New KappAhl CEO Danny Feltmann today presented his first interim report and defined it as strong due to good gross margins despite lower sales, especially in Norway. ”My colleagues and I have started our joint journey towards a clearer KappAhl”, he says. (more…)
Several major brands are leaving the shopping center Strömpilen in Umeå. The reason is that they move to Ikea’s new shopping center south of town. “Our stores in the city and Ersboda have worked well but not Strömpilen,” says KappAhl’s Establishment Director Hans Jepson to Västerbotten-kuriren. (more…)
As the state of the art shopping center Mall of Scandinavia opens today, lots of stores announce their openings. Fashion chain KappAhl, will open three new shops in the same shopping center. In addition to a regular KappAhl store the chain opens its first standalone store with the brand Hampton Republic 27, and the baby’s collection Newbie gets its third […]
Swedish fashion giant KappAhl has found its replacer for Johan Åberg. Danish Danny Feltmann Espersen from H&M will take the position as Group CEO. (more…)
Thursday was the premiere of KappAhl’s new flagship store on the top pedestrian street Drottninggatan in Stockholm. The new store concept For you is one of fashion chain’s biggest investments. “We have built a top modern flagship store that displays the entire KappAhl range and is fully adapted to the KappAhl customer”, says Vice President Marketing Joakim […]
The resigning CEO of Stadium, Gustaf Öhrn, will take place in the Kappahl Board. The Nomination Committee proposes him and Kicki Olivensjö to be elected as new members at the General Meeting. (more…)
The trend among retail chains to pick and modernize former super hits goes on. Now Kappahl releases a remake of The Roxette’s The Look from then 80’s to go with their autumn campaign with the same name. (more…)
The Kappahl Board has unexpectedly decided to replace CEO Johan Åberg this morning due to wrong development in the fashion chain. ”We make the assessment that new leadership with more industry experience is required,” says Anders Bülow, Chairman of the Board of Directors. (more…)
May was a disaster for Kappahl which comes out of its third financial quarter with a 5.9 percent decrease in sales. ”Customers do not buy shorts, swimwear and dresses when the summer weather is delayed,” says CEO Johan Åberg. (more…)
KappAhl will be opening further stand-alone stores for its brands. In November this year the first store of the Hampton Republic 27 brand and the second store for the baby range Newbie will open in Mall of Scandinavia. – An important part of our plan for KappAhl is to develop strong brands and make them […]
Furniture chain Fagmøbler is the best service provider in Norwegian Retail. This according to Daymaker, who has performed and compared Mystery Shopping visits in 58 retail chains within ten categories. (more…)
At KappAhl, the efforts have intensified to ensure more sustainable fashion finds its way to the customer’s wardrobe. This spring, 24 percent of the fashion chain Kappahl’s assortment is sustainability labelled. “The so far limited availability of sustainable materials is one of our major challenges”, Carina Ladow, Vice President Assortment and Design at KappAhl. (more…)
Fashion chain Kappahl’s sales in the second quarter increased by 1.7 percent. Now CEO Johan Åberg announces a new beauty concept – and new online markets. (more…)
Kappahl takes a step into home interior – extending the Newbie collection. ”Newbie has been a big hit with parents of small children,” says Carina Ladow, KappAhl’s Vice President Assortment and Design. (more…)
This week starts Kappahl 2015 campaign for “Good as I am.” This time in all of its nearly 400 stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Poland. (more…)
Camilla Wernlund has been appointed Vice President Sales and member of the KappAhl Group executive management team from 16 February 2015. Camilla has worked as Concept Manager at KappAhl since 2011 and has driven the development of the fashion chain’s new store concept. Before that she has many years of experience in senior positions in the retail and service industry. ”I am very pleased that we now can associate Camilla, her great dedication and extensive experience even closer to our continued efforts to strengthen the relationship with our customer,” […]
The warm autumn affected the fashion industry with lots of offers and prices cuts. Still Kappahl delivered an improved operating margin – with Norway and Swededn as the best performing markets. ”We are looking into future launches of Shop Online in markets where KappAhl is not yet represented,” says CEO Johan Åberg. (more…)
Last night the first season of “She’s got the Look”, the modeling contest for women over 35 years of age was settled. KappAhl see that investments like this have a bright future. “The format has met the right target audience, also for interesting new customers, and we have had very good exposure. “She’s got the […]
KappAhl AB held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 3 December 2014 in Mölndal. Four ordinary members of the Board, including Chairman of the Board, were re-elected in accordance with the recommendation of the Nominations Committee. The Annual General Meeting elected Susanne Holmberg as new ordinary member of the Board. Consequently, the members of the […]
KappAhl is now expanding its e-commerce activity to include Norway and Finland. With a new design and technology, the fashion chain now wants to take full advantage of e-commerce. “It’s the customer who chooses when, where and how she wants to shop”, says KappAhl’s CEO Johan Åberg. (more…)
The transforming of the Oslo flagship was a huge success. Today, Thursday, KappAhl opens its first two stores in Sweden with its new store concept, in Stockholm and in Kungsbacka, near Gothenburg. For the next months 40 stores will be converted. (more…)
Stadium joins the shopping block Kulan in Gamlestaden, Göteborg together with H&M, Kappahl, Coop Extra, Bestseller, Deichmann, Nordic Wellness och Myrorna. The former industry facilities of SKF in Gothenburg will have 40,000 square meters of retail space and 15,000 square meters of restaurants and services. 330 new apartments are planned nearby. The local plan is […]
Kappahl strengthens its margins. The financial report for last quarter and the full year shows a good trend for the Swedish fashion chain. ”All business areas have improved their profitability during the year”, says Johan Åberg, CEO of Kappahl. (more…)
The big fashion chains keep gaining market shares in Sweden. Last year they had a turnover increase of 7 percent. These are the current winners and losers in the Swedish clothes and shoes market. (more…)
KappAhl’s loyalty club premieres in Norway. “Life & Style by KappAhl” in Norway is Scandinavia’s most modern fashion club”, says KappAhl’s Vice President Marketing, Joakim Holmstrand. (more…)
KappAhl’s former CEO and principal shareholder Christian W Jansson has sold the rest of his entire holding of approximately 2.9 million shares of the company. It is reported from Tuesday’s transparency list from the swedish financial governance Finansinspektionen. On Monday SEB Equities brokered an entry peer in Kappahl on just over 2.9 million shares at […]
The retail profile Paul Frankenius is resigning from the board of KappAhl AB. According to an official statement it is because of new contracts for similar activities outside KappAhl. Paul Frankenius has been a director of KappAhl since 2006 and was previously the Vice President of the company from 2002. ”We want to thank Paul […]
The Norwegian Consumer Council has analyzed children’s clothes at major clothing chains and found hormone disrupting chemicals in clothes from H&M, Cubus and Kappahl . “It is disturbing that every third child garments we checked contains substances with properties that could be harmful . These are substances that should not exist in children’s clothing”, says […]
