#retail-closure

#retail-closure

After nearly 50 years, the Berkeley Hat Company is closing. The business, founded in 1976 by Carol Lipnick and her late husband, Ed Dougherty, has been a fixture of Telegraph Avenue since 1980, and has supplied hats to countless residents, musicians, actors, athletes, Burners, and party-goers. The store's motto: We top em all. Dougherty passed away eight years ago, but Lipnick still works six days a week, and is now ready for a new adventure, she said.

Almost nine years after launching her womenswear brand Cefinn following Brexit, the designer Samantha Cameron has announced she will be winding down future operations in the coming months. The wife of the former prime minister David Cameron cited turbulence in the fashion wholesale factor, ongoing cost pressures and international trading restrictions. It had become increasingly difficult to achieve the level of growth needed to reach a profitable position, she said in a statement.

A Starbucks spokesperson stated that the decision to close was part of routine evaluations to ensure a healthy portfolio, without providing further specifics.