UK shoppers spent £10 billion online in August, new data from Adobe showed on Tuesday, continuing a summer spending spree and hopefully setting the channel up for continuing healthy spend in the Golden Quarter. Read More
Chinese authorities fined Dior’s Shanghai branch for illegally sending customer data to France without user consent or encryption, which led to a data leak in May. Dior has not commented. Read More
Hammerson on Tuesday announced the appointment of Rob Wilkinson as its incoming CEO. He’s set to join the board on 15 December as CEO designate and will take up his permanent role with effect from 1 January 2026. Read More
On Tuesday, Kering’s Annual General Meeting is expected to approve the appointment of the Italian executive, who comes from Renault, as chief executive officer, with the task of turning around the French luxury group. Read More
Federico Marchetti, the founder of Yoox Net-a-Porter Group, and now chair of King Charles III’s Sustainable Markets Initiative Fashion Task Force, is publishing his new memoir on September 9, ‘The Geek of Chic’. Read More
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who died aged 91, will be buried on Monday in a private family ceremony in a village near Milan, local officials said. Read More
Skims announced on Friday the opening of its first-ever store in Mexico, with the U.S. innerwear brand opting for the market’s capital Mexico City to make its debut. Read More
Online searches for vintage Armani clothes have surged since Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani died on Thursday, as shoppers scoured second-hand outlets for his styles. Read More
Swiss watchmakers at their annual back-to-school gathering in Geneva were putting a brave face on President Donald Trump’s tariffs threatening their businesses. That may change if their US stockpiles run out. Read More
AW25 campaigns have been coming thick and fast with high-end brands in the forefront and many of them are forging strong links between the themes of their catwalk shows and the campaigns. Read More
