With Shaftesbury Capital staging its inaugural investor event post-Capco merger at the Royal Opera House today, its management team should have been able to stage quite a performance judging by its new trading update.

Lone Design Club (LDC), the physical platform for emerging fashion talent, is maintaining its run of opening pop-up stores in impressive retail locations.

Experiences continue to be an important consumer draw even for the busiest of retail locations. So Shaftesbury Capital-owned Carnaby Street in London is to open a RankinLive pop-up on Wednesday (22 November).

Hong Kong billionaire Henry Cheng said his family business is still looking for a successor, calling into question the long-held notion that his eldest son will take over his property and retailing empire.

Work has begun on London’s new South Molton Triangle with co-developer Grosvenor signalling the £500 million scheme will usher in a “new era of international significance” for the UK capital’s West End.

Wealthy Americans are holding off on booking trips to Paris as the war in the Middle East and its wider repercussions dent demand for tourism.

Global sales of luxury goods will likely not grow significantly in the fourth quarter, with tourist flows to Europe key to spending there as local shoppers tighten their purse strings, consultancy Bain & company said.

​British shopping malls giant Hammerson is reportedly in talks to imminently offload its 40% holding in Value Retail, the owner of the tourist magnet Bicester Village outlet centre.

Chinese tourists are returning to London after restrictions on travel were lifted, but they’re spending dramatically less than before the pandemic.

Lalique Group SA is adding the Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey vineyards in the Bordeaux region to its growing portfolio that includes perfume brands, hotels, restaurants, crystal artworks and Scotch whisky. 

​Spending in London’s key West End is expected to rise “significantly” this year, despite domestic shoppers remaining cautious. The big difference will be the return of tourists who are back in large numbers.

With Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street hogging much of central London’s shopping limelight, one nearby area is fighting back to regain consumer recognition.

​The UK may have remained a key destination for Chinese shoppers during Golden Week earlier this month, but there’s more evidence that France is winning the battle for the biggest chunk of their spend.

Mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong used to flaunt Hermes handbags in shopping malls for social media photos.

If there was a sure-fire way of knowing how popular a new major retail destination is, Battersea Power Station mall has one.

Figures from Alipay this week showed that France ranked first among European destinations for Chinese shoppers in terms of transaction value during the Golden Week shopping festival earlier this month.