Fashion retail industry news, trends and analysis | Drapers
WEBKeep up to date on all the latest fashion news covering womenswear, menswear and kidswear, and spanning all sectors including department stores, high street retailers, independent retailers, online retailers, brands and suppliers. Discover all the retail news you need to know to stay ahead on topics including Brexit, sustainability, CVAs and administrations, business rates, discounting and ...
Fashion retail business news | Drapers
WEBThe latest fashion retail news spanning all fashion retail sectors, including department stores, high street chains, online retailers, independent retailers, brands and suppliers. Stay abreast of topics including sustainability, CVAs and administrations, business rates, discounting and financial results. Next CEO: ‘Opportunities for the brand ...
Fashion retail industry leaders | Drapers
WEBThis week's fashion retail people moves: Gymshark, PrettyLittleThing, Givenchy. Haider Ackermann is appointed creative director of Tom Ford. Dior lines up Miu Miu CEO for managing director role. Uniqlo appoints Clare Waight Keller as creative director. Now in its 15th year, Drapers reveals its annual 30 Under 30 list celebrating the rising ...
What are the metrics of store performance today? - Drapers
WEBFeb 11, 2022 · Property adviser Knight Frank estimated that in August 2021 prime retail rents on Oxford Street were around £675/sq ft, whereas in 2018, they were nudging £1,000/sq ft. The last time Oxford Street rents were this low was 2010. From a high of £800/sq ft a couple of years ago, prime rents on Regent Street …
John McElhinney: Steering his department store through bombs
WEBSep 24, 2021 · John is still working as managing director, and has no plans to retire. Their daughter, Catherine, is undertaking a PhD at the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School at University College Dublin – fittingly, researching family businesses. When the store was flooded in 1985, around £230,000 of stock was destroyed (£700,000 in today's money).
What skills do retail leaders need today? - Drapers
WEBSep 13, 2018 · The future retail leader will still need to be someone with gravitas, who is trusted implicitly. It needs to be someone who makes their team feel that if they have the right argument, they can push back and have a say in the business and how it is run. However, it is a balancing act, because those leaders who aren’t able to present and ...
Gym+Coffee: Why bricks-and-mortar retail matters
WEBNov 23, 2021 · Niall Horgan, co-founder of Irish athleisure brand Gym+Coffee, says physical retail encourages people to "meet, socialise, get active and enjoy a holistic retail and leisure experience". At a time when many retailers are thinking twice about expanding their traditional bricks-and-mortar presence on the …
A trader with soul: Sir John Timpson - Drapers
WEBJun 22, 2023 · Drapers Fashion retail industry news, trends and analysis. Digital Edition: A trader with soul: Sir John Timpson. Sir John Timpson's "upside-down management" of his family's footwear and shoe-repair business has led him to be crowned Lifetime Achievement winner at the Drapers Footwear Awards 2023. Drapers hears about his greatest accomplishments.
What do we know about Shein? - Drapers
WEBAug 17, 2021 · Shein, the Chinese ultra-fast fashion etailer, is capturing the loyalty and money of Generation Z shoppers in the UK, but its operations are notoriously mysterious. And, as the company’s presence increases, so do the rumours. Drapers explores what Shein is, and how it operates. Shein is one of China’s …
Squaring the textiles circle: new ways to keep clothing in ... - Drapers
WEBOct 11, 2023 · The case for circularity. Global material consumption has risen by more than 65% in the past two decades (United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals report 2022) Material extraction – the extraction of raw material from the natural environment to make products – and use accounts for 70% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals report 2022)
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