Plus-size growth
In contrast to the current gloomy outlook on the high street, the men’s plus-size clothing market (waist size 37” and above) is the fastest growing clothing sector in the UK according to new research.
UK: Men’s plus-size market fastest growing clothing sector
8 December 2006
In contrast to the current gloomy outlook on the high street, the men’s plus-size clothing market (waist size 37” and above) is the fastest growing clothing sector in the UK according to new research.
US: Lane Bryant Catalog renamed Woman Within
27 October 2006
Redcats USA has announced that its Lane Bryant Catalog has been renamed and will now be called ‘Woman Within’.
US: Casual Male drops 'Big & Tall' branding
10 August 2006
Men's retailer Casual Male has scrapped the 'Big & Tall' branding from its chain of 483 stores to meet "the changing perception of the big and tall demographic".
UK: M&S goes large with Per Una
15 June 2006
Per Una, the women’s fashion range which has been a factor in the recovery of UK retailer Marks & Spencer, is to extend its sizes to cater for the larger woman.
US: Plus-size market rockets by 50% - Mintel
24 March 2006
The plus-size clothing market has shot up by close to 50% in five years, according to a recent report by consumer research company Mintel.
UK: High street retailers lose outsize market share
12 January 2006
New research has found that UK high street retailers are losing their share of the lucrative women’s outsize market, worth GBP3.5bn (US$6.2bn) in the latest year, because they are failing to provide the range and variety that larger women are now expecting.
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