The Weekly Briefing - 1 February

Our researcher Heather Lafferty presents a roundup of the week’s fashion and politics headlines— including the news that thousands of jobs remain at risk after online fashion retailer ASOS struck a £295m deal to buy four brands from failed retail group Arcadia. ASOS is buying the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands, but not the shops, after Sir Philip Green's Arcadia group fell into administration in November last year.