Debenhams has revealed details of its Autumn/Winter 2019 home collections from designers Jasper Conran, Julien MacDonald, Matthew Williamson and Abigail Ahern. The department store group said: ‘Abstract Expressionism and the American art scene of the 1950s are direct inspirations for the J by Jasper Conran A/W19 collection. Contemporary in its …
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Debenhams announced today (Friday April 26) details of two proposed Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA): one relating to Debenhams Retail Limited, the main trading entity (69 stores); and one relating to Debenhams Properties Limited (99 stores). A CVA is a legal process that allows a company to reach a compromise or …
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Debenhams launches its Christmas advertising campaign this week with a concept that champions gift givers with the strapline: ‘Do a bit of you know you did good’. The campaign, which will run across TV, digital, social media and print, supports the department store group’s gifting offer. Four 20 second executions …
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Debenhams opened the doors to its latest store yesterday (Thursday September 27), in the Hertfordshire town of Watford. Hundreds of shoppers queued to be one of the first to glimpse the 86,000sq ft three-storey branch, which was officially opened by celebrity designer Julien Macdonald OBE alongside Watford local Megan Bowyer. …
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Debenhams’ Stevenage branch has been crowned ‘Best New Store’ at the 23rd annual ‘Retail Week’ Awards 2018. The 80,000sq ft store in Hertfordshire, which opened in August 2017, was the first in the department store group’s estate to showcase its new ‘Redesigned Strategy’ which aims to make shopping ‘confidence boosting, …
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Debenhams is partnering with British brand Swoon Editions to bring its homeware to the UK high street for the first time. The department store group opened a dedicated space in its Westfield White City branch in London on March 29, offering a selection of Swoon’s dinnerware, lighting and furniture pieces. …
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Debenhams has announced a partnership with French furniture and home décor brand Maisons du Monde. The department store chain will open three Maisons du Monde shop-in-shops at its Westfield, Birmingham and Manchester branches this Spring. Maisons du Monde is already present here through an ecommerce platform, but this move will …
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Richard Jones will join Debenhams on February 5 in the role of trading director, global sourcing. His responsibilities will include leading the department store group‘s product development and sourcing team, which includes overseas hubs in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Richard has a proven track record in buying …
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Steven Cook, former chief merchant of Canadian luxury department store group Holt Renfrew, is to join Debenhams as managing director of fashion and home in early January. Steven will lead the business unit that oversees the organisation’s buying, design and merchandising divisions for these categories, as the retailer continues to …
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Debenhams is launching a trial of in-store fitness centres with gym specialist Sweat! as part of a strategy to make its department stores ‘a destination for social shopping’. The retailer said the partnership, set to launch in three stores from early 2018, will give customers more reasons to visit Debenhams …
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