- In response to provide chain disruption, manufacturers and retailers are prioritising slicing the affect of transport and last-mile supply amid rising prices and a difficult buying and selling atmosphere.
- A slew of recent European sustainability rules are coming into impact this 12 months and past. Drapers explains the implications of compliance for vogue retail companies.
- Forward of talking at Drapers Aware Style Summit on 12 March, Jane Blacklock, head of ESG (environmental, social and governance) at outdoorwear model Passenger, shares her recommendation for incorporating sustainability right into a vogue retail enterprise.
Following shock management exits at Marks & Spencer, River Island, Jigsaw and extra, we discover out why there may be such a excessive stage of churn on the high of vogue retail and ask what firms can do to regular their ships.
In information, we overview the change on the high of at Marks & Spencer, the consequences of US president Donald Trump’s proposed import tariffs, Quiz’s newest administration, new retailer openings at athleisure manufacturers Tala, Lululemon and Gymshark, and other people strikes at River Island, M&S, Gymshark and JD Sports activities. Plus: Kurt Geiger takeover, JD Sports activities loyalty scheme, Primark click on and acquire rollout, Russell & Bromley turnaround and Stuart Weitzman sale.
Following the substitute of Richard Value with former Boohoo Group CEO John Lyttle as managing director of clothes, residence and wonder, we think about the renaissance of the retailer’s womenswear class masterminded by newly promoted director of M&S Girl Maddy Evans.
In celebration of Worldwide Girls’s Day on 8 March, Drapers has undertaken its annual analysis into gender illustration of the boards of vogue retailers listed on the FTSE and Purpose (Different Funding Market). Since we first began this investigation in 2020, the pool of listed vogue retailers has shrunk from 21 to12, however gender illustration on their board is displaying some enchancment. Nonetheless, additional progress is required, as information reveals that firms with extra various leaderships outperform these with much less consultant boards.
The previous CEO of Harvey Nichols, Manju Malhotra, lifts the lid on her expertise as the feminine chief of the posh division retailer, and what must be achieved to assist ladies realise their full potential in enterprise
Drapers visits Rixo’s King’s Highway flagship to learn how feminine founders Henrietta Rix and Orlagh McCloskey have constructed a vintage-inspired womenswear empire.
Feminine entrepreneurs nonetheless obtain solely a fraction of the enterprise capital funds secured by males. Drapers finds out from the founders of Cult Mia, By Rotation, With Nothing Beneath, Whering and Nudea how they overcome bias within the pitching course of to safe hundreds of thousands wanted to scale their companies.
Drapers’ Reset Style Retail marketing campaign started through the pandemic in 2020, calling for assist for the trade on three fronts: excessive avenue regeneration, enterprise charges and retail property leases. Unique analysis for Drapers reveals what has occurred to the shops of shops, together with Arcadia Group, Hotter Sneakers and TM Lewin within the 5 years for the reason that closures throughout lockdowns.
Because the autumn/winter 25 shopping for season reaches a crescendo, we report from the aisles of womenswear commerce present CIFF in Copenhagen, adopted by the UK’s Indx Man, Moda x Pure, Indx Girl and Scoop, bringing you the freshest new product, and gauging the temper of consumers and types as market pressures endure.
We additionally carry you the tendencies to know from the catwalks of London, New York and Copenhagen vogue weeks.
