UK retailer Marks and Spencer today(6 November)revealed a near-10%drop in first-half profits as sales gains at its food business failed to offset a decline in general merchandise. The company booked first-half pre tax profit of ...
Tags: profits, sales, Christmas products
It'sFresh! and fruit supplier and distributor Worldwide Fruit (WFL) have announced that they're rolling out in ready-to-eat (RTE) pears for Marks & Spencer across the UK. Said to be the first-ever utilization in pears of the innovative ...
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) announces it will enter four new European markets on Monday 19 November, with the launch of localised customer websites in Germany, Spain, Austria and Belgium. The move, which is part of M&S' ongoing strategy to ...
Tags: M&S, retailer, international delivery service, womenswear, lingerie
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is calling on mums and dads to recycle or 'shwop' more of their children's baby clothing after a survey found that UK babies own more clothes than they can wear. The average child under one has a bulging wardrobe ...
Tags: recycle, baby clothing, clothes, waste, coats
This season John Lewis has exclusively collaborated with renowned print designer Allegra Hicks to create a beach capsule collection. All 14 pieces feature Allegra's signature tear drop print, in aquamarine blue and hot coral pink, with ...
Tags: John Lewis, print designer, swimwear, bikinis, silk cotton, sheer chiffon
Can you imagine,around 35 representatives from the most well-known worldwide apparel brands and retailers sitting on the same side of the table in the Indian textile hub of Coimbatore?On the other side of the table were leaders of the South ...
Tags: apparel brands, employees, textile, Indian textile hub of Coimbatore
Building upon its solid performance this year, Gap Inc. announced a new global brand structure designed to fuel the company's long-term growth. Gap Inc.'s five brands and over 3,200 stores are currently located in more than 40 countries ...
Marks&Spencer(M&S)opened its first new full-line Paris store at So Ouest in Levallois-Perret. Trading over three floors,the new 6,900 square metre full-line store is part of M&S's'bricks&clicks'strategy for France across stores and ...
Tags: M&S, full-line Paris store, e-commerce
Express Inc.,a specialty retail apparel chain operating more than 600 stores,today announced that David Kornberg has been promoted to President.In this new role,Mr.Kornberg will have responsibility for both the men's and women's ...
In a significant textile industry move, the RITE Group and NICE (Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical) have signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see the two parties cooperate closely to more effectively address ...
Tags: textile industry, RITE, NICE, MoU
Following the announcement on October 1st of the appointment of Brian McBride as Chairman, ASOS announces further Board changes. Kate Bostock will be joining the company and Board in January 2013 as Executive Director, Product and ...
Hong Kong-based Li&Fung Limited,the multinational consumer goods sourcing,distribution,and logistics group,announced it has appointed Ed Lam,MBA,CPA,as Chief Financial Officer in line with expansion of the senior management team to ...
Tags: Li&Fung, consumer goods, Ed Lam, CFO
On October 8th 2012, five environmental NGOs, Friends of Nature, The Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), Green Beagle, Envirofriends and Nanjing Green Stone have jointly released, in Beijing, the Phase II Cleaning up the ...
Tags: IPE, Fashion Industry Report, environmental management, apparel
Marks&Spencer(M&S)launched a seasonal recruitment drive to take on an extra 20,000 employees across its UK and Republic of Ireland stores this Christmas–5,000 more than last year. Last year more than 1 in 5 of the 15,000 recruits ...
Tags: United Kingdom, M&S, 20000 New Jobs, Christmas Season
Experian,the global information services company,announced its 192business unit has been selected by the Law Society as its preferred supplier of electronic identity verification tools for anti-money laundering purposes. 192business,part ...