U.K. retail
UK Lawmakers Could Tax New Clothes to Improve Recycling
British lawmakers are proposing a one-penny tax on new apparel to fund better clothing sorting and recycling…
What’s The Future of Savile Row in an Athleisure World?
As streetwear finds a wider audience, men's style loosens up and designer brands boost their men's wear…
UK Garment Sector Rife with Exploitation, Illegal Low Pay
The British garment industry is a hotbed of abuse and underpayment 20 years after the minimum wage was…
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U.K. Retail Property Values May Be Slashed Over Lackluster Sector
Values of UK shopping centers and high street stores could be reduced significantly thanks to seismic changes…
Warehouses Seen as Only Winner as Retailers Stockpile Ahead of Brexit
The U.K. is headed toward a messy divorce from the EU and retailers there are stockpiling spring apparel…
Debenhams Board Ousters Linked to Anemic Holiday Sales
The board of directors at British retailer Debenhams voted to remove its chairman after a disappointing…
Declining Consumer Spending in the UK Leads to Lowest Growth Since 2016
Consumer spending in the UK has reached its lowest levels of growth in three years, especially when it comes…
Footasylum Says Margins Hit Over Too Much Discounting
Footasylum, a footwear retailer in the UK marketed to on-trend youth, warned investors that a challenging…
Boohoo Busted For Advertising Real Fur as Faux—Again
Boohoo is the latest in a line of retailers caught advertising real fur as fake.
UK Holiday Sales Set Course for “Materially Tougher” 2019
While London's hallowed shopping areas performed well, holiday sales elsewhere in the U.K. sagged amid…
Are Broke Millennials Killing Fast Fashion?
The troubles at Asos and Boohoo reflect the financial straits constraining many twentysomethings across…
Britain’s Boxing Day Falls Short, Weighed Down by Shopping Patterns and Brexit
Retail footfall fell 3.1 percent on Boxing Day in the U.K., declining for the third consecutive year…
UK’s Fashion Industry is Growing Greener. Really.
Even as the U.K. fashion industry squirms under public scrutiny, indications abound that clothing sold in the…
One Tier Defied the UK’s Retail Struggles in 2018
The press has been awash with news of the retail apocalypse, however, one retail sector appears to be…
UK Retail 2018: It Wasn’t All About Brexit
Retail in the U.K. was a rollercoaster ride in 2018, with political turmoil at the low end and opposing…