French Connection
Retailer, Company, and Clothing Company
French Connection suffers on poor menswear sales...Content Subscription with the The Scotsman site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. FASHION chain French Connection yesterday said sales growth had slowed, with the group's menswear lines still stuck in the... In this article: French Connection, Revenue, French Connection, and UK |
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Daily Mail | 23 hours ago
French Connection sales growth slowed with menswear lines still stuck in doldrums
Last updated at 10:10 AM on 25th November 2009 Fashion chain French Connection today said sales growth had slowed with the group's menswear lines still stuck in the doldrums. Like-for-like sales growth in its UK and European business -...
In this article: French Connection, Revenue, Recession, Tax, and UK
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Independent.ie | 23 hours ago
Growth slows at French Connection
Fashion chain French Connection said sales growth had slowed with the group's menswear lines still stuck in the doldrums. Like-for-like sales growth in its UK and European business - accounting for more than half of overall revenues -...
In this article: French Connection, Revenue, Recession, Tax, and UK
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Bleacher Report | 5 days ago
Atlanta's Russian Express
...with Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelle, and Vic Hadfield of the New York Rangers. One of the most exciting forward line combinations was the French Connection line made up of French Canadiens Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin and Rene Robert. Another...
In this article: National Hockey League, Ilya Kovalchuk, Thrashers, Maxim Afinogenov, Atlanta, Nik Antropov, Toronto Maple Leafs, Stanley Cup, and Moscow Spartak
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thestar.com | November 12, 2009
Leather 2.0: Tough but silky
...and durability, into a fluid fabric that is smooth as silk with the drape of knit. Even at lower price points, stores such as French Connection have been able to showcase the softer, feminine side of leather: a demure-looking leather...
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 07, 2009
Fashion for kids? It's sheer chic
...one. Designers from Mulberry to Marc Jacobs are going miniature (though their prices aren't), along with high street chains such as Zara and French Connection. The childrenswear market is now worth GBP4 billion, and - in defiance of the...
In this article: Stella McCartney, Injunction, Zara, Roberto Cavalli, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Christian Louboutin, and America's Next Top Model
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The Press and Journal | October 27, 2009
Highlands shows it's the height of fashion
...down the catwalk alongside several Caley Thistle footballers. They were wearing clothes from stores such as Zara, Phase Eight, French Connection, Debenhams, Internacionale, Joy, Evans, Scotkilt, New Look, Fat Face, Quiz, USC and Jones...
In this article: Fat Face, Press and Journal, Debenhams, Kelly Rowland, Inverness, and Glasgow
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Bleacher Report | October 24, 2009
Philadelphia Flyers To Unveil New French Connection Line Tonight
In an effort to get Simon Gagne going, it appears as if Flyers head coach John Stevens will give a new line a chance. Already nicknamed the "French Connection" line, with Gagne lining up with Claude Giroux and Ian Laperriere, the line has...
In this article: Simon Gagne, Philadelphia Flyers, Claude Giroux, Ian Laperriere, Stanley Cup, Florida Panthers, John Stevens, and French Connection
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Philly.com | October 24, 2009
Flyers shuffle three of their four lines
The Flyers have their own version of the French Connection line. In an effort to jump-start the offense - especially Simon Gagne and Scott Hartnell - coach John Stevens has changed three of the Flyers' four lines for tonight's game...
In this article: Simon Gagne, Flyers, John Stevens, Brian Boucher, Claude Giroux, Mike Richards, NHL, Arron Asham, Scott Hartnell, and Ian Laperriere
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The Press and Journal | October 23, 2009
Footballers set to strut their stuff at fashion show
...Breast Care Association, which are the Eastgate Centre's chosen charities. Stores taking part in the annual fashion extravaganza include French Connection, Debenhams, New Look, Zara, Fat Face, La Senza, Joy Evans, Jones Bootmaker,...
In this article: Inverness, Eastgate Shopping Centre, Glasgow, Fat Face, Press and Journal, Nicola McAlley, and Kelly Rowland
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Daily Mail | October 05, 2009
French Connection closes Japan stores in effort to stem losses
French Connection closes Japan stores to stem losses Last updated at 1:28 PM on 05th October 2009 Fashion chain French Connection is closing all of its stores in Japan, abandoning efforts to be big in the Far East. Bosses were forced...
In this article: Japan, French Connection, and Far East
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French Connection is a company founded in the United Kingdom in 1972 which sells clothing and accessories in many parts of the world.
In April 1997, French Connection began branding their clothes "fcuk" (usually written in lowercase). Large stores are in Leeds and London. Though they insisted it was an acronym for French Connection United Kingdom, its similarity to the word "fuck" caused controversy. French Connection fully exploited this and produced an extremely popular range of t-shirts with messages such as "fcuk fashion", "fcuk this", "hot as fcuk", "mile high fcuk", "too busy to fcuk", "lucky fcuk", "Fun Comes Usually Kneeling", "fcuk on the beach", etc. There were also a number of regionally specific messages, such as "fcuk in hull" (bearing similarity to "fucking hell") and "no fcukin worries" (in Australia) and "fcuk off". "Chugging the fcuk" and "Munching on fcuk" were popular shirt titles but were later found as inappropriate. Designer Daniel Greenwood later sued the company for inconsistency in shirt titles and lack of lenience. Apparently they first discovered the acronym when a fax was sent from their Hong Kong store FCHK to FCUK.
In 2001, during the introduction of French Connection in San Francisco, big banners hung on the front of the newly opened store saying "San Francisco's first fcuk."
- Name:
- French Connection
- Type:
- Public company
- Location:
- London
- Founded:
- London (1972)
- Industry:
- Clothing
- Key People:
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- Stephen Marks, Chairman & CEO
- Roy Naismith, Finance Director
- Products:
- Clothing, cosmetics
- Revenue:
- £265.7 million GBP (2005)
- No. of Employees:
- 2,424 (2004)
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