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Asos adds charity boutiques to marketplace

Online retailer Asos has announced that Oxfam Festival Shop, Barnardo’s and Traid charity boutiques will be available on Asos Marketplace, its platform offering new and vintage fashion from independent boutiques around the world. The individual charity boutiques will offer a curated mix of products, from vintage leather jackets to retro 80s...

Retail

Barnardo's launches first designer ‘boutique' charity store

Children’s charity Barnardo’s has reopened its store on Marylebone’s George Street as its first designer boutique-style store following a two-week refurbishment. It is the only Barnardo’s shop in the UK to be fitted out as a showcase for designer clothes, accessories and gold and silver jewellery. The store design features clean lines, subdued...

Design

John Lewis to celebrate 150 anniversary and 'a better way of doing business'

British department store group John Lewis is preparing to launch a series of commemorative events in honor of its 150 year anniversary, to celebrate how the business has grown from a small draper's shop opened in 1864 to an internationally acclaimed company. Last month John Lewis reported that gross annual sales had grown 7.5 percent and passed...