Smythson of Bond Street, the high-end British leather goods business, has been acquired from Jacques Bahbout’s Tivoli Group by Oakley Capital, a pan-European, mid-market private equity investor. Read More
Digital wholesale management platform JOOR has “responded to the need for speed” and launched ‘Ready-To-Ship Style’, which it says is a “first-of-its-kind in-season buying tariff-mitigating digital trade show”. Read More
A series of UK shop price deflation reports has come to an end with the latest numbers from the British Retail Consortium/NielsenIQ, released on Tuesday, showing price inflation is back. Read More
Rimowa, the LVMH-owned luggage brand famed for its sleek aluminum cases, has named ex-Jimmy Choo exec Elisabetta Soffietti to lead its European retail push as the brand expands into new markets and lifestyle categories. Read More
The stakes are high for the luxury brands, which for years have relied on brisk sales in China to fuel their global growth, and ambitions, but are now facing a slowdown in demand in the world’s second-biggest economy. Read More
Parvus Asset Management, a hedge fund registered in Britain, has raised its stake in Kering, a filing by France’s financial regulator showed on Friday, now holding around 5% of the group’s share capital. Read More
Jacquemus closed Paris Men’s Fashion Week on Sunday by taking over the Château de Versailles, with a Spring-Summer 2026 collection that drew on his farming roots. Read More
Saks Global Enterprises has reached a $600 million debt deal with a number of its existing investors that would force some creditors to accept losses and push them back in the repayment priority line. Read More
Harrods’ fashion buying chief has been pulling together his thoughts on Paris Fashion Week’s menswear and in a week with “a rare sense of cohesion”, his top collections included Jonathan Anderson’s Dior debut. Read More
Walpole has named Fortnum & Mason CEO Tom Athron as its new chair, succeeding Harrods MD Michael Ward who moves to a new advisory role. Read More
