Topshop Essay
TOPSHOP- Nicky Schrader
(a) Selection of Country – Australia (Currently stores in the UK, Europe and some Asian Pacific nations)
(b) Top Shop – Women Clothing and accessories
TopShop currently export to Australia only through their online orders from their website and therefore would look to establish stores, franchises within Australia.
Core competencies of the business
At forefront of fashion at reasonable prices
Product description and target market
Topshop on top - gaps in Gap
Anonymous. Strategic Direction. Bradford: Feb 2005. Vol. 21, Iss. 2; pg. 24, 3 pgs
UK-based Topshop began as a small concession in 1964, and has since grown into a strong trading company with a 9.3 percent growth in sales in 2002. The target market …show more content…
In 1974, Topshop was taken out of Peter Robinson and set up as a standalone retailer.
When Jane Shepherdson became Brand Director in 1999 her vision was to establish the brand as a fashion authority. Since then, Topshop has gone onto become one of fashion's major success stories with over 309 fashion stores nationwide, including the world's largest fashion store at Oxford Circus, which attracts over 200,000 shoppers each week!
In September 2005 Topshop showed its in-house design collection Unique (created in 2001) as part of the official London Fashion Week schedule and subsequently forged exclusive partnerships with international boutiques 'Opening Ceremony' in New York, 'Colette' in Paris and Tokyo's '10 Corso Como Comme des Garcons'. During summer 2006 'Barneys' in the US began retailing Topshop's best selling Baxter jean in its flagship stores. Plans to expand internationally are also underway with stores in Moscow and St. Petersburg due to open in 2008.
The marketing directions of two fashion
(a) Selection of Country – Australia (Currently stores in the UK, Europe and some Asian Pacific nations)
(b) Top Shop – Women Clothing and accessories
TopShop currently export to Australia only through their online orders from their website and therefore would look to establish stores, franchises within Australia.
Core competencies of the business
At forefront of fashion at reasonable prices
Product description and target market
Topshop on top - gaps in Gap
Anonymous. Strategic Direction. Bradford: Feb 2005. Vol. 21, Iss. 2; pg. 24, 3 pgs
UK-based Topshop began as a small concession in 1964, and has since grown into a strong trading company with a 9.3 percent growth in sales in 2002. The target market …show more content…
In 1974, Topshop was taken out of Peter Robinson and set up as a standalone retailer.
When Jane Shepherdson became Brand Director in 1999 her vision was to establish the brand as a fashion authority. Since then, Topshop has gone onto become one of fashion's major success stories with over 309 fashion stores nationwide, including the world's largest fashion store at Oxford Circus, which attracts over 200,000 shoppers each week!
In September 2005 Topshop showed its in-house design collection Unique (created in 2001) as part of the official London Fashion Week schedule and subsequently forged exclusive partnerships with international boutiques 'Opening Ceremony' in New York, 'Colette' in Paris and Tokyo's '10 Corso Como Comme des Garcons'. During summer 2006 'Barneys' in the US began retailing Topshop's best selling Baxter jean in its flagship stores. Plans to expand internationally are also underway with stores in Moscow and St. Petersburg due to open in 2008.
The marketing directions of two fashion