Join our community of smart investors

Ted Baker and Superdry: neither chic nor cheap

Even after the pandemic, middle-market retailers may find themselves stranded in retail's no man’s land
December 9, 2020
  • Ted Baker and Superdry have been dealt blows by the pandemic, but their problems began long before this year.
  • The companies are not cheap enough to compete with fast fashion, nor desirable enough to compete with luxury.
  • Both retailers want to revamp their brand but investors will have to wait to see if they become trendy again.
IC TIP: Hold

Enter Superdry’s (SDRY) online store and on the homepage is an image of its trademark hoodies and t-shirts arranged in slightly haphazard piles. For a “limited time only”, it's three for two on more than 1,000 “tees, tops and sweats”.

This is subscriber only content
Start your trial to keep reading
PRINT AND DIGITAL trial

Get 12 weeks for £12
  • Essential access to the website and app
  • Magazine delivered every week
  • Investment ideas, tools and analysis
Have an account? Sign in