It’s going to be big, but not that much bigger than last year. UK spending over the upcoming Black Friday Weekend and Cyber Money (BFCM) is predicted to rise a marginal 0.4% year-on-year to £8.74 billion.

The boutique boasts an Art Déco style featuring a display window adorned with mosaics created by artist Mathilde Jonquière. Until January, visitors can browse the Heritage collection showcasing historical pieces.

The label is opening seasonal stores in three uber-chic European mountain resorts. Besides Courchevel, where Chanel is a winter regular, it will also be present this season in Gstaad and Megève.

​Along with all the Black Friday-Cyber Monday predictions (that are coming thick and fast), it’s easy to forget that the festive shopping season also continues beyond the BFCM period. Remember December?

Bluewater has been named the best among the 20 biggest UK shopping centres in a new study, based on the size of the shopping centre, parking fees, the number of stores and restaurants and the number of parking spaces.

Circularity-focused marketplace Depop is to launch a series of high-profile temporary stores over six months in partnership with retail pop-up provider Sook.

Consumers are seeking ways to put sustainability into action so a new fashion app — the “first lifecycle calculator with live data insights to inspire customers to cut their climate impact in seconds” — is interesting.

​Clothing retail giant Uniqlo is linking up with anti-poverty charity Trussell Trust for a second consecutive year.

Ahead of Black Friday, Greenpeace aims to highlight the issue of clothing and footwear overproduction. After four months of tracking, many donated garments have traveled thousands of kilometers.

German trade union Verdi has called on members to go on strike at five Amazon distribution centres across Germany on Black Friday, it said in a statement on Thursday.

Patou is the first luxury brand to team with green tech startup Fairly Made, which has worked with LVMH since 2018 and has been part of the group’s Maison des Startups accelerator program.

The avant-garde Italian denim specialist is revolutionising the sector with its disruptive technologies reducing the environmental impact of the denim manufacturing process, which PureDenim presented at Denim PV.

Giorgio Armani has unveiled a new exhibition set to open at the Armani/Silos in Milan, on December 5.

After over 20 years with Gucci, the label's head of industrial operations for leather goods, footwear and jewellery Massimo Rigucci is about to leave. Massimo Vian of Prada is slated to succeed him.

American cosmetics group Coty has appointed Pierric Duthoit, formerly of Meta, as its chief digital officer. He will take up this position on December 1.

Major UK trade shows Spring Fair and Autumn Fair have two new team leaders. The events’ organiser/operator Hyve Group has appointed Jackson Szabo as Portfolio Director and Soraya Gadelrab Event Director to both.

Toronto-based Roots has named Leslie Golts as its chief marketing officer.