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River Island names former The White Company boss as CEO

River Island has appointed former boss of The White Company and Wiggle, Will Kernan, as its new CEO, effective 30 September. Kernan will be taking over from current CEO Ben Lewis, the nephew of founder Bernard Lewis, who has led the company for the past nine years. Lewis will stay on as non-executive director of the company. Kernan has...

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Design

River Island launches internatio​nal ecommerce

High street retailer, River Island, has this week launched international deliveries on its ecommerce website. So now customers of RiverIsland.com can ship products across Russia, The Middle East, Caribean, Europe and America from across all the womenswear, limited edition and accessories ranges. Ben Lewis, CEO of River Island, commented: “The...

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Fashion

60's Chelsea Girl reformed

Chelsea Girl, the swinging Sixties young fashion emporium, which morphed into River Island in 1988 is to be revived. It will first be brought back to life in a pop up store this Thursday in Selfridges and then will be turned into a capsule collection across River Island stores from next week. Chelsea Girl – a name derived from London’s then...

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