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【Jack Wills清盤】香港分店全線結業 回顧品牌的興衰、成敗

昨日（8月7日）Jack Wills突然傳出香港全線分店即日起結束營業的消息，位於香港各區的5間分店的店員日前也被要求前一天（6日）馬上清走個人物品，店舖亦沒有開門。雖然香港的Jack Wills暫未有任何公開回應結業問題，但Jack Wills近期因財政困難而被Sports Direct收購，相信是希望專注英國業務，對海外分店業務另有決策。

Jack Wills sold to founder Peter Williams and Liberty owner BlueGem as full-year profits tumble

Williams and the private equity firm have become the retailer’s new joint shareholders after buying out long-standing investor Inflexion.

The acquisition, which was revealed as Jack Wills posted a 41.4% slump in full-year EBITDA to £5.1m, sees the retailer’s non-executive chairman Mervyn Davies step down.

Davies has been replaced by Mamas and Papas chairman Derek Lovelock, while Williams will continue to lead the business as chief executive.

The changes at the top were confirmed as the preppy fashion retailer hailed “swift and significant improvement” since Williams returned as boss, despite the fall in EBITDA.

Turnover during the year to January 31 advanced 4.1% to £137.4m, but gross margin slipped to 58.3% from 60.8% in 2015.

Distribution problems

Jack Wills said margins were driven down after clearance of stock relating to its “problematic” move to outsource distribution operations to an external logistics provider.

The business said the switch caused “significant operational disturbances to inventory systems and processes” during the 2015 calendar year and the first half of this year.

Jack Wills has since brought the distribution operations back in-house and said the issues “have now been resolved”.

The retailer said it opened four new stores and refitted five existing shops during…

Jack Wills Wants to Forget its Posh Past, But Will it Work?

Picture the scene: A private jet full of influencers being served free champagne and sushi at 30,000, en route to a party villa in Ibiza. No, this wasn’t a Boohoo-sponsored press trip. It was for Jack Wills, the preppy-cool label better known for navy gilets, pale pink polo shirts and hoodies with ‘FABULOUSLY BRITISH’ written across the chest. Jack Wills, it transpires, is trying to forget its posh past. The question is: Will it succeed?

There was a time, between 2008 and 2016, when “dressing cool” for some teenagers meant owning a brand whose logo was a pheasant holding a cane and a top hat. In a 2011 interview with the Financial Times titled ‘Pretty, Posh and Profitable’, founder Peter Williams stated the original thinking behind the brand, which sold puffer gilets for almost £100: “I thought – what if I could create a brand that could bottle what being at a British university is all about and all the cool amazing stuff that goes with that?”

Oxford, Eton, St Andrews and Winchester – where many of the UK’s most expensive and prestigious schools and universities are located – were the sites of Jack Wills’…