As the cyberattack crippled M&S’s webstore in late spring and early summer, the retailer’s fashion peers in the UK saw their fashion sales rising, the latest figures from analysts at Kantar show. Read More
Lone Design Club (LDC) and Ingka Centres have opened their previously flagged Local Hero location in Brighton, a pioneering pop-up retail space now open in Churchill Square. Read More
British menswear label Drake’s has linked up with sports-casual brand New Balance for a collab that has reworked the latter’s still-new Made in UK Allerdale shoe. Read More
For this summer, the Pepsi brand has partnered with two UK-based names on clothing releases in its brand colours linked to its football-themed ‘Refresh the Game’ campaign. Read More
Unilever has announced an agreement to buy US-based personal care brand Dr Squatch for an undisclosed sum from growth equity firm Summit Partners. The deal should complete later this year. Read More
British luxury bags brand Lalage Beaumont London has opened its newest boutique at the UK Pavilion within Boundless Matro Boutique in Suzhou, China. Read More
Gap’s latest GapStudio drop arrives in-store this week with made-for-summer styles featuring lightweight denim being fronted in a campaign starring British model Lila Moss. Read More
Fashion Innovation Agency has unveiled new tech that through “a single captured performance can be transformed into an entire collection, enabling brands to tell rich stories, reducing the need for physical samples”. Read More
Dune London has reopened its newly revamped store at Kildare Village in Ireland, the 1,200 sq ft space being updated with its new flagship concept. It’s the first such revamp for it within a designer outlet centre. Read More
UK retailers have made “huge strides” in boardroom gender equality, with women now accounting for 47% of board members, up from 32% in 2021, according to a study by BRC and The MBS Group. Read More
