Sports Direct has taken 50,000 sq ft of trading space at Cascades shopping centre in Portsmouth for its namesake, Flannels and USC brands.

With Debenhams having received a cash injection from its backers to help it through the festive season, the company is betting heavily on its ability to use the season to help drive its turnaround forwards.

There was further confirmation of the bleak state of UK retail on Monday as specialist footfall tracker Springboard released visitor traffic figures for October. And what did they show? Unsurprisingly, another decline.

Tommy Hilfiger announced it will incorporate 3D design technology into all its global apparel design teams, marking the latest step in the brand’s goal to digitize its value chain from end-to-end. 

The Toronto-based owner of Saks Fifth Avenue announced on Friday that it has closed the sale of its Lord + Taylor brand to fashion subscription service Le Tote for $100 million.

Alibaba Group Holding on Monday said sales for its annual Singles’ Day shopping blitz hit 158.31 billion yuan ($22.63 billion) in its first nine hours, up 25% from 126.72 billion yuan at the same point last year. 

Lead by Morgane Sézalory, the French label recently unveiled its first activewear line, a limited-edition capsule collection that marks a new phase in Sézane’s development.

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc's long-serving executive Steve Kessel will leave the company after 20 years, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. 

Enthusiasts worldwide have fuelled an expanding bubble in high-priced sneakers, often limited-edition collaborations between big names in sportswear and fashion, rappers or athletes.

China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding, said on Friday it would invest an additional $3.33 billion to raise its equity stake in its logistics affiliate Cainiao Smart Logistics Network to 63% from 51%. 

As both its search for a new CEO and its review of strategic alternatives get underway, the NYC-based consumer brands management company announced declining sales and deepening losses for the third quarter on Friday.

The Canadian outdoor apparel brand has teamed up with the Boston-based streetwear label for a winter capsule collection that surfs the wave of the ongoing 90s revival.

Victoria Beckham, Kim Jones and Julien Dossena are some of the speakers confirmed for the 2019 edition of Vogue Fashion Festival, which is taking place on 15-16 November at the Potocki hotel in Paris.

In the same week as Mothercare threw in the towel with its UK stores, rival mother and baby products chain Mamas & Papas has opted for a pre-pack administration with its existing owner back in control.

Moving on from whimsical themes such as camp, punk and Catholicism, the theme for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute 2020 event and exhibition will be “About Time: Fashion and Duration.”