From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia New Look (clothing retailer)
New Look (clothing retailer)
New Look Retailers Ltd In July 2010, New Look opened its Scottish flagship
Type Private store in Glasgow Fort Shopping Park. The store is a mas-
sive 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2). It was built on the site of a
Industry Retailer
former Borders store.
Founded Taunton, England (1969) The largest New Look store in the world opened in
Dublin, Republic of Ireland on November 4, 2010 located
Founder(s) Tom Singh
at the Jervis Shopping Centre[4]. It is the 29th New Look
Headquarters Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom store in Ireland.
Number of locations 1,000 (2010) In 2004 after six years afloat the company withdrew
from the stock market and was taken back to being a pri-
Area served United Kingdom vately owned business by founder Tom Singh and chief
Republic of Ireland
Belgium
executive Phil Wrigley, and private equity investors Per-
France mira, Apax Partners and Quillian Investments.
Saudi Arabia On 26 April 2007, a fire occurred at a New Look branch
Dubai in Oxford Street, London. The subsequent investigation
Kuwait revealed an extensive catalogue of failings relating to
Egypt
Bahrain
fire safety precautions and measures. The company sub-
United Arab Emirates sequently pleaded guilty to criminal charges and on 25
The Netherlands November 2009, was fined a total of £400,000 with
Malta £136,052 costs.[5]
Singapore In 2010, the fines were upheld by the Court of Ap-
Key people Carl McPhail, Chief Executive peal.[6]
Products Clothing Fashion
Revenue GBP £1.147 Billion[1] (2008)
Market
The retailer’s core audience is women in the 16-30 year
Operating income £179 million (2008)
old age bracket; however in 2001 the retailer diversified
Employees 30,000 (worldwide) into men’s clothing which has now been implemented in-
17,000 (UK) to over 20% of the chain.
Website www.newlook.com
Promotions
New Look is a British global fashion retailer with a chain In 2007 New Look launched its first advertising campaign
of high street shops in the UK, Belgium, France, The for three years. The same year it used online advertising
Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Malta, Singapore for the first time and launched its transactional website,
and the United Arab Emirates. which went live in December 2007 and currently carries
womenswear, menswear, Generation 915 for teens, kids,
History footwear, maternity, tall & Inspire (Sizes 18-26).
• New Look Store - Exterior in Liverpool
New Look was founded in 1969 in Taunton, Somerset by
Tom Singh. Since then the company has rapidly expand-
ed and now operates across a chain of over 1,000 stores
internationally and a staff of over 30,000. The group had
a turn over of £1,147 million in y/e 2008 with profits of
£179 million.[2]
In 2008 New Look continued its expansion in the UAE
and opened its largest store to date in Liverpool One
Shopping Centre. In 2009, its 40th anniversary year, it
opened its first store in Russia in February 2009 [3]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia New Look (clothing retailer)
[2] Sunday Times Top Track 100, 29-June-2008
[3] http://www.newlook.co.uk/navigation/
corporate.aspx
[4] http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/
biggest-new-look-store-launches-in-
dublin-179560.php
[5] http://www.thebigredguide.com/news/uk-high-
street-firm-new-look-fined-for-serious-breaches-
of-fire-safety.html
[6] http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/
2010/1268.html
External links
New Look Store - Interior in Liverpool
• New Look Website
• New Look store inside the Merrywalks shopping
• New Look Careers Website
precinct, Stroud, Gloucestershire
News items
See also • New Look moves 250 jobs to London in January 2009
• Top Track 100 - list of 100 largest private companies, • New HQ in Weymouth in August 2007
New look is at no 32. • Newcastle-under-Lyme in July 2004
• Going private in February 2004
References
[1] Sunday Times, 29-June-2008
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