. And I’ve been a specifically online fashion-meets-retail journalist since 1999. At that point I seem to remember reporting on M&S and Gap turning in record profits, riding high, expanding fast, could-do-no-wrong etc. Not long after though it all seemed to…
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