Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia group has fallen into administration leaving the future of its 13,000 employees hanging in the balance. The group was once the dominant force in fashion retailing…
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John Lewis has shipped more than 2.5m products since its Black Friday offers began on 20th November – 67% up on last year. Prior to Black Friday itself, the biggest…
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John Lewis has announced measures to ensure customers can shop safely and conveniently both in-store and online in the final weeks before Christmas. These include the opportunity to book timed…
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URBN lifestyle brands Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie have announced a partnership with shopping and payments provider Klarna, to offer customers across Europe a smooother online shopping experience. Through Klarna, Urban…
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John Lewis Partnership has announced plans to axe up to 1500 head office jobs before April 2021 as part of the five-year plan to return the Partnership to sustainable profits by…
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This Winter looks set to have a severe effect on independent retailers across the UK. Following on the from the closure of See-Saw Lingerie in August, Odette Lingerie of Old…
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Underlines speaks to Julie Blanche who started The Bra Consultancy in 2015 as a home fitting service, moving into retail in October 2017 but opening her doors to her first…
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Ireland-based athleisure and lifestyle brand Gym+Coffee is excited to announce its first-ever International Gym+Coffee store, opening in London’s Westfield White City on October 24th, 2020. While 2020 has thrown a lot at…
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This week Underlines speaks to Caroline Randell of her eponymous store in Wimbledon Village, opened in 2009. Lingerie retailing was the life that you could say she was borne into…
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Underlines speaks to Mary Whatley, owner of Hidden Agenda in Botley (a small village on outskirts of Southampton) which opened in April 2007. Previously working as Sales Director for a…
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This Friday Underlines interviews Tessa Brand, owner of The Dressing Room (Bath). As she laughingly says, she kind of bought the shop by accident! The Dressing Room was first opened…
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The UK’s largest independent lingerie and swimwear retailer, Belle Lingerie, continues to thrive and has now launched its all-new, seductive, sister website Sexy Belle. Sexy Belle will stock a size-inclusive…
