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Arcadia has reportedly separated the logistics operations for Topshop
and Topman from the rest of the group’s fashion brands.
The Philip Green-owned group has opened a new automated warehouse
dedicated to processing orders for Topshop and Topman in Daventry,
Northamptonshire, according to The Times. Topman orders are reportedly
already being handled from Daventry, while Topshop orders are set to begin
in the new year. The orders were previously managed from Arcadia’s Milton
Keynes warehouse.
Arcadia’s chief executive Ian Grabiner is understood to be heading
projects to separate shared functions across the group which owns brands
Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, Evans and Burton.
The group suffered an unprecedented loss of 169 million pounds last year
and narrowly avoided a collapse in June after winning creditors’ approval
to launch a company voluntary arrangement triggering the closure of 48
stores and rent cuts across 194 stores.
In September, Arcadia denied reports by The Sunday Times that owner Sir
Philip Green was considering breaking up the brands in his group so they
could be sold separately over time.
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