Laings is going big in Scotland. The heritage jeweller has signed a 15-year lease to take over a 34,468 sq ft landmark B-listed building in Glasgow, which becomes its £5 million UK flagship retail and office location.
LK Bennett is continuing to bounce back from the stresses of the last few years and is still growing its UK store portfolio with a brand-new location opening in upscale Hampstead on April 14, in time for Easter.
LA-based lifestyle brand Rails is continuing its UK expansion and has opened its second London store with a debut in Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill.
The joint venture deal to buy Selfridges between Thailand’s Central Group and Austria-based Signa Group has been given the green light by the European Commission.
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it will impose an average 5% fuel and inflation surcharge on merchants to warehouse and ship their products in the United States, in response to rising costs.
The Rome-based company's furniture line, now managed by the joint venture created with Design Holding, FF Design, is opening its first flagship store of 700 square meters in the heart of Milan.
Weekly inflation in Russia slowed to 0.66% in the week to April 8 from 0.99% a week earlier, taking the year-to-date increase in consumer prices to 10.83%, data from statistics service Rosstat showed on Wednesday.
Couture millinery brand Merve Bayindir has opened its first flagship store in London. Located in Crawford Place, Marylebone, the store “reflects the luxury brand's approach to design, innovation, and sustainability”.
Quite a coup for Asda. The UK supermarket’s value fashion/lifestyle brand George has partnered with the streaming giant Netflix for a major product tie-up. The partnership has begun in 50 store locations and online.
LVMH’s Italian jeweller Bulgari has opened on Tmall Luxury Pavilion, “becoming the first luxury brand to adopt the concept of [an] innovative flagship store”, it said.
Campaigners had hoped to prevent the demolition of the Marble Arch, London, branch of M&S, but the plan is set to be given the final go-ahead after London mayor Sadiq Khan referred it back to the local council.
The Parisian brand has opened a new location in the French capital following the launch of its new store in Nice last year. The 200-square-meter space will open on Rue de Seine in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district.
Canadian athleisure brand Lululemon announced on Tuesday plans to expand its first trade-in and resale program, across the U.S.
A.P.C. has decided to transform a key Paris store in the northern Marais into a boutique devoted to vintage pieces by the brand, in a novel strategic move by the French minimalist marque.
Luxury watch brand TAG Heuer has opened a standalone boutique in London’s Covent Garden. It becomes the second standalone boutique in the capital, joining its flagship on Oxford Street.
