Prisma Media, France’s leading magazine publishing group, will launch the French edition of U.S women's fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar next March, as the group announced in a press release on Tuesday.

​The UK retail euphoria around news that VAT-free shopping for tourists is returning and will include EU visitors has been tempered by suggestions it won’t happen until 2024. But retail is pushing for an earlier date.

​In what has been called a ‘mini budget’, the UK government on Friday not only said that it would bring back VAT-free shopping for tourists to Britain but that it would be a better system than the one abolished in 2021.

​With the key festive selling season looming, Dior has announced that it’s paying “tribute to the unbreakable ties it has woven with Harrods over nearly 70 years, and to Christian Dior’s love of Christmas celebrations”. 

The brand created by British designer Lucy Aylen, and popularized thanks to Instagram, opened its first pop-up store at Platform shopping location in Los Angeles.

Shopify Inc said on Friday it has introduced a new compensation system that allows staff more flexibility in restructuring their awards between cash and equity, as it seeks to attract and retain workers.

Concerns over the future of Quintessentially grow as auditors for the luxury members-only concierge service fear takeover talks are getting nowhere with BDO issuing a second "going concern" warning.

​New Selfridges joint owner Central Group has been revealing details of its strategy as it works to boost its European operations and expand its relationship with luxury brands. 

​It's finally happening. Nearly 40 years after Battersea Power Station closed as a working power generator, the listed historic site will reopen on 14 October as a major South London shopping and leisure destination.

The retailer is going ramping up its circularity drive in response to demand and wants 45% of its interactions with customers to be based on resale, repair, rental and refill by the start of the next decade.

IADS, the international association of department stores, has provided an assessment of the increasingly complex social and environmental responsibility policies adopted by its corporate members.

The operator of 11 premium outlets has made the appointment as part of a “bold growth strategy in which Seang will be defining VIA Outlets’ inorganic growth strategy and executing real estate transactions”.

London’s Oxford Street is slowly returning to its tourist-attraction best. Regarded as the UK busiest shopping destination before the pandemic struck, overseas visitor numbers in July were up 24% from the previous month.

Thailand’s Central Group and Austria-based Signa Holding have completed the acquisition of luxury retailer Selfridges Group from the Weston Family and it’s now being integrated into their wider operations.

Euro zone retail sales plunged more than expected in June as prices at factory gates continued to rise, data showed Wednesday, signalling a weakness in consumer demand that could herald a recession in H2.

​Hermès saw a sales boom in Q2 as — like its luxury peers — it enjoyed strong growth in Europe and the US with China also recovering during June towards the end of the quarter.