The apparel sector, despite weak consumer sales, saw plenty of store openings in France in the first half of the year, although sport and beauty outstripped it as far as growth was concerned.
The French label will open a store at Zara’s former premises in rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, by the end of 2018, and it also announced a partnership with Yoox Net-A-Porter for its new website.
Namacheko, a Swedish/Kurdish menswear brand launched last year, has signed a distribution deal with Dover Street Market to launch in six locations worldwide.
The new 100,000 sq ft Coal Drops Yard development in King’s Cross is poised to become a major shopping and lifestyle destination in the heart of London when it opens its doors to the public on 26 October.
One of London’s biggest landlords aims to breathe new life into what it calls the South Molton Triangle and that could have a big impact on retail with a spread of prime retail space into more streets in W1's heart.
More than 287,000 items of clothing and 400,000 beauty products were purchased by Britons on Amazon Prime Day this year, marking the busiest shopping event of the year in the UK so far.
Space NK is on the block with the US-based Fisher family (the founders of Gap) looking to sell the operation, according to reports. And rumours are that Unilever is a potential buyer.
There was some unexpected good news for the UK fashion sector in June as a strong month for online sales also translated into strength in clothing, with fashion outstripping overall growth for the month.
Walmart said on Tuesday it entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp for wider use of cloud and artificial intelligence technology, in a sign of major rivals of Amazon.com coming together.
Fashion tech startup Luxury Shoe Club (LSC) has launched a new platform for women to buy and resell luxury shoes.
After the ads for the kit of French football club Olympique Marseille were torn away from a Paris Intersport branch, Puma enlisted the Paris Saint-Germain goalie to defend the store.
Jeweller Repossi has opened its first standalone boutique in the Middle East, with a debut at the Dubai Mall in the location's new Fashion Avenue extension.
Selfridges is diving deep into pop-up stores and while much of the attention around these is focused on the pop-ups opening in its Oxford Street, London flagship store, Manchester is part of the strategy too.
The rebirth of The Body Shop under its new owner Natura is continuing with the Brazilian company having made a number of key appointments at the UK-based ethical beauty chain.
Watch specialist Daniel Wellington has opened its first standalone UK store outside of London, selecting the key St David's mall in Cardiff.
