H&M has appointed a diversity manager in response to the global backlash it endured from recent events. Annie Wu, currently H&M’s global manager for employee relations, will become its new global leader for diversity and inclusiveness for the H&M Group and will be based at the retailer’s headquarters in Stockholm. H&M has...
Fashion chain River Island has undergone a dramatic overhaul of its core IT systems in order to now operate with a single view of its inventory, which is giving it the ability to manage its stock across channels and surface reliable data throughout the organisation. Speaking at an event alongside Retail’s...
Car parts and cycling retailer Halfords grew its like-for-like sales by 2.7% in its third quarter as group revenue rose by 3.2%. In the 15 weeks to 12 January, retail like-for-like sales increased by 2.9% while sales at Halford’s autocentres edged up 0.7%. The company said it continued to see strong...
Crew Clothing has promoted head of finance Angharad Carter-Clout to finance director. Carter-Clout will replace chief financial officer Stuart Owens, who stepped down last month. Her promotion also comes less than a month after Crew Clothing hired David Butler as its new chief executive, replacing Louise Barnes who also stepped down after...
Poundland has revealed plans to roll out over more 150 store-in-stores with budget fashion chain and Steinhoff stablemate Pep&Co. Over the 12 months from February 1 Pep&Co fashion outlets will be opened in Poundland stores across the UK bringing the total to over 300. The budget retailer has also set its sights...
Fashion and lifestyle retailer Seasalt has had a record year for Christmas trading, recording a 52 per cent year-on-year increase in overall sales. For its five week period leading up to January 6 strong sales growth was recorded both online and in-store, with 72 per cent online year-on-year growth, and store...
Luxury brand Burberry has said it is on track for its next phase of transformation as it posted its third quarter trading figures. In the three months to 31 December, like-for-like sales rose by 2%. However, retail revenue edged down 2% to £719 million in the period but was up 1%...
Kingfisher has welcomed John Colley back into the fold after seven years, appointing him as its group trading director. Colley had served as commercial director for Kingfisher fascias B&Q and Screwfix before he left the company to become the chief operating officer of Maxeda DIY Group based in the Netherlands and...
JD Sports have stated that they have had a very positive performance. Announced in its interim results had continued through the second half, including the Christmas trading period. As a result, JD Sports now expects its headline pre-tax for the year ended 3 February to reach around £300 million compared to previous...
Budget fashion retailer Primark is to open a 46,000 square foot store at the Bluewater shopping destination. Due to launch in 2019, the shop on Thames Walk will stock clothing for women, men and children as well as footwear, accessories, beauty and homeware products. Landsec, Bluewater’s owner and asset manager, said insight...
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