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British fashion chain Joy files for administration

New York –UK’s fashion retailer Joy Group has just announced its intention to appoint administrators, two years after it was bought out of insolvency in a pre-pack deal with its founders. The chain, which has 10 stores across the country, is understood to have lined up KRE Corporate Recovery, which handled the administration in 2017, reports ‘...

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Fashion retailers who struggled to stay afloat in 2017

London - 2017 was not an easy year for most businesses - especially not for UK retailers. Economical and political uncertainty following the Brexit vote put even more pressure on consumer spending habits and retailers who were unable to execute a winning strategy found themselves in hot water. 42 major retailers went bust over the course of...

Business

Joy bought out of administration by owners via pre-pack deal

Lifestyle retailer Joy has been bought out of administration by its owners, saving 230 jobs, but resulting in the closure of 11 stores across the UK. London-based Louche London Limited, the parent company of high street retailer Joy, was placed into administration earlier this week. Increasing high-street rents and the prospect of higher...

Fairs

The inside intel on Pure London AW16

Pure London, one of the UK's largest fashion trade fairs, running from February 14 to 16, introduced a series of changes this season to hold to its newness. Often seen as the department store of the trade, Pure introduced menswear this edition, renewed its layout, flipped its catwalk and launched a new theme known as Pureism. The overall effect...

Retail

Joy opens first outlet store

Fashion and lifestyle retailer Joy has opened its first outlet store at the London Designer Outlet in Wembley Park. The women’s and menswear retailer, which has 29 full-price standalone stores in the UK, has taken a 2,450 square foot store in the outlet centre that also houses other fashion brands including Kurt Geiger, Phase Eight, H&M and LK...

Fashion

Joy Plans For Revamp

Urban lifestyle retailer Joy has commissioned designers SHH to revamp its interiors concept as it prepares to expand outside London. Joy, currently with six stores in the capital, opens the first of its next-generation stores this month in Manchester at The Triangle Shopping Centre, with openings planned for early 2005 in Leeds and Birmingham....