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Grosvenor Europe has announced that Mint Velvet is the latest international fashion label to sign at Liverpool ONE, marking the British womenswear brand’s debut in the city. Scheduled to open in December 2019, the 1,700 sq ft boutique will be situated in the sophisticated arcade of Peter’s Lane, alongside other well-established...

New Look’s losses lessened in the first half of its financial year, as it worked to transform its business. It made a pre-tax loss of £11.2 million compared to £41.9 million the year before. Like-for-like sales dropped by 7.4% in the UK and Ireland after business was impacted by consumer uncertainty and...

Club Monaco has appointed Richard Chai as its new creative director and senior vice president. Chai will manage the design the design of all womenswear, menswear and accessories at the business. He will report directly into chief executive Francis Pierrel. He will replace Steven Caterton who has been in the role for...

B&M’s adjusted pre-tax profit has declined by 2.8% to £96 million following a disappointing first half performance at its Jawoll business in Germany. In the 26 weeks to September 29th, group pre-tax profit dropped by 70.5% to £32.2 million when an impairment charge of £59.5 million relating to Jawoll was included. Group...

Sainsbury’s has entered a wholesale partnership with Coles. Sainsbury’s will supply its own brand products to Coles supermarkets in Australia and also the retailers online business.  Items will include packaged grocery items and household products that will all be white labelled under the Coles brand. Sainsbury’s has said that the partnership will...

Weekday is set to open two new London stores in Shoreditch and Soho. The Shoreditch High Street will span 470 square metres, whilst the Soho store will be 260 square metres. Both stores will feature in-store studios with visible screen-printing stations. To commemorate the launch of the Shoreditch store, Weekday will be teaming...

Mamas & Papas has gone into administration and closed six stores as a result. 73 staff members have been made redundant due to the closures.  This comes just days after the collapse of Mothercare. Richard Cincotta, executive chairman of Mamas & Papas, said: “These actions are always difficult but they are also...

RPMI Railpen has announced the UK’s largest sports retailer, Sports Direct, luxury mecca FLANNELS, and USC have selected Cascades Shopping Centre in Portsmouth for 50,000 sq ft of trading space due to open in spring 2020. Split across two floors, the new stores join Cascades Shopping Centre’s existing line-up of major...

Moncler is set to open a new flagship store at the Champs Elysées.  According to FashionNetwork.com, the store will be located at the upper section of the avenue. The brand will take over the 1,500 square metre store previously occupied by a Nespresso store since 2007. There has yet to be a...

B&Q is set to open a new store in St Albans in Hertfordshire. The store will be one of three retail units being built on the Griffiths Way, St Albans site on behalf of Consolidated Property Group. B&Q will be in a 46,000 square foot unite, joining Aldi, which will be in...