Zoe Hu

Drapers Online • 8th January 2025

Exclusive: Adanola founder considers stake sale

Drapers understands Adanola has appointed advisers at professional services firm PwC to find prospective investors to accelerate its growth plans.
Tom Copeland, partner of corporate finance at PwC, is believed to be leading the sale process. Copeland previously advised Gymshark on its minority stake sale to private equity firm General Atlantic in 2020, which valued the brand at more than £1bn.
Owner and founder Hyrum Cook set up the women's fitness brand in 2015 and it has been on an upwards tra...

Drapers Online • 5th October 2023

Exclusive: Matches seeks cash injection

Luxury retailer Matches is working with restructuring firm Teneo to explore funding options for the business, Drapers understands.

Drapers Online • 25th April 2024

Exclusive: Frasers Group to close Manchester office

Frasers Group has set out plans to permanently close its Trafford office, putting around 100 roles at risk of redundancy, Drapers has learned.

Drapers Online • 10th November 2023

Exclusive: Dune sale process stalls

The sale process for Dune Group which was launched in March this year, has stalled despite offers from Next and Aurelius among others, Drapers understands.

Drapers Online • 19th May 2023

Exclusive: Boohoo demands Turkish suppliers match Pakistan prices

Boohoo Group has requested discounts of more than 30% on outstanding orders from some of its Turkish suppliers, to match the prices the company has achieved in Pakistan, Drapers has learned.

Drapers Online • 17th March 2023

Exclusive: Sweaty Betty CEO and COO step down

Sweaty Betty's chief executive Julia Straus and chief operating officer Mark Smith will leave the business after the sportswear brand's takeover by a new owner, Drapers can reveal.

Drapers Print • 18th April 2024

Analysis: Why fashion is turning its back on the stock market

Superdry is preparing to become the next to leave a listed fashion retail sector that has shrunk drastically as companies go private or succumb to takeover by larger rivals. Drapers explores why flotations are out of favour and what the future is for publicly traded fashion companies.

Online version: https://www.drapersonline.com/insight/analysis/why-floating-isnt-in-fashion-anymore

Drapers Print • 20th September 2024

Analysis: Fixing fashion retail’s broken balance sheet

From Asos’s Topshop sale to Boohoo Group’s US warehouse closure, Drapers explores what measures retailers are taking to shore up their balance sheet and why.

In tough economic times, a robust balance sheet and cash position is more crucial than ever.

On 11 September, Boohoo Group decided to pull the plug on its US distribution centre a year after it opened as part of a strategy to "reposition the group for sustainable, profitable growth". The company has also put up its £72m London office for sale while it explores options for its £325m debt that is due over the next 18 months.

Drapers Print • 29th September 2023

Analysis: What Shein’s UK march means for fashion retail

As Shein makes headway in the UK market with the potential acquisition of Missguided, Drapers explores what its increasing market share means for British fashion retailers.

Online version: https://www.drapersonline.com/insight/what-sheins-uk-focus-march-means-for-fashion-retail

The Sheffield Star • 26th August 2021

Safer streets: Sheffield communities’ latest efforts to reduce youth violence

Earlier this month, 13 groups and organisations from across South Yorkshire received a total of £200,000 from the Violence Reduction Fund to run projects aimed at preventing violence and crime among young people. We take an inside look at how the funding will help three of the awarded groups to make Sheffield’s communities safer.