The consumer products conglomerate and its ethnic beauty-focused subsidiary have teamed up to launch Emerge, a new brand that aims to empower multicultural Gen-Z women with affordable textured hair care products.

Despite hailing the deal as “a step in the right direction,” GlobalData reports that it will “offer little relief to apparel firms” caught up in the middle of the ongoing trade conflict between the two countries.

Splash About, a UK swimwear brand for children, is preparing for a big year ahead after acquiring a distressed complementary business and bringing logistics in-house.

Fashion sales at John Lewis & Partners fell 2.8% in the seven weeks to 18 January as customers shopped the final week of clearance, the retailer’s latest weekly figures have revealed.

Burberry’s Q3 update offered further signs of the strength of the firm’s growth strategy. It had “a good quarter” and “continued to shift consumer perceptions of our brand and align the network to our new vision”.

German fashion house Hugo Boss reported better than expected fourth-quarter sales growth on Tuesday, helped by strong demand at its renovated stores and growth in online retail.

The Denver-based apparel, footwear and accessories company has announced that it has begun a review of alternatives for the occupational portion of its work segment, as it continues with its transformation plans.

Premium-contemporary brand Tiger of Sweden has announced the departure of its creative director Christoffer Lundman, saying the company and the designer “have mutually agreed to part ways after two years”.

The winter version of Love Island is having a big impact on product sales in Britain, a release from general merchandise retailer Argos claimed on Tuesday, with beauty tools and other products surging.

One of the winning names in the tough UK retail sector at present could soon be up for sale with the owner of Reiss reportedly mulling such a move.

After catching a bit of a winter chill over “disappointing” Christmas trading, Joules was more upbeat on Tuesday, talking of “robust" first-half sales for the pre-festive period, despite a profits dip.

French fashion label Zadig & Voltaire said on Monday that it had received new investment funding from private equity firm Peninsula.

The Detroit-based “stock market of things” has announced that it surpassed $1 billion in gross merchandise value in 2019 alone, as the platform pushed forward with international expansion, especially in Europe and Asia.

Ted Baker is taking a deeper dive into cosmetics with the launch of With Ted, its first non-licensed make-up line that will debut through its own stores and webstore next week. 

It has survived for almost than 140 years, but department store chain Beales has gone into administration Monday as urgent talks to find a buyer failed to produce an offer for the firm.