Topped by Apple, Interbrand's 'Best Global Brands 2023' top 100 list highlights a resurgence in luxury brands, while Zara and Sephora registered the most significant increases in the retail sector.

Kohl's lowered the top end of its annual sales forecast and said it would be aggressive with promotions in the crucial holiday season as cost-conscious shoppers spend less at its department stores.

​E-tailers pulled forward their Black Friday campaigns this year, but it didn’t have a positive impact for many, according to the IMRG Online Retail Index, which has been tracking UK online sales for over two decades.

Just over a year ago, the French skincare brand specialising in the Gallinée microbiome was acquired by the Shiseido Group, having previously been owned by Unilever. Meet Marie Drago, the brand's founder.

​Still smarting from the withdrawal of its previously granted permission to rebuild its Marble Arch branch, retail giant M&S said on Monday that its application for a Judicial Review of the decision has been successful.

As retailers and consumers prepare for the Black Friday onslaught, footfall across all UK retail destinations edged up just 0.4% week on week in the last seven days (12-19 November).

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.

Secret Sales has been busy filling two new key executive positions as the premium off-price fashion and beauty marketplace heads into its next expansion phase. 

Lauren Maginness is a fan of Lululemon. But the 31-year-old product marketer in New York City is increasingly supplementing her activewear with less-pricey brand duplicates she picks up through Amazon.

Not only is London neighbourhood Knightsbridge forecast to see bumper festive season footfall but it will beat that seen pre-pandemic for the first time since the global health crisis devastated retail visitor traffic.

​London is an important market for Creed — the heritage perfumer that Kering bought earlier this year — with the brand having opened a boutique in Covent Garden, adding to the big luxe beauty offer in the neighbourhood. 

We're getting a deluge of reports about whether the festive shopping period will be good, bad or indifferent and many are contradictory. But one strand running through all of them is that consumers are bargain-focused.

As if we didn’t know, it’s going to be a bargain-hunting, credit-funded Christmas for many UK consumers.

Pinterest is keen to become a destination for luxury labels, tapping its 482 million users worldwide, including a growing number of affluent Gen Z individuals.

There was another bleak release on Friday as official stats showed UK retail sales are still struggling. The ONS said sales volumes are estimated to have fallen by 0.3% last month after a fall of 1.1% in September.

Bath & Body Works lowered its annual sales forecast on Thursday on signs of slowing demand ahead of the crucial holiday season.