Reiss has opened a 1,800 sq ft store at the Gloucester Quays shopping centre – opposite The North Face and next to Skechers. The opening represents the fashion brand’s first-ever store in Gloucester and its only outlet in the South West region, also joining the likes of M&S, Hobbs, Phase Eight and Next at the…
Woolmark has today announced that Olympic diving champion and keen knitter Tom Daley is its new Merino wool ambassador – celebrating the process of “from farm to yarn”. The new partnership will also see the launch of exclusive Woolmark-certified knit kits, including Merino wool yarns and knitting patterns, in early 2025, via Daley’s Made With…
High street businesses may have to cut hours or axe staff in the face of a potential jump in business rates, industry leaders have warned. Experts have predicted that fresh inflation figures are likely to result in an almost-£500 million increase in business rate payments by firms. Business rates are the tax paid on commercial…
Simply Be and JD Williams fashion retailer N Brown has agreed a £191 million takeover by Joshua Alliance, whose family built up the home shopping group in the 1960s. Alliance, who is a shareholder and non-executive director of N Brown, will pay 40p in cash for each share of N Brown that he does not…
Uniqlo will hold in-store clothing repair workshops and events at its RE.UNIQLO Studio concept in stores worldwide on 19 October, in celebration of International Repair Day. It will aim to show people how to repair, maintain and upcycle their clothes, with specially trained staff at a dedicated counter providing repair services to mend holes or…
Conscious clothing brand Lucy & Yak is collaborating with homeless help charity Shelter on a pop-up store at Coal Drops Yard in London’s King’s Cross, set to run from 1-3 November 2024. ‘The Comfort Store’ will feature a donation of Lucy & Yak’s “comfiest items”, including dungarees, jumpsuits, fleeces and blankets – made from sustainable…
Spring Fair, the fashion, home and gift trade show, has launched a ‘Retail Insights’ podcast series with designer and TV personality Jeff Banks CBE to “shine a light on businesses in the industry”. Jeff Banks CBE will host a series of free podcasts featuring interviews with 15 industry figureheads, which will run over 14 weeks…
Now in its third year in the UK and second year in Australia, eBay’s Circular Fashion Fund is set to launch in the US and Germany – with the aim to deliver a $1.2 million investment in business start-ups to scale circular fashion solutions by the end of 2025. Uniting the collective power of…
LVMH has delivered revenue of £50.8 billion (€60.8 billion) for the first nine months of 2024, down 2% on a reported basis, as the geopolitical and economic environment remains uncertain. The fashion and leather goods business decreased 3% but showed “good resilience”, with Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior enjoying high visibility over the summer with…
New Balance has opened a new premium concept store at 104 Grafton Street in Dublin, showcasing its top-end ‘Made in UK’ and ‘Made in USA’ trainers. It is also carrying the brand’s core lifestyle and performance ranges for both style conscious shoppers and performance driven athletes, as well as popular models like the 9060 and…
