Clothing & Shoes
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Mar- 2019 -8 March
Primark to move 220 roles to Dublin
Primark has announced it will be moving its product operations from Reading to Dublin with 220 staff being told they…
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7 March
LK Bennett enters administration
High-end fashion retailer, LK Bennett has announced it has entered administration. The retailer had lined up administrators EY to undertake…
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7 March
Quiz shares plunge following sales ‘shortfall’
Quiz, the omni‐channel fashion brand, has seen its shares plummet after it announced it will launch a “thorough review” of…
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6 March
Ann Summers seduces former HoF and Game directors
Ann Summers has appointed Game’s chief marketing officer Natalie Amosu and House of Fraser’s former product and trading director Marian…
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6 March
Jack Wills hit by £7.5m loss
Fashion retailer Jack Wills suffered an EBITDA loss of £7.5m for the full year to 28 January 2018 compared with…
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5 March
Clarks closes Somerset factory leaving 35 jobless
Shoe retailer Clarks has confirmed the closure of its robot-assisted shoe factory in Street, Somerset, leaving 35 employees without a…
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4 March
Former Debenhams and John Lewis director to launch own brand
Jo Hooper, a former womenswear director at John Lewis and Debenhams is set to launch her own clothing brand. Named…
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1 March
LK Bennett could collapse ‘in next few days’
Some 480 jobs may be at risk as high end fashion retailer LK Bennett has appointed audit firm EY as…
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1 March
Gap to close 230 stores
Fashion retailer Gap will close 230 of its stores over the next two years as part of a plan to…
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Feb- 2019 -28 February
Victoria’s Secret to close stores following Christmas ‘decline’
Victoria’s Secret has announced it is to close stores following a “decline in performance” over the second half of 2018.…
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