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…
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Underlines speaks to sisters Paula Farrington & Lisa Farrington-Martin, who opened Embrace Boutique in Worcester in 2013, initially to cater for women going through cancer treatment. The business has grown…
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L Brands have announced a partnership with Next PLC for its company-owned Victoria’s Secret business in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Under the agreement, Victoria’s Secret UK and Next PLC have…
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This week Underlines speaks with Sheila Wilson owner of Sugar & Spice on the Isle of Wight. Sheila led an interesting career in senior management in the NHS leaving but…
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Sudbury’s 75 year old department store, Winch & Blatch is closing down by mid-December of 2020. Speaking to Underlines Magazine, Judith Blatch commented: “The decline of bricks and mortar high…
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Underlines chats to Dawn Barber who founded UKTights.com in 2005 and today it is the world’s largest hosiery retailer. She also launched UKSwimwear.com in 2009 and by 2016 UKLingerie.com was…