New Look announces new Middle East franchise agreement

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• New Look has 568 stores in the UK and Eire, and 232 stores in France trading under the name Mim. In addition, New Look has 8 New Look branded stores in France and Belgium, and has recently opened a franchise store in Dubai.
• In the UK New Look has a 4.3% market share, making it among the leading womenswear retailers in the UK (Source - TNS).
• New Look is now the number 1 retailer of women's shoes in the UK by volume. (Source - TNS).
• 25% of British women have bought an item of outerwear from New Look - amounting to over 6 million customers (Source - TNS).
• New Look's competitors include H&M, Next, Top Shop and Dorothy Perkins. The average age of shoppers in New Look is 30.

About Landmark International (LMI)

Landmark International, a division of the Landmark Group, operates successful fashion and lifestyle brands in the Middle East, North Africa and India.

Using Landmark Group's proven strengths in trading their own fashion and lifestyle brands, LMI aims to be one of the foremost branded franchise operators in the region. Landmark Group has had a successful growth in the last 33 years with nearly 600 stores in 10 different countries with total retail space of 6 million sq.ft.

LMI has already attracted a strong collection of international apparel and footwear brands since it began operations in 2004. In October 2006, LMI launched New Look's flagship store in Dubai and its success sees more stores now opening across the region.

Further information on the group can be found on Landmark Group's corporate website - www.cplmg.com

For further local enquiries please contact
Mr. Steven Hubbard
General Manager, Landmark International
Telephone: 04 - 8095959
Mobile: 050-4569212

Enquiries:

New Look
Carl McPhail, MD Marketing, Operations and International
Tel 020 7659 5918


Finsbury Tel 020 7251 3801
Rollo Head
Alice Macandrew
Alex Pettifer