Following the French competition authority's approval of the group's acquisition of The Kooples, Thierry Guibert of Maus Frères, owner of Lacoste, Gant and Aigle, has confided the brand to Aigle's CEO. 

The Birmingham, Alabama-based sportswear retailer reported a 25% increase in net sales for the first quarter on Friday, leading to a convincing revenue and earnings beat for the second consecutive quarter.

Sephora has announced a manifesto to become more inclusive.The beauty retailer has unveiled "We Belong to Something Beautiful," a campaign that aims to encourage celebrating differences and living fearlessly.

Sportswear retailer Foot Locker posted a net profit of $172 million (€153 million) in its first quarter of 2019, ended in early May, which is equivalent to an increase of 4.2% over the corresponding prior-year period.

The Canton, Massachusetts-based specialty big and tall menswear retailer announced a 0.3% decline in first-quarter sales on Friday, as moderate progress in wholesale was offset by store closures and slipping comps.

Justin Bieber has joined forces with a natural deodorant company for his first foray into the beauty business.

Giorgio Armani made a personal debut on Friday evening in Tokyo. He staged his first cruise runway show, showing a huge resort collection presented with splendor inside the national museum of the Japanese capital.

The coffee and donut chain has announced the launch of a limited-edition, eight-piece nail polish line launching in ten select salons across the US.

The sale, which should be completed in the third quarter of 2019, underlines the group’s commitment to focusing on wholesale. 

Beautystack, a London-based booking app for beauty services has raised £4 million in a seed funding round led by Index Ventures.

Delivery options for goods ordered online are increasingly bringing physical shops into the equation with click & collect options hugely popular for consumers and John Lewis is aiming to drive this further.

Malls giant Hammerson on Friday hailed the importance of experiential events at shopping destinations as it said that its Festival of Light drove increases in footfall and reached around 1.5m people on social media.

H&M and Giambattista Valli are working on a fashion collection. The Italian haute couture designer and the Swedish retailer announced the news at the amfAR gala in Cannes on Thursday night.

Mothercare has reported more weak results but the mother-and-baby products retailer talked of progress and its focus on rebuilding itself as a global brand with a bigger move into digital and more exclusive products.

H&M unveiled Giambattista Valli as its autumn collab partner at the Cannes Film Festival and said it would launch an immediate pre-collection under the link-up for the very first time.