The Italian luxury label has deployed a new strategy designed to concentrate its jewellery sales exclusively in its own stores, while also reducing the presence of its watches and fragrances in multibrand retailers.

After last week’s sales surge due to Black Friday, this time John Lewis Partnership reported a smaller rise, but a healthy one, although markdowns were again key.

H&M has this week announced two initiatives that further its green and ethical credentials as the company continues with its goal of being one of the most ethical/sustainable operating in the fashion retail sector today.

Too many UK consumers are knowingly buying counterfeit fashion products, despite realising the potential links to organised crime, terrorism and child labour, a new study showed this week.

The De Fursac menswear brand newly owned by SMCP has opened its first retail space in London with a debut at Selfridges. The space is a pop-up and will stay open through the festive period and into February next year.

M&S is reportedly planning to downsize the space it controls in around 20 of its largest retail locations with under-used upper floors potentially being converted into offices or even residential space.

French luxury handbags and small leatherwoods brand Fauré Le Page is to open its first UK boutique with the company having signed to open at number 26 New Bond Street

John Lewis’s plan to boost menswear has taken a major step forward with the opening of its revamped Oxford Street, London flagship, with a VIP aspect, styling and grooming advice and a new fitting room approach.

Footfall was down 3.4% last month, worse than the 3.2% drop of a year ago and was affected by rain in the last two weeks of the month, as well as by the late timing of Black Friday this year.

French retailers and hoteliers warned their crucial Christmas season could be spoiled if a strike, which was causing travel chaos for a second day on Friday, drags on for much longer.

The Trump administration is considering putting some of Amazon.com Inc’s overseas websites on a list of global marketplaces known for counterfeit goods, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco has signaled a further retreat from its once lofty global ambitions by starting a review of its remaining Asian businesses.

The French distance-selling menswear specialist, bought last June by Latour Capital, has expanded into 11 countries over the course of 20 years. In 2020, it is entering northern Europe, ahead of a push for the USA.

The brand’s only free-standing boutique in the US, located on West 54th St. in New York, has shut its doors following an abrupt breakup with the brand’s US president in April.

Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo chain is continuing its global rollout and on Friday it opened its first ever store in the burgeoning Vietnamese market.