News roundup–ASOS, Smythson and more


News roundup–ASOS, Smythson and more

According to US magazine Women’s Wear Daily, ASOS  will launch its US website this September. In the 12 months to 31st March 2010, international sales doubled and now account for 28 per cent of total retail sales.

The UK’s new First Lady Samantha Cameron (aka SamCam) is stepping down from her role as creative director of leather goods and stationery brand Smythson as she prepares for life in Downing Street and the imminent birth of her child, reports the Times.

North-east England newspaper The Journal profiles Kathryn Rowe, the founder of Framesavers, a new business that enables customers to refresh their old spectacles frames with new lenses through the post rather than pay for a new pair.

The Hut Group, a Manchester-based etailer, was named the third fastest growing digital company in Europe in the GP Bullhound Media Momentum Awards, writes Crain’s Manchester Business.

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