Frasers Group has today (31 May) upped its shares in premium brand Hugo Boss to total €360m (£305m).
Marks & Spencer hires new chief financial officer
Marks & Spencer has announced that Alison Dolan will be joining the board as chief financial officer.
Phase Eight opens larger Bluewater store
Womenswear brand Phase Eight has opened a new store in Dartford's Bluewater that is 336% larger than its previous unit in the shopping centre.
Boohoo scraps bonus payouts for bosses
Fast fashion etailer Boohoo Group announced that its executive team have waived an incentive to pay them bonuses of £1m following discussions with certain shareholders.
Retail sales suffer in April
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that retail sales volumes fell by 2.3% in April as poor weather reduced footfall.
Marks & Spencer CEO: ‘Our transformation is not finished’
Marks & Spencer reported growth and rising profits across its clothing and home division for the year to 30 March 2024. Drapers examines its strategies.
M&S profits rise
Marks & Spencer's clothing and home division has reported a 5.3% sales increase on the year, with adjusted operating profit increasing 21% from £323.8m in 2022/23 to £402.8m in the 52 weeks ending 30 March 2024.
Superdry details restructuring plan in bid to avoid administration
Superdry has detailed its restructuring plan, which includes reducing its "cost-onerous" international store footprint, veering away from discounting and de-listing from the London Stock Exchange in a bid to avoid going into administration.
Richemont counts losses from Yoox Net-A-Porter
Group sales at luxury group Richemont – owner of Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP), Chloé, Alfred Dunhill, Lancel among others – were up for the year to 31 March 2024, however losses incurred through YNAP amounted to €1.5bn in the period.
The Brand Group to acquire Roksanda
Luxury womenswear designer Roksanda Ilinčić has sold her eponymous label to Damian Hopkins owned The Brand Group.