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Sainsbury’s expands menswear range with formalwear

Sainsbury’s has expanded Tu menswear offering with the launch of its first full range of formalwear for Autumn/Winter 2017. The formalwear range, which includes tailored shirts, suits and trousers, marks the first time a supermarket offers tailoring for men with fabrics produced in the UK. The new 29-piece Tu Formal collection was launched...

People

Sainsbury’s finance chief gets expanded role

Supermarket Sainsbury’s has expanded the role of its finance chief John Rogers to include business development and online responsibilities. Alongside his existing finance responsibilities of finance, property, procurement and Sainsbury’s Bank, Rogers, who has worked at the supermarket since 2005, will also now oversee the group strategy, online,...

Fashion

Tu at Sainsbury's collaborates with RCA

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has partnered up with the Royal College of Art on a unique collaboration to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its clothing brand, Tu at Sainsbury’s. Launching this month, the anniversary collection will feature the first of four collections of ten items designed by MA studentsat the RCA, whose design ideas were...

Fashion

Sainsbury’s to pilot selling clothing online

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s, which is also the UK’s seventh largest clothing retailer, will pilot selling clothes online from August, marking one of the first initiatives under incoming chief executive Mike Coupe. The pilot will feature an “invited group of customers” in the Midlands, who will be able to shopSainsbury’s popular Tu womenswear,...

Design

Sainsbury’s hires Quantum to improve fashion inventory

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s, which offers clothing at more than 400 of its storesacross the country, has hired inventory service provider Quantum Retail Technology to help optimise its fashion and general merchandise inventory through improved allocation and replenishment. "Sainsbury's is world renowned for the innovative ways they focus on...

Fashion

Sainbury's Tu gains market share

Sainbury's Tu fashion brand is on track to gain a 1 percent share of the British clothing market before the end of the year. The label, which launched in 2004 and is preparing a more directional collection for this autumn, will be rolled out to an increasing number of stores and a new store concept will be introduced to further house the range....