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News briefsGeographic mislabeling at Boohoo
Boohoo appears to have put “Made in the UK” labels on perhaps thousands of articles of clothes that were manufactured in southern Asia (Pakistan, for example), as we have learned through Business of Fashion. The original – and presumably correct – labels were removed and replaced last year at the ...
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News briefsFrasers Group invests in electrical retailer AO World
Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, has announced the purchase of a “strategic stake” in AO World, a retail group specializing in electrical goods based in Bolton, England, listed on the London Stock Exchange. The investment follows “productive talks over the last two years about establishing a strategic partnership,” ...
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Boohoo launches a marketplace for fashion and sports goods
The Boohoo Group, the British fast-fashion online retailer that bought the brand name and the e-commerce operations of the Debenhams department store chain in January, is using it now to launch what it claims will be the biggest national online marketplace for sporting goods as well as fashion, cosmetics and ...
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ArticleBoohoo, Asos make moves on major U.K. retail assets
Boohoo, the growing British online fast-fashion retailer has acquired the intellectual property assets of Debenhams, the oldest and biggest department store in the U.K., for £55 million (€75.3m-$69.1m) in cash, plus value-added tax. The takeover includes Debenhams’ big internet marketplace with the related customer data, contracts and other business information, ...
