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,[4] until May 2015 when it was acquired by Brait SE (SA) for £780 million.[5]
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.[8] On 26 April 2007, a fire occurred at a New Look branch in Oxford Street, London.[9] 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.[10] In 2010, the fines were upheld by the Court of Appeal.[11]
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 shop at the time in Liverpool One Shopping Centre.[citation needed] In February 2009, the company's fortieth anniversary year, New Look opened their first shop in Russia.[12]
In July 2010, New Look opened its three-hundredth shop in Glasgow Fort Shopping Park. The shop is 18,000sqft (1,700m2). It was built on the site of a former Borders unit.
The largest New Look shop in the world opened in Dublin, Ireland on 4 November 2010, located at the Jervis Shopping Centre.[13] It was the twenty-ninth New Look shop in Ireland. Many of the outlets in Singapore have been closed, except CityLink Mall, City Square Mall and the latest opened shop, Republic Polytechnic.
In 2015, New Look was purchased by Brait SE; had 94 shops in China, and 852 globally.[5][14]
In June 2017, New Look launched their "My Life My Style My Look" campaign[15] and made history when they announced British model Georgie Aldous as their first ever male model in a full face of make-up.[16]
In 2018, New Look closed 60 shops in the United Kingdom and withdrew from international markets.[17]
In February 2025, the High Court of Ireland appointed provisional liquidators to New Look's Irish operations after substantial losses over the previous four years. On 20 February 2025, it was announced that New Look was to exit the Irish market.[18] The company was criticised in late February 2025 for refusing to accept its own gift vouchers during its closing-down sale.[19]
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GBP £1,528 million (2014) [3] 
