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{{Infobox company
| name = New Look Retailers Ltd
| logo = New Look (clothing retailer) logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Private limited company|Private Limited Company]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1969|df=yes}}<br /> [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]],<br />[[United Kingdom|UK]]
| founder = [[Tom Singh]]
| location_city = [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]], [[Dorset]], [[United Kingdom]]: (Corporate Services) <br />[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]: (Creative, Digital and Productive departments)
| locations = 570 approx. (2021)<ref name="annual2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.newlookgroup.com/system/files/uploads/financialdocs/fy18-annual-report-12-06-2018.pdf|title=New Look Retail Group Limited Annual Report 2018}}</ref>
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{ubl|Paul Gilbert - Non-Executive Director<ref name="LeadershipTeam">{{cite web|url=https://www.newlookgroup.com/investors/leadership-team|title=New Look Group Leadership Team}}</ref>|Richard Collyer - CFO<ref name="LeadershipTeam" />|Helen Connolly - Executive Chairman<ref name="LeadershipTeam" /><br />}}
| industry = Retail
| products = [[Clothing]]
| services =
| revenue = {{profit}} [[Pound sterling|GBP £]]1,528 million (2014)<ref name="annual2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.apax.com/media/485716/new-look-annual_report_2014.pdf|title=New Look Retail Group Limited Annual Report 2014}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{profit}} [[Pound sterling|GBP £]]805.9 million (2014)<ref name="annual2014" />
| net_income =
| assets =
| equity =
| owner = Brait SA
| num_employees =
| parent =
| divisions =
| subsid =
| homepage = {{URL|newlook.com}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''New Look''' is a British global fashion retailer with a chain of [[high street]] shops. It was founded in 1969. The chain sells womenswear, menswear, and clothing for teens. New Look was owned by private equity groups [[Apax Partners]] and [[Permira]], and founder Tom Singh,<ref>{{cite news |last=Moulds |first=Josephine |date=4 June 2013 |title=New Look returns to profit |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jun/04/new-look-profit |access-date=27 October 2014}}</ref> until May 2015 when it was acquired by Brait SE (SA) for £780 million.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Farrell |first=Sean |date=15 May 2015 |title=New Look snapped up by South African tycoon |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/15/new-look-deal-south-african-tycoon |access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref>

==History==
New Look was founded by [[Tom Singh]] in [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]], in 1969.<ref name=":0" /> Since then the company has expanded and previously operated across a chain of over 900 stores internationally, including [[Belgium]] (they opened their first Belgium store in 2006), [[France]], the [[Netherlands]], the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Romania]], [[Malta]], [[Malaysia]], [[South Korea]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], [[Indonesia]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[China]], [[Germany]], [[Russia]], [[Bahrain]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Poland]], and a staff of over 18,000.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} The group had a turnover of £1,147 million in 2008 with profits of £180 million.<ref>''Sunday Times'' Top Track 100, 29 June 2008.</ref>[[File:New Look - Market Place (geograph 2075619).jpg|thumb|left|New Look, [[Pontefract]]]]In 2004, the company withdrew from the stock market and was taken back to being a privately owned business by founder Tom Singh and chief executive Phil Wrigley, and private equity investors [[Permira]], [[Apax Partners]] and Quillian Investments.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-06-08 |title=New Look pretax wiped out as sales drop |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-newlook-idUKTRE75713220110608 |access-date=2023-06-21}}</ref>

On 26 April 2007, a fire occurred at a New Look branch in [[Oxford Street]], [[London]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-11-25 |title=New Look fire brings record fine |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8379503.stm |access-date=2023-06-08}}</ref> The subsequent investigation revealed an extensive catalogue of failings relating to fire safety precautions and measures. The company subsequently pleaded guilty to criminal charges and on 25 November 2009, was fined a total of £400,000 with £136,052 costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebigredguide.com/news/uk-high-street-firm-new-look-fined-for-serious-breaches-of-fire-safety.html |title=UK high-street firm New Look fined for serious breaches of fire safety | Fire News |publisher=TheBigRedGuide |access-date=13 October 2013}}</ref> In 2010, the fines were upheld by the Court of Appeal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/crim/2010/1268 |title=New Look Retailers Ltd v London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority [2010] EWCA Crim 1268 (16 June 2010) |publisher=National Archives |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref>[[File:New Look, Cross Gates Centre (24th November 2019).jpg|thumb|New look in the current branding and revive refit in [[Cross Gates]], [[Leeds]] in 2019.]]In 2008, New Look continued their expansion in the UK and opened their largest store at the time in Liverpool One Shopping Centre.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} In February 2009, the company's fortieth anniversary year, New Look opened their first store in [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newlook.co.uk/navigation/corporate.aspx |title=Home |publisher=New Look |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030074711/http://www.newlook.co.uk/navigation/corporate.aspx |archive-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2010, New Look opened their three-hundredth store in [[Glasgow Fort]] Shopping Park. The store is {{convert|18000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. It was built on the site of a former [[Borders Books|Borders]] store.

The largest New Look store in the world opened in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] on 4 November 2010, located at the [[Jervis Shopping Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/biggest-new-look-store-launches-in-dublin-179560.php |title=Press Release - Biggest New Look Store Launches in Dublin |publisher=24-7pressrelease.com |date=5 November 2010 |access-date=13 October 2013}}</ref> It is the twenty-ninth New Look store in Ireland. Many of the outlets in Singapore have been closed, except CityLink Mall, City Square Mall and the latest opened store, [[Republic Polytechnic]].

In 2015, New Look was purchased by Brait SE; had 94 stores in China, and 852 globally.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-10-20 |title=New Look seeks fashion edge in China with local designs |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-retail-idUSKCN12K2TT |access-date=2023-06-14}}</ref>

In 2018, New Look closed 60 stores in the United Kingdom and withdrew from international markets.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-06-25 |title=New Look losses mount as Brexit, rains keep shoppers away |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-new-look-results-idUKKCN1TQ0UZ |access-date=2023-06-06}}</ref>

==See also==
* Top Track 100 — list of 100 largest private companies in the United Kingdom. New Look is at number 32.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

==References==
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==External links==

* [http://www.newlook.com New Look Website]
* [https://www.newlookgroup.com New Look General Website]

;News items
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7831446.stm New Look moves 250 jobs to London in January 2009]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6959344.stm New HQ in Weymouth in August 2007]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/3938065.stm Newcastle-under-Lyme in July 2004]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3484979.stm Going private in February 2004]

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