Amazon.co.uk's fashion offering is rapidly expanding with more than 50 key brands joining the site during the past 12 months
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Luxembourg 1 December 2013 – More than one million items of clothing and shoes were ordered from Amazon.co.uk last week, making it the biggest week for fashion sales to date on the website.
Meadham Kirchhoff AW13 scarves for Amazon.co.uk ('Drawings' design shown)
The milestone has been reached just 12 months after the launch of the Amazon.co.uk Premium Fashion Store and as it prepares for 'Cyber Monday', the busiest single sales day in the e-commerce year. On the first Monday of December 2012, Amazon.co.uk received orders for more than 3.5 million units in a 24 hour period.
"During the past 12 months we've added more than 50 new fashion brands to Amazon.co.uk including Emporio Armani, Hoss Intropia, Ben Sherman, and French Connection," said Sergio Bucher, Vice President of EU Fashion at Amazon. "Fashion is one of the fastest growing businesses on Amazon.co.uk and we look forward to adding even greater selection to the site in 2014."
Other top brands available from Amazon.co.uk include 7 For All Mankind, Levis, Brooks Brothers, Emu Australia, Timberland, Princesse Tam Tam and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as a growing selection of British brands including Clarks, Hunter, Pringle, Lavenham, Ted Baker shoes, Alan Paine, Bolongaro Trevor and Great Plains.
Globally, Amazon has 35 million active customers shopping for clothes. Current popular fashion items being sold by Amazon.co.uk include parka jackets from Liam Gallagher's brand Pretty Green, biker boots, and Frock & Frill' 'Gatsby style' party dresses. Amazon.co.uk recently launched an exclusive collection of silk scarves by designer brand Meadham Kirchhoff (www.amazon.co.uk/meadhamkirchhoff) and sold out of one of the designs in just a week.
"Over the past 12 months we've made significant strides to become a one-stop shop for anyone looking for fashion products," said Christopher North, Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk Ltd. "We are committed to working with fashion brands of all sizes to provide a high quality, virtual shop window for their products, while offering the most compelling shopping experience for customers."
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For more information please contact Katie Keenan at the Amazon Press Office, kkeenan@amazon.co.uk
For a list of fashion brands available at Amazon.co.uk visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=sv_ap_12?ie=UTF8&node=1605763031
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