New Look Retailers Ltd. · Weymouth, Dorset United Kingdom

Growing as fast as its teen customers, New Look sells apparel, lingerie, shoes, and accessories at about 885 stores in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, France, and the Middle East under the New Look and Mims banners. New Look targets tweens (pre-teens), teen girls, and their mums (if they're hip) with value-priced clothing. Most of its products are private label and the stores sell plus-sized and maternity apparel. In France the firm operates some 270 Mim stores following its buyout of the Mim chain there in 2003. The retailer began selling apparel online in 2007. Founded by Tom Singh in 1969, New Look was taken private in 2004 by the private equity firms Apax Partners and Permira. To read the full description, subscribe now.