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Arcadia Group is the UK’s largest privately owned clothing retailer with more than 2,500 outlets. They own seven of the high street’s best-known fashion brands as well as the shopping concept Outfit, each with its own distinctive identity and market segment:
- Burton
- Dorothy Perkins
- Evans
- Miss Selfridge
- Topman
- Topshop
- Wallis
Their brands trade from over 2,500 outlets in prime locations on high streets and in shopping centres across the UK.
Internationally their brands are established in over 30 countries spanning Europe, the Far East and Middle East and we have flagship stores in such diverse locations as Moscow, Kuwait and Stockholm. They trade from 420 stores outside the UK and Republic of Ireland.
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Established over 90 years ago, Dorothy Perkins is now one of the biggest fashion retailers in the UK, with nearly 600 UK stores and over 50 international outlets including Spain, Gibraltar, Cyprus, Turkey and Singapore, as well as their largest store dorothyperkins.com. Dorothy Perkins’ ranges are updated weekly in store and daily online. The brand offers sizes 6 to 22, and a wide range of collections including Tall, Petite, Maternity, Lingerie, Shoes and Accessories.
With an age range of 25 – 40 years, Dorothy Perkins has the widest customer base of all our brands.
Today Dorothy Perkins has nearly 600 UK stores, 52 international outlets worldwide.
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Variety, individuality and originality are key to the Miss Selfridge brand, which targets feminine and stylish, individual and self-assured customers aged 18 to 24. The brand has more than 180 stores worldwide.
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George at ASDA was founded in 1990 by George Davies. From 5 stores in 1990, there are now over 250 stores within the UK which stock the George at ASDA range.
George has taken the steps to becoming a global brand with ranges now being sold in six different countries - UK, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Japan and the US.
George at Asda has gone from a chain of five stores in 1990 to being one of the biggest players on the UK clothing market, being present in more than 250 Asda stores and selling through four standalone stores.
George, which was set up by fashion mogul George Davies, also sells ranges in Canada, Mexico, Germany, Korea, Japan and the US.
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Debenhams has 145 stores across the UK and Ireland and a fully transactional website, reflecting Debenhams' commitment to offering customers greater value, a wider choice and excellent service across every area in which they trade.
Debenhams has a portfolio of over 100 successful designer and own brands. It is this portfolio of brands, which gives them the ability to transfer their department store concept overseas.
Debenhams has 42 international franchise stores in 15 countries outside the UK and Ireland.
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Esprit is an international youthful lifestyle brand offering smart, affordable luxury and bringing newness and style to life. The Group offers 12 product lines encompassing women’s wear, men’s wear, kid’s wear, edc youth as well as shoes and accessories through over 640 directly managed retail stores and over 12,000 wholesale points-of-sale worldwide, occupying over 817,000 square metres directly managed retail space in more than 40 countries.
A team of international designers translates the Esprit attributes into regular collections in a self-confident, natural, stylish and sensual way: twelve collections are produced for six order dates per year and product line for Kids, Shoes and Esprit Sports.Although the company focuses on the product and price/performance ratio, Esprit also invests continuously in quality and fit – high standards that are also maintained in manufacture.
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Mosaic Fashions is the parent company of eight design-led fashion brands; Anoushka G, Coast, Karen Millen, Oasis, Odille, Principles, Shoe Studio and Warehouse.
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Oasis was founded in 1991 by Michael and Maurice Bennett. Targeted at the fashion aware, 18-30 year old independent woman, Oasis offers a broad spectrum of products comprising clothing and accessories, including footwear, jewellery, bags and belts.
The brand creates fashionable clothing for all end uses, from smart suiting, clothes for going out to a strong range of denim for every day. The collections are fashionable, wearable and colourful. Innovation, quality and differentiation are the key success factors for the Oasis brand. This differentiation is achieved by an in-house design team creating clothing that is unique to Oasis whilst offering an interpretation of the latest fashion.
Oasis is well established in the UK and Ireland with 118 standalone stores and 195 concessions. Internationally, Oasis trades from 26 company owned stores, 73 franchise stores and 84 concessions in China operated through a joint venture.
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Paul Smith’s introduction into fashion was completely accidental.
At the age of 16, with no career plans or qualifications, Paul Smith was propelled by his father into a menial job at the local clothing warehouse in his native Nottingham. However his real passion was sport and his ambition was to become a professional racing cyclist, until aged 17 years when cycling-mad Paul was in a terrible accident.
Six months in hospital followed and during this time Paul made some new friends. After leaving hospital he arranged to meet them again and by chance the meeting place was a local pub that was popular with the students from the local art college.
They talked of Mondrian, Warhol, Kokoshka, David Bailey and listened to the Rolling Stones, Miles Davis and much more. It was then Paul knew he wanted to be a part of this colourful world of ideas and excitement.
Within two years, Paul Smith was managing his first boutique in Nottingham and with the encouragement of his girlfriend Pauline Denyer (now wife) and a small amount of savings, opened a tiny shop in 1970. Paul started to take evening classes for tailoring and with the help of Pauline (an RCA fashion graduate), Paul was able to create what he wanted. By 1976 Paul showed his first menswear collection in Paris under the Paul Smith label.
Within 20 years of his introduction to fashion Paul Smith had established himself as the pre-eminent British designer. Paul Smith has an ability to anticipate, and even spark off trends not only fashion but in the wider context of popular culture. He manages to transmit a genuine sense of humour and mischief mixed with his love of tradition and the classics
Today there are 12 different collections; Paul Smith, Paul Smith Women, PS by Paul Smith, Paul Smith Jeans, Paul Smith London, R.Newbold (Japan only), Paul Smith Accessories, Paul Smith Shoes, Paul Smith Fragrance, Paul Smith Watches, Paul Smith Pens and Paul Smith furniture and ‘things’. Paul Smith rugs, china, spectacles and fragrance are made under license. Designed in Nottingham and London, the Paul Smith collections are primarily produced in England and Italy while the fabrics used are mainly of Italian, French and British origin.
The Paul Smith shops reflect the character of Paul and his designs, an unmistakable Englishness augmented by the unexpected. The shops house the Paul Smith collections and an extensive selection of jewellery, books, art, antiques and an array of interesting and beautiful products. Work of British designers is often showcased alongside Paul’s personal collections of art or curios.
Paul Smith is global - the collection is wholesaled to thirty five countries and has 17 shops in England. Paul Smith shops are found in London, Nottingham, Paris, Milan, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Kuwait, U.A.E. – and over 200 throughout Japan. Paul remains fully involved in the Japanese business; designing the clothes, choosing the fabrics, approving the shop locations and overseeing every development within the company. Paul Smith also has impressive and diverse showrooms in London, Paris, Milan, New York, and Tokyo.
Paul Smith continues to be an integral part of the company; he is both designer and chairman. Paul Smith is continually involved in every aspect of the business and as a result, Paul Smith Limited retains a personal touch often lost in companies of a similar size.
www.paulsmith.co.uk
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ESCADA AG is a fashion group engaged in women's designer fashion.Through its wholly owned subsidiary, PRIMERA AG , the Company sells the mid-priced brands apriori, BiBA, cavita and Laurel. apriori is found almost exclusively in Europe with 26 own stores. BiBA shops (300 in all) are largely located in Germany (271) and in some other western European countries. Laurèl has 43 stores worldwide and cavita has no shops of its own, only showrooms.
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