The European Union gave the green light on Monday 27 April for negotiations with Canada on a new free trade pact, which are to be officially kicked off at a May 6 summit.
Japan's second-largest retailer Aeon Co Ltd will shut 100 casual women's clothing shops in fiscal 2009, the Nikkei business daily said. Additionally, Blue Grass Co and Cox Co have also announced plans to close stores and cut back store expansion plans.
Bobbi Brown has points of sale criss-crossing the USA, Europe and even Asia, but until now not a single one dedicated to its products alone. The brand will soon be opening a new boutique though in Paris.
The vice-president and director of men’s fashion at Neiman Marcus has retired from his role after working at the group for thirty seven years.
Around 7 million metres squared worth of new shopping centres or expansions to existent ones in Europe have been cancelled because of the economic crisis, shown in a study by the agency Cushman & Wakefield on Tuesday 21 April.
Fila is living the ‘Dolce Vita’. The Italian sports label has opened its first European flagship in Milan, taking its brands onto the commercial artery of the Corso Como.
Liberty, owner of the London department store, fabric company and luxury goods brand, reported a 9 percent rise in sales in 2008, but higher interest costs caused losses to widen slightly.
Exports of Swiss watches fell for a fifth month in row in March, with sales in the key markets of Hong Kong and the United States dropping fast as spending on luxury items shrank, data showed on Thursday 23 April.
Demand for affordable designer clothes, such as a 60 pound ($87) leopardskin print dress by Julien Macdonald, helped retailer Debenhams beat first-half profit forecasts and eased fears about its debts.
U.S. online auctioneer eBay Inc won final approval from South Korea's antitrust watchdog for its planned acquisition of Gmarket Inc, subject to conditions such as a commission freeze for the next three years.
West 49 Inc said on Wednesday 22 April that it was in violation of its bank covenants and warned that it may do the same in the next quarter as well.
Diageo Plc, the world's biggest spirits group, would love to get its hands on Hennessy and Moet & Chandon, respectively the globe's best selling cognac and champagne, but the idea may need time to mature into a deal.
J.C. Penney Co Inc needs to have clear and affordable prices for fashion-forward items to entice shoppers this year, Chief Executive Myron "Mike" Ullman said on Wednesday 22 April.
A booming market in counterfeit goods racked up sales of 7.1 billion euros in Italy last year, undermining high-end fashion brands and prized food products that Italy's economy thrives on, a study showed on Wednesday 22 April.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday 22 April ordered the hunt to be stepped up for the gunmen behind the deadly robberies of two jewellery shops run by Iraq's tiny Sabean minority.
