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M&Co owner AK Retail Holdings snaps up plus-size retailer Evans

AK Retail Holdings, a British fashion retail group, has acquired plus-size retailer Evans and the EMEA business of City Chic Collective Limited via an asset sale totalling eight million pounds. In doing so, AK Retail, which most recently snapped up struggling retailer M&Co, has taken ownership of the Evans brand, intellectual property and...

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A Plus Market for a New Generation of Retailing

As the body positivity movement continues to gain momentum, brands are embracing size inclusivity to offer products and styles that fully fit the needs of their customers. Concerns with lack of assortment, improper fit, and body shaming that have been voiced by customers over the years are finally being met with innovations and systematic...

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City Chic Collective confirms Evans will be an online-only brand

City Chic Collective, a global omni-channel retail group specialising in plus-size women’s apparel, footwear and accessories, has confirmed that it will continue to operate Evans as an online-only brand, follows its acquisition from Arcadia. Evans will join a global portfolio of plus-size brands including City Chic, a youth-oriented brand in...

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Arcadia sells Evans brand to City Chic for 23 million pounds

Administrators to Arcadia Group have sold the Evans brand, e-commerce and wholesale business to rival City Chic Collective Limited for a cash consideration of approximately 23 million pounds. The deal will see omnichannel retailer City Chic acquire the Evans brand and intellectual property, customer base and inventory, but not its store network....

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Arcadia avoids collapse as CVA gets green light

Arcadia Group will go ahead with its planned store closures and rental cuts after all seven of its proposed Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) were approved by the required majority of creditors. The CVA will see Arcadia close 23 stores across the UK and Ireland. Lady Tina Green, the group’s majority shareholder and wife of Sir Philip Green,...

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Miss Selfridge London flagship to close amid Arcadia restructuring efforts

Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia is set to close its flagship Miss Selfridge store in Oxford Circus this July as Green pushes forward with the restructuring of his retail empire. The flagship site will be leased to another retailer and Miss Selfridge will move into a concession in the basement of Topshop next door. "Many of the Miss Selfridge staff at...

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Arcadia to close 23 stores in UK and Ireland, as well as all 11 US stores

Topshop owner Sir Philip Green is planning to close 23 of his retail empire's stores across the UK and Ireland, as well as all 11 of the Topshop and Topman stores in the US as part of a CVA proposal. Arcadia, which owns Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Evans and Burton, is also asking for rent cuts at 194 of its 566 UK and Irish...

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Evan's set to launch UK's first plus sized show during LFW

Evan's, the plus sized women's wear brand from Arcadia Group, is preparing to host its inaugural catwalk show during London Fashion Week. The event will take place next week Tuesday (September 16) at the Freemason Hall in Coven Garden. The catwalk show is set to showcase reworked plus-sized garments from its Design Collective for Evans, a...