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N Brown: Simply Be and JD Williams owner puts jobs at risk retail N Brown, the company behind the Simply Be, Jacamo and JD Williams brands, has put jobs at risk of redundancy.
Morning in the City: Paragon, N Brown, ABF, Zopa and the CBI’s crunch vote Live! Welcome to the live blog on Tuesday 6 June. This morning we will be covering results including Paragon bank, N Brown, Association British Foods, and of course, the crunch vote with the Confederation of British Industry.
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group begins £80m share buyback and ups stake in N Brown retail The programme, which begins today and will run for 11 weeks to 28 April, will see a maximum of 10m shares acquired for £80m at most, or about two per cent of the firm.
N Brown: Online retailers will ‘kick on’ again in new year following cost of living lull September 5, 2023 N Brown chief executive Steve Johnson said he expects online retailers to “kick on” again in the new year, following a lull period driven partly by customers returning to physical stores in order to shop around amid the cost of living crisis. Speaking to City A.M., Johnson, who heads up the business behind popular online [...]
Co-op welcomes former N Brown finance chief as new group CFO March 7, 2023 The Co-operative group has welcomed Rachel Izzard as chief financial officer and a member of the Co-op group board. The supermarket and funeral care provider said that Izzard will take up the position in June following the end of current interim Mike Hazell’s contract. The financial veteran has held a number of CFO positions, including [...]
Frasers Group: What Mike Ashley’s retail empire’s endgame could be after Boohoo, Asos, Currys, AO and N Brown investments January 19, 2024 City AM's UK Editor Jon Robinson asks why Frasers Group has continued increasing its stakes in the likes of Boohoo and Asos and what the endgame could be.
Jacamo owner N Brown hails momentum amid turnaround plan October 8, 2021 Online fashion group N Brown has hailed positive momentum heading towards the busy Christmas period following the company’s turnaround plan. The Jacamo and JD Williams owner said it has seen early improvements on the back of “restructuring work” after pushing forward with a new strategy last summer in a bid to return to growth. The [...]
Simply Be brand owner N Brown signs up Amanda Holden and Davina McCall for some celebrity firepower June 17, 2021 Retailer N Brown has leaned heavily on its core brands in the last few months as the business signed up Amanda Holden and Davina McCall to provide some celebrity firepower. The business said that its five core brands, Jacamo, Simply Be, JD Williams, Ambrose Wilson and Home Essentials saw revenue grow by 15 per cent [...]
Plus-size fashion retailer N Brown reshuffles board amid chairman’s exit February 25, 2021 N Brown, the plus-size fashion retailer, announced this morning that its chairman will step down to focus on his other business activities. The firm, which owns Simply Be and Jacamo, said Matt Davies will leave the group from 31 March and will be replaced by Ron McMillan, who will subsequently give up his senior independent [...]
Plus-size retailer N Brown’s shares drop after pandemic hits revenue January 15, 2021 Shares in plus-size fashion retailer N Brown plunged this morning after the company, which owns Simply Be and Jacamo, announced a dip in revenue due to a drop off in occasionwear sales during the pandemic. N Brown’s share price fell 13.48 per cent to 64.2p after it reported a 1.4 per cent drop in product [...]