Couture Club has launched a new store at London’s Westfield Stratford City, which marks the brands first store in the south of England. Ross Worswick and Scott Shashua founded Couture Club in 2015, with an initial investment of just £5,000. The co-founders remain committed to investing in the high street, with stores...
Yoox Net-a-Porter has confirmed the exit of Mr Porter managing director Toby Bateman. A spokesperson for the brand said: “We would like to thank Toby Bateman for his long-term commitment. During the nearly 10 years he has been with the organization, he, together with his talented team, have achieved many notable...
Laura Ashley has appointed IMG to exclusively license its brand in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The offering will start with the retailer’s home décor and furnishings items but this will be extended to include women’s apparel, fashion accessories and personal care items. Sean Anglim, chief operating officier of Laura Ashley,...
Sainsbury’s has committed to cutting its plastic packaging in half by 2025. This will include all branded foods packaging, Sainsbury’s brand food and packaging across all of the supermarket’s operations. Sainsbury’s uses nearly 120,000 tonnes of plastic packaging per year, but the new programme will involve switching to alternative materials, using lighter-weight plastics...
AO has signed a three-year partnership with Aldi to provide a delivery service for its Specialbuys ranges. AO will use its delivery experience to begin offering a similar service for Aldi customers ordering Specialbuys products. AO’s logistics network covers 95% of the UK. A lot of Aldi’s Specialbuys are already available to...
Topshop and Topman suffered a loss of £498.5 million for 2018 , which is a drastic rise from the £15.6 million loss in 2017. Sales were also shown to have declined by 9% to £846.7 million. The figures show the true extent of Arcadia’s struggles, and they recently had to strike a rescue...
Zalando has launched a pilot scheme to test reusable packaging for delivering customer orders. The trial will last four weeks and will see 10,000 customers in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark receiving their orders in reusable bags. According to Zalando, the pilot will test the extent to which reusable packaging can be...
Yoox Net-a-Porter has added strength to its management line-up with the appointment of five new senior executives. Pete Marsden has become the group’s chief technology officer, and will report into global chief operating officer Olivier Schaeffer. Marsden will focus on mobile, personalisation and AI as the company looks to enrich the...
Homebase has launched its new-look campaign to support the sales of its autumn range of home décor and kitchens. The campaign is the first under the retailer’s new tagline, ‘Feel Good to be Home’. The campaign kicked off on September 11th, with the first 20-second advert being launched during ‘Emmerdale’. Lisa Tickle, head...
Foot Locker is set to relocate its Manchester Arndale store into a larger unit as part of plans to create a new experience-led shop. The retailer will move into a 14,000 square foot unit on Halle Mall following years of trading at its smaller Market Street store. The new store is set...
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