
Lydia King, currently womenswear buying and merchandising director at Selfridges, is to join rival Harrods later this year as its new fashion director.
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Lydia King, currently womenswear buying and merchandising director at Selfridges, is to join rival Harrods later this year as its new fashion director.
Harrods is back with its groundbreaking luxury charity pop-up store following last year’s debut opening. For 2019, it’s running a one-month-only pop-up shop featuring an edit of major labels in the heart of Marylebone.
Two of the biggest names in luxury retail are now working together with Farfetch saying on Tuesday that it’s linking up with Harrods and will be the luxury department store’s global commerce platform provider.
Harrods is clearly not suffering from the cloud hanging over many of its sector peers further down the price chain and like luxury rivals Selfridges and Harvey Nichols, luxury and tourist spending has sent profits up.
Mulberry has issued a profit warning on the back of the House of Fraser failure and buyout, while it has been revealed that a raft of major fashion names are owed millions by the retailer.
Luxury body Walpole has issued a hard-hitting call urging the government to agree a pro-business Brexit. It said the sector is at risk because brands can't manufacture off-shore as Britishness is key to their appeal.
Harrods has named Amanda Hill to a key executive role in charge of both marketing and customers at the luxury department store business. It’s a completely new role and her title is CM&CO.
Harrods is on a major drive to ‘do good’, reduce waste and also to reach its Millennial target consumers in ways that are important to them. And its latest initiative certainly does all of these things.
Analysts may be saying that technology is going to continue shaking up the beauty retail sector but it will only do so if it goes hand in hand with unique and creative ideas.
Harrods MD Michael Ward is upbeat on the change the next few years will bring but says it will be tough for rivals without a USP as the store spends mega-money to focus on experiences, Millennials and the global shopper.