£143m in Boohoo shares sold by founders
Boohoo’s founders are set to sell 50 million of their shares, representing 4.3 per cent of the fashion retail group.
Mahmud Kamani and Carol Kane, the joint founders and joint…
Ebay to begin offering “buy now pay later” scheme
Ebay is set to launch a “buy now pay later” scheme next year as it partners with payments giant Afterpay.
Afterpay will launch on Ebay’s Australian platform in 2020, enabling…
Is podcasting the new Instagram for retailers?
#everyonehasapodcast
Earlier this year the New York Times declared that we have reached “peak podcast”. If you try to search for this article on Google, at least four podcasts including…
Online fashion retailers twice as likely to use “racy” images
Online fashion retailers twice as likely than traditional high street stores to use “racy” images on their websites.
Ecommerce retailers like Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing and Missguided are more likely to use…
Missguided and Boohoo ads banned for being “socially irresponsible” and “overly-sexualised”
Missguided and Boohoo have both had adverts banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for being “socially irresponsible” and “highly sexualised”. The online fast fashion retailers have each received complaints…
European retail growth will remain “sluggish” thanks to ecommerce
Online retail growth is set to dampen overall retail growth across Europe over the next year, according to a new report from financial giant Moody’s. Moody’s annual European retail sector…
Boohoo to launch new podcast hosted by Maura Higgins
Boohoo is set to launch a brand new podcast Get the Scoop as it seeks to capitalise on its sister brand PrettyLittleThing’s (PLT) podcast success. Maura Higgins, Boohoo’s ambassador and…
Boohoo launches Klarna payments in US and UK
Klarna has expanded its pre-existing partnership with Boohoo to include the US and UK.
From today, US online shoppers at Boohoo group’s brands — Boohoo, BoohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing and Nasty Gal…
Boohoo’s Karen Millen and Coast purchase “risks devaluing” both
Boohoo’s acquisition of Karen Millen and Coast’s online operations will prove “hard” for the ecommerce fashion giant, according to GlobalData. Karen Millen and Coast’s online operations and intellectual property were…
Next was searched for 82m times last year, 20m more times than its nearest fashion rival
Next is the most searched fashion brand in the UK by a margin of over 20 million, coming well ahead of more ecommerce focused rivals. According to new research conducted…