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Dune Group founder appoints KPMG to attract business investors

The Dune Group’s founder and chairman, Daniel Rubin, has appointed KPMG to find new investors in the business. Rubin, who established the footwear and accessories brand 30 years ago, said in a statement: “Having spent 47 years in the footwear industry the time is right to realise the investment I have made in Dune. The business is strong with a...

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Dune London appoints Lindsey Borkowski as VP of North American sales

Footwear and accessories brand The Dune Group has announced the appointment of Lindsey Borkowski as VP of North American sales. Based in Los Angeles, Borkowski, the company said in a release, has joined Dune to drive development of the Dune London brand and business in the US market. Customer reactions to the partnerships with Nordstrom and...

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Dune Group swings to profit amid pandemic recovery

Dune swung to a profit in the year to January 29 after its stores reopened following the end of lockdowns. The London-based group made an EBITDA of 2.9 million pounds compared to a loss of 9.8 million pounds a year earlier. The company was hit hard by the pandemic when it was forced to close its stores across the UK and Europe. It launched a...

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Dune London announces store reopening plan

Following the British government’s recent announcement to ease Covid-19 lockdown measures and allow non-essential businesses to reopen, Dune London joins the list of retailers that will reopen its stores on June 15. The footwear retailer’s renewed in-store service will include precautionary measures, such as social distancing guidelines,...

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Dune Group CEO James Cox to leave the company in March

After serving the company for over a decade, Dune Group CEO James Cox is stepping down in March this year to pursue a new professional challenge. The company said in a statement that Cox had joined The Dune Group from Thomas Pink in 2010 as CFO and after rising through the role of COO, was appointed CEO in 2017. Commenting on the development,...

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Dune's annual results hit by House of Fraser collapse and challenging retail

For the year to January 26, 2019 Dune Group reported pre-tax profit before exceptional costs of 4.3 million pounds compared to 3.8 million pounds in 2018, which the company said, was achieved despite structural changes at a key concession partner, House of Fraser, which resulted in the closure of their website for several weeks and a 1.2 million...

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Dune annual like-for-like sales grow 5.2 percent

The Dune Group has reported an increase in like for like retail sales of 6.5 percent for the autumn/winter season and 5.2 percent for the 52 weeks ended January 27, 2018. Retail sales for the six weeks to December 30, the company added were up 7.2 percent on a like for like basis driven by growth across all retail channels; stores, concessions...

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Dune Group annual revenues grow 1.3 percent

London-based shoe company Dune Group witnessed its sales increase 1.3 percent to 150.9 million pounds (187 million dollars) for the year ending January 30, 2016, says a Drapers report. While profit after tax jumped 8 percent to 4.7 million pounds (5.8 million dollars), operating profit declined to 6.6 million pounds (8.1 million dollars) or 1.7...

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Borderfree signs up Dune and Austin Reed

Borderfree, an international cross-border e-commerce platform, has signed up British retailers the Dune Group and Austin Reed, who will start using the service from May. The platform means that Dune and Austin Reed will be able to sell its goods internationally without the intensive upfront costs, as Borderfree creates a localised online...