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  • Debenhams to retain Pretty Little Thing as fast fashion brands recovers

    Business

    Online fashion seller Debenhams is set to retain Pretty Little Thing after considering selling the fast-fashion brand after seeing improvements in profitability. The retailer, which rebranded from Boohoo Group in March 2025, has unveiled its decision to keep the low-cost retailer after first mulling the sale in August as it looked to restructure its business [...]

    Boohoo Group rebranded to Debenhams earlier this year
  • Frasers Group set to accuse Boohoo of undisclosed payments to founder’s son

    Retail

    Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is set to open a new front in its war of words with Boohoo this evening, accusing the fast fashion firm of allegedly paying its founder’s son £2m-a-year but failing to tell shareholders, City AM has learned. In the latest attack of a long-running spat between the two companies, Frasers is [...]

    Mike Ashley, founder of Frasers Group Plc. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
  • Boohoo: Prettylittlething crashes into the red as Mike Ashley battle continues

    Retail

    Fresh light has been shone on Boohoo’s financial struggles amid its ongoing battle with billionaire Mike Ashley. The financial performance of some of the Manchester-headquartered group’s most well-known brands have been revealed including Prettylittlething crashing into the red and sales being slashed at Nastygal. While Boohoo reports its group results to the London Stock Exchange, [...]

    Prettylittlething is owned by Boohoo. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images)
  • Pretty Little Thing founders venture into the world of luxury interior design

    April 24, 2024

    Adam Kamani and Umar Kamani, the Manchester brothers who founded fast-fashion brand Pretty Little Thing are venturing into the world of luxury interior design. 

  • The House of Boohoo: Impact of PrettyLittleThing and others on fast-fashion giant’s mounting losses revealed

    January 27, 2024

    Boohoo is never far from the headlines - but the firm's endgame isn't quite as easy to find

  • Fashion for change as Pretty Little Thing founder quits to build ‘new brands’

    April 17, 2023

    Umar Kamani, the founder and chief executive of Pretty Little Thing, is stepping down from the fashion brand after 12 years at the helm. Kamani, who founded the business in 2012 with his brother in his home town of Manchester, said he was leaving the £3.8bn company to explore new challenges and “build new brands”.  [...]

  • Boohoo gears up for row over chief executive’s £1m pay packet

    June 14, 2020

    Fast fashion chain Boohoo is preparing for a potential investor revolt this week over a £1.04m payout to its chief executive. In a report issued to shareholders, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recommended that investors vote against the group’s proposed remuneration policy. The advisory group said no explanations were provided by Boohoo for the size of [...]

  • Boohoo buys remaining stake in Pretty Little Thing

    May 28, 2020

    Fast fashion retailer Boohoo has today bought the remaining 34 per cent stake in Pretty Little Thing after facing conflict of interest criticisms from a short-seller. The deal is for an initial consideration of £269.8m, with a further £54m of consideration “contingent on Boohoo’s share price averaging 491p per share over a six month period [...]

  • Boohoo’s share price surges as it picks up a two-thirds stake in PrettyLittleThing for £3.3m

    December 14, 2016

    No tears over here: Boohoo's just acquired a majority stake in fellow online retailer PrettyLittleThing for £3.3m. Boohoo's chairman Peter Williams said PrettyLittleThing was a "natural fit" and would complement Boohoo's "inclusive and innovative" brand. We are delighted to add this fast growing, international business to the group. We believe this is an excellent opportunity to [...]

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