Bottom Line: Fashionably late but with a sharp design April 23, 2014 THE clamour of discount shoppers remains as loud around the catwalk as in the supermarket aisles. Look at Primark, where the passion for hot fashion at low prices helped keep a recent dip in sugar prices from souring the results of Associated British Foods, its parent company. While its four per cent like-for-like growth is [...]
Primark set to launch its first stores in the US April 23, 2014 ASSOCIATED British Foods (ABF) is taking Primark to the US, the FTSE 100 conglomerate announced yesterday, as it reported a 26 per cent leap in the budget clothing chain’s profits. Primark is set to open a 70,000 square foot store in Boston in 2015 and it is also in talks to open a further eight [...]
Retail successes and failures in the US April 23, 2014 Primark is making its first foray into the US, which has in the past proved to be a tough market to crack and one often described as the graveyard of UK retailers. However alongside a number of failures there have been several success stories. BurberryBurberry has proved to be one of the biggest British retail [...]
Philip Green to take on big four with BHS food March 24, 2014 SIR PHILIP Green is taking on the supermarkets this week, as BHS launches its first food outlet. Arcadia, the group owned by the retail tycoon, confirmed over the weekend that BHS will be opening its first trial food space in its Staines store on Thursday, with Warrington to follow the next week. A spokesperson told [...]
Trade Secrets March 16, 2014 Annabel Palmer talks fashion, funding and family business with Nish and Sach Kukadia, co-founders of the flash sales website and private members club Secretsales.com DEAL of the day, or flash sales sites, were brought into the post-dotcom bubble world with the launch of Woot.com in 2004. It gave customers a 24 hour window each day [...]
Green takes a bigger bite out of Big Apple with Fifth Avenue store February 5, 2014 SIR PHILIP GREEN is stepping up his expansion plans for Topshop in the US after announcing plans yesterday to open five new shops, including a flagship store on New York’s Fifth Avenue. The 40,000 square feet store on the world’s second most expensive street will open in the Autumn next to the Rockefeller Center and [...]
Arcadia’s Philip Green sets up for a food fight November 14, 2013 SIR PHILIP Green is plotting to take on supermarkets and long-time rival Marks & Spencer by launching food outlets in up to 150 of his BHS stores. The retail tycoon said yesterday that he has drawn up plans for convenience food stores within BHS and will make a decision by the end of the year [...]
Kate Moss returns to Topshop October 7, 2013 Model Kate Moss has resumed her partnership with Topshop, owned by her friend Sir Philip Green. Moss, 39, has not designed for the fashion retailer for the past three years, but is now working on designs for a spring/ summer collection for next year.
Topshop to launch 28 shops in US to kick off 150-store growth September 22, 2013 ARCADIA GROUP plans to open 28 Topshop stores in the US in the next month as part of a global expansion plan for 150 new franchise stores around the world over the next year. Owner Sir Philip Green said he had agreed to expand Topshop and Topman’s tie-up with US department store Nordstrom from 14 [...]
Listed firms on London Fashion Week stage September 15, 2013 Luxury handbag and fashion favourite Mulberry revealed its latest collection yesterday at London Fashion Week, with model Cara Delevingne also stepping out for Sir Philip Green’s Topshop Unique brand. Models for FTSE 100 firm Burberry will tread the boards today.