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United Kingdom

Burberry adjusts forecast after sales rebound

Mar 19, 2021 / United Kingdom
The luxury fashion house headquartered in London has issued an unscheduled trading update ahead of the 27th of March 2021 financial year end

New exhibition in London focus on sneakers

Mar 16, 2021 / United Kingdom
The new show will tell the story of sneakers and will open at the Design Museum, in London, on the 30th of April and will last until the 24th of October 2021

UK: consumer spending falls by 13.8%

Mar 9, 2021 / United Kingdom
Figures refer to the month of February as lockdown continued. Spending on essential items grew by 5.3% year-on-year as online grocery shopping surged and on non-essentials dropped by 22.1% with much of the high-street remained closed

UK: footfall remains low

Mar 8, 2021 / United Kingdom
With the UK still in lockdown, year on year UK footfall decreased by 73.5% in February, with only a 3.4 percentage point improvement from January. The new figures were just published and commented by the British Retail Consortium

Yellow Wood Partners to acquire Scholl from Reckitt Benckiser

Mar 4, 2021 / United States
The Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Scholl footcare brand, from UK-based consumer-goods company Reckitt Benckiser

Capri appoints Alejandro Martinez-Galindo as Chief Information Officer

Mar 3, 2021 / United Kingdom
The fashion luxury group announced the appointment of Alejandro Martinez-Galindo as Chief Information Officer of Capri Holdings, reporting to Thomas Edwards, EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. His start date is the 8th of March 2021

Farfetch reaches profitability

Mar 2, 2021 / United Kingdom
The luxury e-commerce platform has announced revenue in 2020 which increased by 64% to 1.7 billion US dollars, with future sights set on China, after investments and deals made last year

Caleres adds Naturalizer & Sam Edelman distribution to its European business

Mar 1, 2021 / United Kingdom
The US-based footwear group is adding 2 brands through its European distribution office, based in Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom. Caleres aims to broaden the reach of its brand portfolio and strengthen connections with global consumers

Skechers wins ninth Footwear Plus Company of the Year award

Mar 1, 2021 / United Kingdom
For the ninth time in the past 15 years, Skechers has been chosen as Company of the Year by Footwear Plus. Skechers Kids also received the Excellence in Children’s Design Award

CEO Giorgio Presca exits Clarks

Feb 25, 2021 / United Kingdom
According to several reports on the news, the CEO of Clarks has reportedly left the business. Other members of the company’s executive team are allegedly leaving as well

Peter Foot is leaving Shoe Zone

Feb 23, 2021 / United Kingdom
Shoe Zone announced that Peter Foot, its Finance Director, has left the business with immediate effect

Shoe Zone expects 24.3% decline in revenue

Feb 18, 2021 / United Kingdom
Ahead of releasing its final results for the 52-week period ended on the 3rd of October 2020, Shoe Zone announces that it expects to report revenue for the period of approximately 122.6 million British pounds, a 24.3% decline from the previous year

Burberry: store sales decline by 9%

Feb 12, 2021 / United Kingdom
The UK-based fashion house has announced third quarter results, marked by decline in retail revenue. Suffering the impact of COVID-19 in its retail network, comparable store sales declined by 9% in the quarter

UK: footfall from bad to worse

Feb 10, 2021 / United Kingdom
The words are from the British Retail Consortium, and come up as the UK is facing the third lockdown since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and after a whole month of non-essential stores closed

Boohoo buys several brands from Arcadia

Feb 10, 2021 / United Kingdom
The United Kingdom-based online fashion retailer acquired Dorothy Perkins, Burton and Wallis' brands, its intellectual property and stocks for 25.2 million British pounds in cash
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