British online fashion retailer Asos said problems with warehouses in the US and Germany, which were behind a 68% slump in annual profit, were largely behind it, sending its shares sharply higher.

Online fashion retailer Boohoo said its sales for the year will be higher than previously expected after they soared during the summer.

Internet-based fashion group Boohoo has bought the online businesses of fashion chains Karen Millen and Coast, leaving a question mark over the fate of the two retailers’ stores and concessions in Britain.

The For the Future range has been made of 95% recycled polyester, the fabric derived from plastic.

Online Fashion retailer Asos reported an 87% drop in first-half pretax profit, hurt by poor trading in the run-up to Christmas and logistical hiccups in the US market.

Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton has officially demanded a shareholder meeting as part of his efforts to stage a comeback at the fashion chain.

British clothing retailer Next has reported a slowdown in sales growth in its latest quarter, which was characterised by unseasonably warm weather, sending its shares and those of its rivals lower.

The online fashion retailer Boohoo has reported soaring sales, with group revenues jumping by 53%.

After offloading shares in the online fashion retailer, Boohoo boss banks £10.7m.

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You know when you’re out and you’ve had a few drinks and you suddenly become the best of friends with some randomer you’ve just met?

“The handwriting is so bad — but at this time of the year you have to smile a little wider.” So says postman Denis McCarthy as he wades through the sea of letters and parcels.

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