Wallis to increase footwear and accessories

Wallis, the Arcadia store which is ranked as one of the top performing stores is to increase the footwear and accessories stock to increase their profitability.

No more skinny models for Topshop

Philip Green announced that he will not be using skinny models anymore and that he hopes "...other people will follow".

Although credit must be given to Philip Green for this because some needs to start the trend. Larger models should also be used in his other Arcadia store, Evans, which stocks sizes 16-32. The models there are said to be a size 16 but if they are they are a very small 16.

Many people into the store have commented on the models, for example one of the comments i received was from Sue Edwards, 35, a house wife who said: "As a larger lady, I'm grateful that there is a store such as Evans that I can go to, but I feel that the models used makes me and other women feel even more insecure, and the clothes just don't hang on us like they do them".

Arcadia Stores Not Accessible To People With Disabilities

There were threats of Sir Philip Greens empire being taken to court over worry that some of his stores weren't acessible to people with disabilities.

Although this was first threatened a few years a go I still know of Arcadia stores that aren't accessible to people with disabilities, with a lot of stock being on another floor with nothing but a narrow staircase to reach it.

When the public pump so much money into the Arcadia Group why not accommodate the needs of individuals here and there, adding a lift or some other form of access?

Sir Philip Green Takes a Pay Cut

Hot on the heels of news that Jane Sheperdson has found a new job, it was announced that Sir Philip Green, Arcadia boss is taking a whopping £1.2 billion pay cut. Apparently profits have not been so good this year, with BHS dragging overall performance down despite good results from Wallis and Topman. Nice to know that Philip is willing to reduce his paypacket to ensure the future of his Arcadia group.

Make (...me even more rich) Kate

Following the ever increasing trend for celebrities to design their own lable (Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake and Lily Allen to name a few) Kate Moss is now launching her own fashion line for the Arcadia group store, Topshop, to be launched in Spring 2007.

Yes, Kate Moss' design's will be popular and yes it will make Philip Green a hell of a lot richer (that's saying a lot for a man who's wealth is around 4 billion) with millions of girls trying to look like the "amazingly cool" Kate. Looking at the idea though does it really seem appropriate?

Topshop aim to target females in the 15-35 years category, although it probably even reaches younger, with girls trying to dress older than they are. Should a woman who's a known drug addict be placed in a spotlight where young influential girls are encouraged to be like her? It doesn't seem right to me.

It's arguable that drugs are already going through a huge normalization, so why make it worse?

With most of the age ranges mentioned in the link being within Topshops target age, why would they want to publicise drugs even more. They may say that their not publicising drugs but just seeing Kates face people are able to associate her to the drug use which was covered in the media and also associate her to the pictures of her husband, Pete Doherty, injecting drugs into a young girl passed out on the floor at a party.

Why would the Arcadia Group want to normalize the use of drugs even more?.....Oh yeah, so Sir Philip Green has more money in his back pocket at the end of the year.

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About My blog

This is a blog to cover the ins and outs of the Arcadia group owned by Philip Green.
I feel that holding so much power over the high street and controlling what many people are wearing nowadays its only fair that there is a place where people can come to find out stuff about the company that they give so much money to.