​Footasylum has opened its new flagship in what amounts to another vote of confidence in London’s Oxford Street. It opened Thursday as the retailer “continues to see strong demand for its branded streetwear offering”.

​Poland’s LPP is continuing the rollout of its Reserved chain in two key European markets and following news of new UK stores, it has just opened in Milan on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. 

​Like its fellow high-performer, JD Sports Fashion delivered its half-year results on Thursday and its became another business detailing rising sales and profits.

​Next delivered its usual very long report covering its half-year performance on Thursday and it showed that the company is continuing to see rising sales and profits. And it revised guidance for the full year upwards. 

A muggy Milan of frequent showers on Wednesday as the Italian runway season opened, but a pair of steamy collections by two southern gentleman – Alessandro Dell’Acqua and Fausto Puglisi to ignite the season.

Italy's Safilo and Amazon said on Wednesday they were launching new Carrera-branded "smart" glasses which employ Alexa technology and will be sold in the U.S. market.

​With costs continuing to rise across the retail landscape, H&M has become the latest fashion giant to introduce a charge for returning items online, joining retailers such as Boohoo, Zara, New Look, and Uniqlo.

​British luxury brand Sunspel has named Raul Verdicchi as its new CEO, effective immediately, with Nicholas Brooke, owner and CEO since 2005, remaining as Executive Chairman. 

​Boohoo Group’s PrettyLittleThing brand is hosting a number of pop-ups at major US college hubs, including New York, Washington DC, Alabama and Florida.

​Little Mistress’s brand intellectual property has been sold to Poeticgem, the retail design/sourcing solutions firm that’s part of PDS. It now joins a giant global group with PDS being the major partner of Ted Baker

Taking place from October 18 to 22, the next edition of Los Angeles Fashion Week has just announced the list of designers invited to walk the runway, as well as presentations.

​H&M Group continues to grow its Cos label at steady pace with it this week unveiling a new wholesale deal with Global Fashion Group's The Iconic to take its collections to more customers in Australia and New Zealand. 

​Shein’s British arm — Shein Distribution UK Limited — has filed its accounts at Companies House for the 16 months up to the end of last year and it showed revenue reaching £1.121 billion.

In full expansion, the Fred Segal brand, now headed by Jeff Lotman, has just opened a new store at the Marin Country Mart, north of San Francisco. A sixth store will open in Santa Monica next October.

​In what it called a “groundbreaking partnership that fuses the realms of gaming and fashion”, Nordcurrent’s app Pocket Styler has joined forces with Marc Cain in the latter’s 50th anniversary year. 

​Quiz’s trading update on Tuesday showed the occasionwear-focused fashion brand continuing to face the major headwinds in Q1 that it was battling in its last financial year.