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Mountain Warehouse plans 50 store openings next year

Outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse is set to open 50 new stores next year as it continues pursuing its UK and international expansion strategy. The news was confirmed to The Times, where it was stated that the 50 new locations will be situated globally. The new stores will include 21 locations in the UK, including a resizing of its Covent...

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Mountain Warehouse makes bid for Eastern Mountain Sports assets following bankruptcy

Outdoor apparel retailer Mountain Warehouse has emerged as the stalking horse bidder in an acquisition process of bankrupt Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS), leading to the possible closure of a number of the latter’s stores. Mountain Warehouse did confirm that if the alliance was to go ahead it would continue to operate seven stores under the EMS...

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Retail

Mountain Warehouse prepares retail expansion amid sales bounce back

UK outerwear company Mountain Warehouse has said that it will be opening a new retail space every week in the run-up to Christmas as it reports a post-pandemic bounce back in sales. The retail expansion comes on top of 35 new stores last year, with the company stating that it is planning to open a further 50 more locations in the next. It comes...

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Fashion

Say Pants to the Tax gains momentum as more retailers back campaign

The ‘Say Pants to the Tax’ campaign and petition, launched by Marks & Spencer and Wuka, calling on the Government to reclassify period pants in line with other period products, which have been exempt from VAT since 2021, has gained support from Primark, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Mountain Warehouse. Currently, period products such as pads, tampons...

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Business

Mountain Warehouse posts recover full-year sales

Mountain Warehouse has reported record full-year sales that surpassed the 300 million pound mark for the first time. The British outdoor retailer made revenue of 302.6 million pounds in the year to February 27, 26.1 percent higher than a year earlier and 2.6 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels two years earlier. Retail sales jumped 54.3...

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Mountain Warehouse launches outdoor marketplace

Mountain Warehouse has launched an online one-stop-shop for all outdoor clothing and equipment with a new third-party marketplace that it states will offer the business a “big step forward”. The Mountain Warehouse Marketplace comes 17 years after the UK website launched in 2005 and aims to offer customers an even greater range of choices when it...

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RetailFeatured

Animal relaunches online with eco-friendly offering

British fashion and lifestyle brand Animal is relaunching for summer 2021 with 400 sustainable products. Poole-based Animal ceased trading a year ago citing an “extremely challenging retail market,” worsened by Covid-19. At the time, previous owners, H Young Holdings PLC couldn’t find any takers for the brand, however, Mountain Warehouse has...

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BusinessPress Release

Mountain Warehouse selects Nedap for global RFID roll-out

Mountain Warehouse, a major UK outdoor apparel and equipment retailer, has selected !D Cloud, Nedap’s leading inventory management solution for a global deployment to 400 stores. The deployment started in January 2020 in the United Kingdom, continuing with Europe, North America and New Zealand with the main objective being to improve inventory...

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Mountain Warehouse posts 16.2 percent rise in Christmas sales

Mountain Warehouse has reported 16.2 percent growth in sales over the Christmas trading period to 95.8 million pounds (125.7 million dollars). The company said in a statement that it also saw a bumper Black Friday with sales of over 2.5 million pounds and the group on track for record full-year profits. Commenting on the Christmas trading, Mark...

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Mountain Warehouse continues to post record sales

The UK’s leading outdoor clothing retailer Mountain Warehouse has reported its 22nd year of consecutive sales growth, with sales up 13 percent to 255 million pounds for the 12 months to February 24, 2019. Pre-tax profits increased 14 percent to a record 23.7 million pounds, which the outdoor clothing brand stated was driven by strong demand...

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Fashion |INTERVIEW Featured

Kit Neale on collaborating with Mountain Warehouse

Ahead of Mountain Warehouse’s first ever fashion collaboration launching in its Covent Garden store, as well as online, FashionUnited chatted with London-based designer Kit Neale on his 26-piece Karabiner Collection of clothes and accessories for the outdoor retailer. Inspired by the great outdoors, Neale’s collection features exclusive prints,...

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Fashion |IN PICTURES Featured

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Mountain Warehouse collaborates with designer Kit Neale

Mountain Warehouse, the UK’s largest outdoor retailer, is to launch a capsule collection with fashion designer Kit Neale, to mark the brand’s first-ever fashion collaboration, as it looks to target a younger demographic. The 26-piece Karabiner Collection has been inspired by the great outdoors and includes clothes and accessories that are...

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