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PrettyLittleThing’s transformation into a big ecommerce name
Sep 9, 2021 · PrettyLittleThing has been quick to adapt to the ever-changing role of celebrity and social media and it was one of the first ecommerce brands to join Tik Tok in 2019 and now has more than over 1.6 million followers, accruing more than 30 million likes. In the same year, in January, it released a podcast (Behind Closed Doors), which released ...
How Cotton Traders bagged its most successful year to date
Aug 25, 2023 · British casualwear brand Cotton Traders posted its most successful financial results to-date this year. CEO Nick Hamblin tells Drapers how the former catalogue business has expanded into bricks and mortar, modernised its product range and leveraged the power of omnichannel and digital media – while retaining the catalogue at the heart of the ...
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How the athleisure trend is only just warming up - Drapers
Aug 21, 2023 · Market research firm GlobalData predicts demand for athleisure will grow by 16.4% in the UK between 2023 and 2027, growing from a £12bn industry to being worth £13.9bn. Globally, business consulting firm Grand View Research estimates the athleisure market size was $331bn (£260.1bn) in 2022. It is expected to reach $358bn (£281.2bn) in 2023.
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The family history of River Island: Bernard Lewis and Ben Lewis
Jan 4, 2018 · River Island founder Bernard Lewis talks to his nephew Ben, who runs the business alongside him. Bernard Lewis has been a retailer almost since birth. As a young child, he helped out in his parents’ greengrocer and, through years of selling soft fruit, he learned how to price stock, assess what his customers wanted and minimise waste.
Brexit: how fashion retailers are tackling the ongoing ‘nightmare’
May 10, 2023 · Drapers Fashion retail industry news, trends and analysis. Brexit: how fashion retailers are tackling the ongoing ‘nightmare’. It is more than three years since the UK formally left the European Union but UK brands and retailers continue to face a slew of challenges in navigating post-Brexit trade. Drapers identifies the persistent pain ...
Primark: ‘We believe in sustainable affordable clothing’ - Drapers
Nov 23, 2023 · Launched on 15 September 2021, Primark Cares – the retailer's sustainability strategy, going by the same name as its sustainability-focused clothing range – aims to reduce fashion waste by making 100% of its clothing from recycled or more sustainable materials by 2030. It also aims to use only cotton that is either organic, recycled, or sourced from its sustainable cotton programme by 2027 ...