​Digital department store Freemans is on a journey to reinvent itself as a modern pureplay retailer. So the next stage of the brand’s evolution now involves hiring agency MullenLowe.

It’s being hailed as London’s newest cultural hotspot. Borough Yards, adjacent to London Bridge, is the focus of a 140,000 sq ft mixed-use regeneration programme and marks the arrival of another area primed for retail.

The Spanish sustainable fashion label has forecast a revenue of €65 million for 2023 and, after launching sportswear line Ecoalf Sports, has broadened its range with a first beauty line.

John Lewis’s summer 23 trends report predicts that Britons will be buying metallics, noughties brands, sensible sandals and more swimwear than a year ago, albeit also more covered-up. 

The Italian premium "clean beauty" brand, controlled by Culti Milano since 2019, aims to develop its business through a "selective expansion plan" primarily focused on France and the United States.

UK property giant Landsec has appointed Nisha Manaktala to a newly created role of Chief Data and Technology Officer. The importance of the post means she will report directly to CEO Mark Allan.

​The record start to the financial year for Warpaint London has continued into Q2, the specialist colour cosmetics supplier said Thursday. So much so, it expects this year to be “significantly ahead of expectations”.

​It’s only a month since ASOS released its H1 results but with the news swirling round the company at present it’s clearly aiming to keep the world informed of its progress and on Thursday it issued a trading update.

​British fragrance retailer The Perfume Shop opens its doors on Thursday to a “new and improved experiential store” in Bradford at Charles Street Mall in The Broadway Centre.

​May was a particularly good month for Scottish retail, as bank holidays and sunny weather finally tempted consumers to restart spending, particularly pushing demand for buying spring/summer fashion.

The owner of Cadogan Estates, Earl Cadogan, has died at the age of 86. He joined the family firm in 1974 after a career in finance and after his father retired in 1979 set about a major transformation.

Online retail sales continued to fall in the UK with a 1.2% decline in May year on year, although sales last month were 2.4% higher than the month before.

A hundred days into the integration of property giants Shaftesbury and Capco and the combined business is going well, according to the new entity Shaftesbury Capital in a trading update Wednesday,

Premium fashion and beauty marketplace Secret Sales has named highly-rated fashion industry tech exec Leon Shepherd as its new Chief Technology Officer.

Apple remains the world’s “most valuable brand” based on the new Kantar BrandZ list. But two key LVMH luxury labels have put in a strong showing too while Shein is now in the top 100 and Amazon keeps its top 10 place.

Grosvenor is intensifying its focus on the group’s environmental strategies. The property giant has promoted Tor Burrows as Group Sustainability Director to lead its strategy across all its international property.