Plus-size growth

UK: Men’s plus-size market fastest growing clothing sector 8 Dec 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.

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US: Lane Bryant Catalog renamed Woman Within 27 Oct 2006

Redcats USA has announced that its Lane Bryant Catalog has been renamed and will now be called ‘Woman Within’.

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US: Casual Male drops 'Big & Tall' branding 10 Aug 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".

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UK: M&S goes large with Per Una 15 Jun 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.

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US: Plus-size market rockets by 50% - Mintel 24 Mar 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.

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UK: High street retailers lose outsize market share 12 Jan 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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