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Independent boutiques seize wholesale spotlight as Joor Unveils 2025 power list

Independent fashion boutiques are moving from the sidelines to centre stage in the global wholesale market, according to new data from Joor, the fashion industry’s largest digital wholesale platform. The company’s annual JOOR 100: Top Global Retailers 2025, released this week, charts a sector that is not just resilient but expanding rapidly...

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Spotlight on independent retailers: Starburst Boutique

Name: Starburst Boutique Location: Dartmouth Owner: Hannah Jennings Established: 2008 Product categories: Womenswear, accessories, lifestyle products Brands: Pyrus, 120 % Lino, Cash Ca, Maison Labiche, East by East West, Quinton & Chadwick, Denim Studio, Just in Case Hannah Jennings opened Starburst Boutique in Dartmouth in Devon in 2008, after...

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Spotlight on independent retailers: Pamela Shiffer

Name: Pamela Shiffer Location: London Owner: Pamela Shiffer Established: 1989 Product categories: Womenswear, accessories, footwear Brands: Rino + Pelle, Samsoe & Samsoe, Vilagallo, Just Female, Alpha, Silvian Heach, Baum & Pferdgarten, Twist & Tango, Liverpool Jeans, Marc Aurel, Ottodame, Oui, Alpe, Sacha London Pamela Shiffer has been a...

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Spotlight on independent retailers: Trapeze Kids

Name: Trapeze Kids Location: Sheffield Owner: Donna Powell Established: 2016 Product categories: Childrenswear, toys, accessories, homeware and gifts Brands: Bobo Choses, Indikidual, Monkind, Nadadelazos, Grimms Wooden Toys, Wee Gallery, Plan Toys and Design Letters Having spent 10+ years working in buying and wholesale within childrenswear...

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Spotlight on independent retailers: Jules B

Rhona and Julian Blades opened their first womenswear store in Jesmond, a leafy suburb of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1985. Julian was a self-employed fashion agent for Barbour and other British brands based in Germany, while Rhona was head lecturer in fashion design at a local arts college. At the time, the two had only been in a relationship for...

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Spotlight on independent retailers: Psyche

Name: Psyche Location: Middlesbrough Owner: Steve Cochrane Established: 1982 Product categories: Womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, tailoring, footwear, accessories, lifestyle Key labels: Barbour, Belstaff, Hugo, Paul Smith, Ted Baker, Tommy Hilfiger, Grenson, Moss You can’t talk about the best independent stores in the UK without mentioning...

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Independent retailer spotlight: Our Kid

Name: Our Kid Location: Chorlton, Manchester Owners: Kate Heaton, Laura Day and Tess Grindle Established: 2016 Product categories: Childrenswear, accessories, toys, lifestyle products Brands: Bloom And Blossom, Boys & Girls, Goodordering, Grass & Air, Little Green Radicals, Mama Design, Mere Soeur, Mutha.Hood, Organic Zoo, Scamp & Dude, Tiba and...

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Spotlight on independent retailers: The Dressing Room

Name: The Dressing Room Location: St Albans Owner: Deryane Tadd Established: 2005 Product categories: Womenswear, footwear, accessories and lifestyle products Key labels: Over 90 brands including Lily & Lionel, Ba&sh, On The Rise, Universe of Us, Mercy Delta, J brand, Paige Denim, Veja, Woden, Anna Beck The Dressing Room in St Albans has won...

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Spotlight on independent retailers: Black White Denim

Name: Black White Denim Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire Owner: Jo Davies Established: 2010 Product categories: Womenswear Key labels: Set, Bella Freud, Equipment, Paige Denim, J Brand, P.E Nation Activewear, Samsoe & Samsoe, Veja, Anine Bing, Golden Goose Deluxe Brand, Air & Grace, as well as own basics line Black White Denim Award-winning...

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Changing face of London retail

The face of London retail is one of constant change. As the west-end's giants of Oxford Street, Bond Street and Regent Street become full, many brands are looking to other retail destination that will deliver the cachet and foot flow, but that are slightly off the beaten track. Mount Street is now as fashionable as Bond Street Take Mayfair for...