
Gap is facing a fight with landlords over its plans to exit physical retail in the UK (and in mainland Europe). These plans should see it closing all of its UK and Ireland stores in July.
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Gap is facing a fight with landlords over its plans to exit physical retail in the UK (and in mainland Europe). These plans should see it closing all of its UK and Ireland stores in July.
From Lagos to London. Ambitious premium menswear retailer David Wej is to open its first UK store as a statement of intent. “We want to bring Nigerian fashion and culture to the rest of the world starting in London”.
Westminster City Council has announced an “ambitious” plan to “reinvent the nation’s high street and boost London’s recovery” with a new vision for Oxford Street.
Recent company failures, brand sales, strategic decisions around stores and footfall declines mean that London’s Oxford Street has a bleak future in the short term.
Expect a new addition to next month’s all-digital London Fashion Week (LFW) with an extra focus on designers who are ‘Open for Wholesale’ as the pandemic restrictions continue.
It may be just a small crumb of comfort given the thousands of Arcadia staff whose jobs are under threat, but there's talk that if ASOS buys its brands, it could retain the Topshop flagship at Oxford Circus, London.
Selfridges weathered the 2020 storm, despite enduring the toughest retail year in decades. That’s according to company chief Anne Pitcher who admitted that it was the “most difficult” period in its 113 years.
Activity around the break-up of the Arcadia fashion retail empire is continuing and while the sale of Evans is the only firm development so far, it has emerged that the heavily mortgaged Topshop flagship is up for sale.
Only weeks after England’s November lockdown ended, a big chunk of the country has moved back into strict Covid rules as a new ‘tier 4’ means non-essential stores have again had to close in London and the South East.
Frasers Group saw lower sales in its first half, as would be expected given that most of its stores were closed for part of the period. But the fall was relatively small and the company’s profits rose.