With 2011 coming to a close the FashionUnited.co.uk [1] team have
gone through the archives to see what the most popular stories of the
year have been. Footwear brands and retail expansion featured, with
Sarenza.com's record
breaking year taking the top spot in our top ten articles of the year.
This was followed by the news that Japanese bank Nomura was putting
its support behind Spanish retail group, Inditex.
In third place, FashionUnited highlighted how retailers were
struggling with new payment technologies, in the light of consumer
spending being down. The article particularly focused on how smaller
retailers were struggling with the new version 2.0 of PCI DSS, the
security standard that all firms which handle cardholder information
for major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM or POS cards must meet.
As well as the gamble all retailers face on whether to embrace new
means of payments, like contactless and prepaid technologies.
Major fashion chains featured in the top ten: Primark came in at fifth
spot with its decision to open concessions in Selfridges. The news
that nautical footwear and clothing brand, Sebago was to open its
first flagship store on Regent Street in London was ranked 7th. Taking
the tenth spot was the reports of Abercrombie & Fitch's sister
brand, Hollister helping to drive group net sales by 22 per cent to
$1.75 billion (£1.08 billion) for the first half of the year.
Two stories from the turn of the year, regarding the predicted value
of the footwear industry and a look at how consumers would spend in
2011, took fourth and sixth spot respectively. Market research
company, Mintel, predicted that UK consumers would spend 20% more in
the technology, communications, clothing and adornment sections in
2011 than in 2010.
Facebook also made into the best read articles with the news that the
social networking giant was to offer Facebook Deals, which offers
discounts when you check in using Facebook Places.
*Top 10 best read articles of 2011:*
1. Sarenza.com: 3 million shoes sold in Europe to date [2]
2. Nomura and Banco Sabadell back Inditex [3]
3. Retailers struggle with new payment technologies [4]
4. Global Footwear Market to Reach US$195 Billion by 2015 [5]
5. Selfridges to open Primark concession [6]
6. How consumers will shop in 2011 [7]
7. Sebago opens first UK flagship [8]
8. Fashion via Facebook [9]
9. Bravissimo launch Pepperberry [10]
10. Hollister lifts A&F sales and takes the UK by storm [11] Photo 1:
Primark
Photo 2: Hollister
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Most read articles from 2011
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[1] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/
[2] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/sarenzacom-3-million-shoes-sold-in-europe-to-date-2011122713704
[3] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/nomura-and-banco-sabadell-back-inditex-2011120713553
[4] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/retailers-struggle-with-new-payment-technologies-2011090512894
[5] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/global-footwear-market-to-reach-us195-billion-by-2015-2011011910769
[6] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/global-footwear-market-to-reach-us195-billion-by-2015-2011011910769
[7] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/how-consumers-will-shop-in-2011-2011010610648
[8] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/sebago-opens-first-uk-flagship-2011102013176
[9] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/fashion-via-facebook-2011020310924
[10] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/bravissimo-launch-pepperberry-2011123013731
[11] http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/hollister-lifts-af-sales-and-takes-the-uk-by-storm-2011080812733
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