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...Today, Victoria’s Secret remains far and away the largest intimate apparel brand in the US, with more than $6bn in annual sales. “We’re on a journey,” Waters told analysts in August....
...Before, it was only a ring and a watch,” says Achim Berg, global leader of consultancy McKinsey’s apparel, fashion and luxury group. “Men have qualified for bracelets — it’s now a great category.”...
...Trinity’s controlling shareholder is Shandong Ruyi, a sprawling Chinese group of companies once described as the Chinese riposte to LVMH....
...Reiss, which describes itself as “a global affordable luxury apparel brand” trades from 160 stores, concessions and franchises in 15 countries including the UK, the US, France and Germany as well as its...
...Reach and JPIMedia, formerly known as Trinity Mirror and Johnston Press respectively, on Thursday said the Google News Initiative was providing €500,000 funding to launch Laudable, a project to “kick-start...
...A decision to to ditch its swim and apparel offerings has also weighed on like-for-like sales....
...Media groups including The Washington Post, The Economist and Trinity Mirror have signed up to a set of reporting standards designed to make it easier to distinguish between trustworthy and fake news....
...The decision to depart from the swim and apparel categories lobbed 6 percentage points off total comparable sales and 9 percentage points off Victoria’s Secret comparable sales....
...Strong demand for Calvin Klein dresses and Tommy Hilfiger sportswear helped G-III Apparel weather the wider retail slump and deliver better than expected sales gain during the first quarter....
...The group said its comparable store sales, an important metric for retailers, fell 10 per cent in the five weeks ending on April 1....
...“Specialisation is also a better asset these days, because it insulates them a bit more from encroaching channels like apparel specialists....
...Quarterly earnings are also due out from Nike, the athletic apparel maker, along with semiconductor group Micron, and General Mills, which is known for its cereals....
...Standard & Poor’s cut Gap’s credit rating into junk territory late on Thursday, following a similar move last week by Fitch, leaving the struggling apparel retailer as one of the credit market’s most recent...
...However, we decided that now is the time to focus even more on our core strength in the athletic footwear and apparel market,” he said....
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...The two groups have committed to providing the remaining $250m if Sears does not raise it through a syndicated loan....
...And Valentino’s broad selection of modest, full-length gowns and apparel has contributed to the Qatari-owned house’s booming revenues (reported last month to have been $1bn in 2015, up 48 per cent from 2014...
...DMGT owns a 38.7 per cent stake in Local World, which is in talks about a takeover from rival publisher Trinity Mirror....
...However, private equity group Apollo is reportedly willing to go to 170p per share, valuing the target at £420m....
...I’m a business, man Typically, hip-hop business empires are mishmashes of partnerships and joint ventures that extend beyond music to encompass apparel, alcohol, cosmetics, bars and of course the obligatory...
...From How Music Got Free by Stephen Witt, published on June 16, 2015 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright by Stephen Witt, 2015....
...The PA will make a profit of about £125m from the sale, according to the newspaper group Trinity Mirror, which is a major PA shareholder alongside News UK, Daily Mail and General Trust and UBM....
...Bank Clothiers took the offensive in its effort to fend off a proposed takeover by Men’s Wearhouse Inc., entering talks of its own to buy fellow apparel retailer Eddie Bauer LLC and issuing a sharply worded...
...Another of India’s fast-growing internet-based apparel retailers, Jabong, is backed by German internet incubator Rocket Internet – the vehicle of the Samwer brothers....
...This has created an opening for brands to fill the void for consumers, left behind by luxury brands, who still seek sleek apparel but do not want to spend as much for the styles....
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