01-03-2018 
Blame the Weather – In Retail You Can
In retail there are so many factors that can affect footfall and sales, along with the fundamentals, such as offering a positive in-store...
19-02-2018
Sir Philip Green in Talks to Sell Arcadia Group
What a difference a decade makes, it wasn’t so long ago that high street giant Top Shop, part of Arcadia Group, was excelling in sales and...
14-02-2018
The Psychology of Shopping on the High Street
Once upon a time shops were relatively simple enterprises. Now, all sorts of methodology is implemented when it comes to trying to attract customers...
06-02-2018
Fashion Enter and William Gee Team Up
FashionCapital’s sister company, Fashion Enter, an award-winning social enterprise within the fashion and textiles industry based in London, has...
05-02-2018
Deal or No Deal – UK Retailers Best and Worst Brexit Outcomes
Alison Conley, Head of Retail & Consumer at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, a firm of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers, comments on how...
29-01-2018
Best Dressed Window: Moorer’s ‘Peep Show’ at the London YKK Showroom
Eelko Moorer’s “Peep Show: Vessels” is the first of the 2018 window displays at the YKK London Showroom, featuring a range of objects intended...
11-01-2018
Fashion Retail Needs A Revolution
While British clothing sales grew by 4.1 per cent in December 2017 many retailers reported on ‘disappointing’ figures across the past month. A...
02-01-2018
Fashion Enter Factory Featured on Channel 4
Our Fashion Enter Factory based in Haringey, North London, recently featured in the Channel 4 production: ‘What Britain Bought in 2017’…...
21-12-2017
What Can the Retail Sector Expect in 2018?
Andrew Westbrook, RSM’s Head of Retail, shares his 2018 predictions for the UK retail market… The resurgence of bricks and mortar We predict...
19-12-2017
5 Top Christmas Windows – London 2017
“Sitting in a lecture, I’d heard that Salvador Dali had designed windows. So had Andy Warhol. Now I understood why. These windows were art,...
05-12-2017
POP-TASTIC: THE NEW RETAIL ZEITGEIST
The zeitgeist is what happens when disparate phenomena decide to get together when no-one is looking. Capturing it makes it seem like you were in on...
27-11-2017
Designer Brand Backlash on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Sustainable fashion brand Tom Cridland is one of several designers to turn his back on heavy discounting during Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2017....
21-11-2017
ASOS.com Makes Market Share History
ASOS.com the 17-year-old online, fashion retailer has been snapping at the financial heels of M&S for several months but last Friday (17th...
01-11-2017
FC Interview: Rachael Proud – Creative Director of Matchesfashion.com
Rachael Proud worked her way through the ranks at Topshop before the plum-role of Design Director for Christopher Kane landed in her lap. Several...
18-07-2017
4 Plus Size Models that Revolutionized the Fashion Industry
There might still be a long way to go before plus-size models can simply be called “models” without the overweight stigma attached to the...
17-11-2015
Internet Retailing Conference 2015
Paul Markevicius discovers the importance of multichannel retail in today’s Internet driven...
14-09-2015
‘Are You Talking to Me?’
Paul Markevicius talks to Bazaarvoice about consumer generated content in all its online guises…don’t get left...
20-03-2015
There’s Something About Mary
Like Marmite, people tend to love or hate Mary Portas and her no-nonsense approach to retail and branding. I am sat in the Guildhall, Bath with a...
28-05-2014
Selfridges Expands with £300 Million Revamp
Iconic department store, Selfridges, has announced a £300 million investment into their flagship store on Oxford...
25-04-2014
M&S Voted Most Ethical High Street Retailer
M&S Tops the Ethical Consumer Survey for...
31-03-2014
Selfridges Embraces Street Sport: Skate
Selfridges, the world renowned department store has introduced an exhilarating new in-store experience as part of Board Games, a spring scheme that...
18-03-2014
Primark Announces a Responsible Pay-Out to Rana Plaza Victims
Primark has just announced that it will begin making long-term payments to the 580 workers (or their dependents) of Primark supplier, New Wave...
12-03-2014
American Apparel Causing Controversy Again
US brand American Apparel have been causing controversy again with their latest campaign, which features a topless, former Muslim, women with the...
05-08-2013
Uniqlo Is Launching Childrenswear In The UK
The japanese high street brand is introducing childrenswear, which is currently sold only Japan and the US is to 10 stores across the...
