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Carole Benaroya and Stéphanie Eriksson’s French cashmere brand has initiated its US expansion with a New York flagship, opening September 9, at 831 Madison Avenue. Read More

The 800-square-foot boutique was designed in Breitling’s modern-retro design concept, characterized by a contemporary take on an industrial loft. Read More

M.A.C Cosmetics announced on Monday the appointment of Doja Cat as its newest global ambassador, which will see the Grammy-winning artist star in a series of campaigns for the U.S. beauty giant.  Read More

The Inditex group’s brand collaborates with U.S. urban fashion brand Ecko Unltd. for the launch of a new capsule with a graphic aesthetic and sporty style, now available online and in stores. Read More

The Barclays and BRC/KPMG consumer spending and retail sales figures on Tuesday didn’t paint a clear picture, but beauty did well and clothing held its own. Read More

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

Barbour has made a speciality of collabs in recent years, linking up with as diverse a list as Chloé, Saturdays NYC, Alexa Chung, and Baracuta. Its latest is with another label very different from its own, Farm Rio. Read More

Shein has been accused of avoiding paying current UK tax by moving a major portion of its income to Singapore where the Chinese company is now based.  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

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