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  • Saturday, 24 May, 2025
    Lex
    Victoria’s Secret shows poison pills aren’t always toxic Premium content

    Rather than a bidder, lingerie retailer may simply need more time

    A pedestrian walks past a Victoria’s Secret store in Columbus, Ohio
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
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    Can lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret win with Gen Z?

    US group attempts to reboot and recapture the glamour of its 1990s and 2000s heyday after years of flagging sales

    Model Tyra Banks walks the runway during the 2024 Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Brooklyn, New York
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
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    After a four-year hiatus, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back on screens with a new name and format

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
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    L Brands/Victoria’s Secret: comfortable clothing lifts sales ahead of break-up Premium content

    Lingerie brand moves away from dated image as parent company prepares spin-off

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  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
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    L Brands to spin off Victoria’s Secret

    Split from Bath & Body Works chain comes after retailer shelved plans to sell lingerie brand

    Victoria’s Secret store in Columbus, Ohio, US
  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
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    Pandemic hastens customer demand for relaxed and body positive styles as sexy no longer rules supreme

    Marks and Spencer says recent trends have accelerated during the pandemic, the main one being comfort
  • Monday, 4 May, 2020
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    The $525m transaction is the latest to be derailed amid the coronavirus pandemic

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
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    US retailers teeter on the brink as 630,000 outlets close

    Analysts predict dozens of nationally-known chains could be headed for insolvency

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
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    Private equity group Sycamore Partners takes 55 per cent in lingerie business

    Proceeds from the Victoria’s Secret sale will be used to pay down some of L Brand’s $5.6bn debt load
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    Leslie Wexner may be a retail legend, but chief executive has lost his touch

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
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    Victoria’s Secret warns on drop in the British pound

    US lingerie brand says weaker currency and economy are undermining UK recovery efforts

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  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2019
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    Summer bummer: Analyst says Victoria’s Secret swim launch lacklustre
  • Thursday, 4 January, 2018
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    L Brands slips as Victoria’s Secret sales woes continue
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
    Retail & Consumer industry
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  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2017
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    Victoria’s Secret owner sees shares slip on disappointing outlook
  • Thursday, 6 April, 2017
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Victoria’s Secret owner posts deeper than expected fall in March sales
  • Wednesday, 16 November, 2016
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