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Inditex Posts 18 Percent Rise in First-Quarter Profit

Inditex, the world's biggest clothing retailer and owner of the Zara brand, said on Wednesday that net profit rose to €654 million while earnings reached €1.1 billion.

Retail

Inditex Posts 18 Percent Rise in First-Quarter Profit

Inditex, the world's biggest clothing retailer and owner of the Zara brand, said on Wednesday that net profit rose to €654 million while earnings reached €1.1 billion.


News & Analysis

Boohoo.com Taps Investors to Help Fund Growth as Sales Boom

Boohoo raised £50 million in a share placement to help fund the construction of a new warehouse as it reported booming quarterly sales and raised its annual forecast.

News & Analysis

Boohoo.com Taps Investors to Help Fund Growth as Sales Boom

Boohoo raised £50 million in a share placement to help fund the construction of a new warehouse as it reported booming quarterly sales and raised its annual forecast.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | As Shoppers Look Elsewhere, Topshop Needs Philip Green's Cash

Topshop has been quick to embrace social media and other technologies to engage with consumers. But it needs to do more. Asos and Boohoo aren't standing still.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | As Shoppers Look Elsewhere, Topshop Needs Philip Green's Cash

Topshop has been quick to embrace social media and other technologies to engage with consumers. But it needs to do more. Asos and Boohoo aren't standing still.


Retail

Arcadia's Profit Slides, Capping Dire Year for Philip Green

Adjusted operating profit at Green’s Arcadia Group fell 16.5 percent to £211.2 million in the year ended August 27, accounts filed at Companies House show.

Retail

Arcadia's Profit Slides, Capping Dire Year for Philip Green

Adjusted operating profit at Green’s Arcadia Group fell 16.5 percent to £211.2 million in the year ended August 27, accounts filed at Companies House show.


News & Analysis

New Look Struggles With Shoppers' 'Buy Now, Wear Now' Mentality

New Look, which operates 872 stores selling fashion for women and teenage girls, joins other UK apparel sellers such as Next and Marks & Spencer in the retail doldrums.

News & Analysis

New Look Struggles With Shoppers' 'Buy Now, Wear Now' Mentality

New Look, which operates 872 stores selling fashion for women and teenage girls, joins other UK apparel sellers such as Next and Marks & Spencer in the retail doldrums.


News & Analysis

Can Nasty Gal Be Saved?

Fastest-fashion player Boohoo is doubling down on its effort to bring Nasty Gal back from the brink after acquiring the troubled brand’s intellectual property for a song in February. But is it too late for a turnaround?

News & Analysis

Can Nasty Gal Be Saved?

Fastest-fashion player Boohoo is doubling down on its effort to bring Nasty Gal back from the brink after acquiring the troubled brand’s intellectual property for a song in February. But is it too late for a turnaround?


News & Analysis

Topshop Australia Enters Voluntary Administration

The move, just six years after Topshop launched in Australia, reflects the tough trading conditions facing the country's bricks-and-mortar retailers.

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Topshop Australia Enters Voluntary Administration

The move, just six years after Topshop launched in Australia, reflects the tough trading conditions facing the country's bricks-and-mortar retailers.


News & Analysis

Boohoo Sees Profits Double, Raises Revenue Forecasts

Boohoo reported a doubling in annual profit, driven by growth in new customers, and said revenue should rise by about 50 percent in 2017-18 as it benefits from recent acquisitions.

News & Analysis

Boohoo Sees Profits Double, Raises Revenue Forecasts

Boohoo reported a doubling in annual profit, driven by growth in new customers, and said revenue should rise by about 50 percent in 2017-18 as it benefits from recent acquisitions.


Financial Markets

Uniqlo Parent Fast Retailing's Profit Increases Amid Global Expansion

The results show cost cuts by chairman Tadashi Yanai are allowing the retailer to push margins up amid sluggish demand that caused sales to drop in two of three months last quarter.

Financial Markets

Uniqlo Parent Fast Retailing's Profit Increases Amid Global Expansion

The results show cost cuts by chairman Tadashi Yanai are allowing the retailer to push margins up amid sluggish demand that caused sales to drop in two of three months last quarter.


News & Analysis

India's Flipkart Raises $1.4 billion in Biggest Ever Funding Round

The news comes amid strong but unconfirmed speculation that Flipkart is looking at a potential takeover of smaller rival Snapdeal.

News & Analysis

India's Flipkart Raises $1.4 billion in Biggest Ever Funding Round

The news comes amid strong but unconfirmed speculation that Flipkart is looking at a potential takeover of smaller rival Snapdeal.


Retail

Zara Founder Shields Inditex Stake to Maintain Family Control

Amancio Ortega has put a majority stake in the firm that owns the Zara fashion chain into a holding company to ensure family control remains unassailable after he dies.

Retail

Zara Founder Shields Inditex Stake to Maintain Family Control

Amancio Ortega has put a majority stake in the firm that owns the Zara fashion chain into a holding company to ensure family control remains unassailable after he dies.


Retail

Op-Ed | Asos Can't Hide from Brexit

The online retailer has been nicely protected from Brexit, but if the British shopper starts to cut back, some of the heady advantage it's enjoyed may start to fizzle out.

Retail

Op-Ed | Asos Can't Hide from Brexit

The online retailer has been nicely protected from Brexit, but if the British shopper starts to cut back, some of the heady advantage it's enjoyed may start to fizzle out.