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Pricing and consumer perception: Why fast-fashion brands launch premium ranges

Inside Retail

H&M has had incredible success since 2004 releasing, and regularly selling out, its annual collaborations with esteemed high-fashion designers including Karl Lagerfeld, Jimmy Choo, Stella McCartney, Balmain, Isabel Marant and Versace.

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Poundland owner Pepco picks Warsaw over London for stock market float

365 Retail

The listing comes almost two years after South African owner Steinhoff started assessing options for the retail group following the fallout of its own 2017 accounting scandal. Poland is where this business started in 2004 and is still our biggest market,” he said. “We

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Exclusive: Vietnamese fashion operator eyes international expansion plan

Inside Retail

After almost two years of discussions with Spanish fashion label Mango, the company opened the label’s first store in Vietnam in 2004 in Ho Chi Minh City. The expansion will see a broader implementation of digital channels, including a mobile application, an e-commerce platform and individual ‘brand.com’ shopping sites.

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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

Potts joined the supermarket in 2015 after almost four decades at Tesco, where he started on the shop floor aged 16 and rose through the ranks to run its Asian operations. The accounting scandal led to a company fine of £129m and £85m in compensation for investors, and was soon followed by Tesco posting a £6.4bn loss.

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NRF: Economy could see fastest growth since 1980s

Mass Relators

“While there is a great deal of uncertainty about how fast and far this economy will grow in 2021, surveys show an increase in individuals being vaccinated, more willingness to receive a vaccination, increased spending intentions and comfort with resuming pre-pandemic behaviors like shopping, travel and family gatherings,” Kleinhenz said.

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NRF: Retail sales rebounded in March

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON – Retail sales rebounded with huge gains in March as government checks fattened consumers’ bank accounts and more vaccination against COVID-19 made it easier for shoppers to get out of the house and lead the acceleration of the U.S. percent in 2004. economy, the National Retail Federation said April 15N. percent and 8.2