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Clothing & Shoes
Gordon Brothers rescues Laura Ashley from administration
Embattled retailer Laura Ashley has been rescued from administration by global investment firm Gordon Brothers for an undisclosed sum. Gordon…
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Coronavirus Featured Content
The importance of strategic and empathetic furloughing
We’re hoping that we’re not going to have to furlough. We’re very fortunate in that we are still doing a…
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Coronavirus
John Lewis furloughs 14,000 members of staff
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has revealed it has furloughed over 14,000 members of staff and will slash over £200m from…
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How brands can use feedback to excel CX in the post-coronavirus world
The coronavirus lockdown is likely to change consumers’ relationships with brands in all kinds of ways. With a third of…
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Coronavirus Featured Content
Customer contracts in a crisis
We lawyers have been asked a lot of questions about contracts in the past couple of weeks. At this point,…
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Clothing & Shoes
Clothing and footwear market forecast to decline by £14bn
The UK clothing and footwear is anticipated to plummet in 2020, falling 26.1% versus 2019, a loss of around £14bn…
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What’s behind the demise of Cath Kidston?
Sadly, the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent shutting of high street stores has compounded the effects on the already struggling retail…
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Department Stores
Debenhams closes seven stores amid further landlord talks
Debenhams has announced the permanent closure of seven of its stores resulting in the loss of 422 jobs and has…
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Coronavirus
Chancellor extends coronavirus loan scheme to bigger firms
The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme has been extended to include businesses with turnover greater than £500m. The £330bn…
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Coronavirus
Government extends lockdown for ‘at least’ three more weeks
The government has announced an extension to the coronavirus lockdown for “at least” a further three weeks. The decision was…
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