As Paris struggles to get back to normal, questions are being asked about the prospects for the city’s fashion retail trade this holiday season. While some might say there are more important things to think about, surely the most important thing is to assert the virtue of normality? Analysts are looking to see whether key…
Is it just me or does it seem like there are an awful lot of Christmas scare stories in the press at the moment? Two of the scariest? , The Daily Express reported discount site Voucherbox.co.uk saying copycat websites – replicas of sites offering great deals – could steal a lot of money from discount-focused…
What’s gone wrong at Bebe? Quite a lot actually as it looks like product missteps, too many stores, markdown fever and a reorganisation process all combined in Q1 to make its results statement grim reading. The fashion retailer said Thursday that Q1 comps fell 4.1%, total sales fell 5.7% to $96.3m, the gross margin fell…
Has the world gone mad? John Lewis that perfect example of the British department store is moving to Europe. OK, it’s heading to country-next-door The Netherlands so we’re not talking major cultural mash-up here. But it’s doing it via a deal with de Bijenkorf. Isn’t that the high-end Dutch department store owned by the same…
That’s the thing about trends. They’re like buses. You hang around waiting for one then two come along at once. So what has today yielded? First a shift in retailers’ approach to Black Friday, and second the growth of China’s Singles Day as a global event. So, Black Friday. Asda, one of the prime movers…
If you thought the expansion of Spain’s fashion retail chains couldn’t be stopped, think again. Mango has confirmed a report that it’s closing 450 doors in the US next year as it ends a five-year deal with JC Penney. But wait – it’s not the disaster it looks. The in-store shops will close in February…
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