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Oliver Sweeney closes all stores, shifts focus to online and wholesale

British brand Oliver Sweeney has announced it is permanently closing all five of its stores as it shifts its focus to selling online and through wholesale. The company has drafted in administrators for its retail subsidiary Oliver Sweeney Trading Limited. It said the Covid-19 pandemic compounded pre-existing issues in an already-uncertain retail...

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Oliver Sweeney receives 3.75 million pound investment

British footwear brand Oliver Sweeney has raised 3.75 million pounds of new investment from the Business Growth fund, as it looks to advance its future growth plans. The Business Growth Fund is a 2.5 billion pound fund, backed by five of the UK’s main banks, which injects capital into smaller companies across all sectors in return for an...

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Covent Garden aims to triple its menswear offering

It is clear that menswear is booming within the UK, with the industry sector worth more than 10 billion pounds to the economy according to Mintel, who predicts that men will be spending more than their female counterparts on clothes by 2016. In order to capitalize on the mens movement, Covent Garden has announced the launch of a new premium...

Fashion

Oliver Sweeney amnesty program

Luxury footwear and accessories label Oliver Sweeney, is gearing up to show its greener side by launching a shoe amnesty program. The initiative is set up in association with Green World Recycling in a bid to raise funds for the developing world. Oliver Sweeney is calling for customers to donate any brand of used shoes, which will then be...

Fashion

Oliver Sweeney to launch custom shoe service

British shoe retailer Oliver Sweeneyis launching a custom-made shoe service for summer 2007. Customers will be able to choose from a range of exotic skins including ostrich, crocodile and iguana; plain leathers in seasonal colours; as well as detailing like laces, piping and lining. Built around Oliver Sweeney's two popular toe shapes, Twister...