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Sales on up at French Connection

19.09.11
After a troubled few years, French Connection is on the up. So says chairman and founder Stephen Marks as he unveils half-year results that offer decent evidence for the case... more

Killer Joe, Venice Film Festival - review

08.09.11
First ReviewHe may have just turned 76, but director William Friedkin shows with Killer Joe that he has lost none of his desecratory verve... more

Superdry flagship store may open pre-Christmas

07.09.11
Superdry's new flagship store on Regent Street could open on a single floor before Christmas, founder and chief executive Julian Dunkerton says... more

Firms big up their message with a return to the epic ad

05.09.11
Advertising and marketing: The doommongers who predicted that the internet would kill off traditional TV advertising have been proved wrong... more

Angelina Jolie's family shopping spree

02.09.11
Angelina Jolie spent £1,300 in 15 minutes during a shopping spree while partner Brad Pitt was filming his latest movie 'World War Z'... more

Square Milers find a passion for fashion with SuperGroup

06.07.11
Traders in the (very) Square Mile aren't known for their fashion sense... more

Royal Wedding and weather lift French Connection sales

18.05.11
French Connection hails the Royal Wedding and sunny weather for a recent pick-up in sales in its UK stores... more

Fast and Furious series to relaunch as action franchise

27.04.11
The 'Fast and Furious' franchise is set to be rebooted as an action heist series... more

French Connection confident, beating forecasts and raising dividend

16.03.11
There is a return to form for French Connection, the fashion retailer that has endured several tough years and at times seemed in danger of going out of business altogether... more

French Connection soars with online lift

04.02.11
French Connection's shares soar 23% after the fashion chain hikes its profit forecast... more

Hope for taxpayers as City foresees rise in bank stocks

14.12.10
Market round-up: It might not be all doom and gloom for the British taxpayer next year — if the City’s banking boffins have done their sums right... more

Brighter look at French Connection

16.11.10
French Connection gives signs that it may be a fashion victim no more... more

French Connection profits back in fashion

15.09.10
French Connection suffers a drop in underlying sales in its shops, making it more cautious despite encouraging first-half figures... more

What to wear this week

11.05.10
New jewellery designers may be ten a penny these days but Lucy Hutchings, formerly of Erickson Beamon, is a fashion-pack favourite.... more

It’s French without tears for a great British fashion survivor

31.03.10
Interview: Stephen Marks is still chipper despite French Connection's troubles and fears for our fashion industry... more

French Connection sells loss-making Nicole Farhi label

15.03.10
French Connection is selling the fashion label Nicole Farhi for just £5 million in its efforts to return to profitability... more

£5 million Nicole Farhi sale marks end of 38-year fashion partnership

15.03.10
French Connection founder Stephen Marks and top designer Nicole Farhi go their separate ways as brand is sold off... more

French Connection still fails to draw in the male shopper

25.11.09
French Connection today admitted that it is still out of fashion with men but showed it is starting to win back the female shopper... more

Hot or Not

06.10.09
While French Connection's shops lack atmosphere, they are a dream for girls who want to "get the look" with minimal effort... more

French Connection shuts Japan stores

05.10.09
Struggling fashion house French Connection has given up on its plan to be big in Japan — it is shutting all of its stores in the country ... more

Losses widen at French Connection

17.09.09
French Connection, the High Street fashion house behind the once-controversial FCUK brand, is still bleeding red ink... more

Go green for spring colour

10.05.09
This season designers offer a colour to calm and flatter us, coming in every shade from mint to aquamarine... more

Spring greens

16.04.09
This season designers offer a colour to calm and flatter us, coming in every shade from mint to aquamarine ... more

George puts on the style to defy fall in fashion sales

03.04.09
Quarterly sales at value brand George at Asda rose 10% during a period when the total fashion market declined by 2%... more

French Connection in the red and drops divi

18.03.09
French Connection is dumping its final dividend after plunging to a loss and admitting there's little hope of a turnaround for the business any time soon... more

Market report: Bargain hunters boost the Footsie

29.12.08
Bears in the stock market were feeling the squeeze in a market place desperately short of stock... more

Superdrug leads discount war with sale cuts of 90 per cent

19.12.08
Extreme sale discounts look set to sweep stores as Superdrug announced it will slash prices by up to 90 per cent from Boxing Day... more

Women return to French Connection but it's hard

26.11.08
Retail: French Connection showed tentative signs of coming back into fashion today but warned it still faced a tough Christmas... more

French Connection finding it tough as losses hit £3.5m

12.09.08
Retail: Days before the start of London Fashion Week, French Connection have reported widening losses as its long-awaited recovery continues to falter... more

Jaws star Roy Scheider dies, aged 75

11.02.08
Roy Scheider, the American actor best known for his role as the police chief in Jaws, has died aged 75. A one-time boxer famed for his pugnacious acting style in films such as The French Connection, he died on Sunday in hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas... more


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