Executive Summary
Next is a UK based retailer offering clothing, footwear, accessories and home products. Next distributes through three main channels: Next Retail, a chain of more than 480 stores in the UK and Eire; the Next Directory, a direct mail catalogue and transactional website with more than 2 million active customers; and Next International, with more than 140 stores overseas. Other businesses in the Next group include:
- Next Sourcing, which designs, sources and buys Next branded products; and
- Ventura, which provides customer services management to clients wishing to outsource their customer contact administration and fulfilment activities.
Company History
- The Next retail chain was launched in February 1982
- In October 2005, Next opened the anchor store at the Manchester Arndale Centre with a store in excess of 80,000 square feet.
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Next Sourcing has operations in mainland China, Hong Kong, Romania, Sri Lanka, India, Turkey and the UK engaged in the design, sourcing, buying, merchandising and quality control of Next products.
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