Spanish retail sales rose 1.5% in April from a year earlier on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, after falling 4.1% in March, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday.

After a two-year absence, Miami Fashion Week is back with Italian label Missoni as special guest. The event will focus on sustainability, staging runway shows in museums and historic residences.

It only launched last week, but the Dame Deborah James x In The Style collection in aid of The Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK has already raised £500,000.

The Italian label is increasingly set on expanding internationally: between 2021 and 2022, it will have opened 22 new stores in strategic locations worldwide, as CEO Matteo Sinigaglia tells FashionNetwork.com.

The apparel and homeware retailer has opened a new store of approximately 5,000 m2 in Trecate, northern Italy, taking over premises formerly occupied by furniture megastore Mercatone Uno.

Clearpay, the BNPL specialist, has made its in-store payment functionality available to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across UK high streets.

In a bid to return it its pre-pandemic-attraction highs, London’s West End is “back with a bang” this summer. The district is launching a a four-month campaign of 50 “uniquely thrilling experiences” for visitors. 

​Fashion e-tailer Missguided is believed to be teetering on the brink with administrators lined up after creditors issued a winding-up petition.

​A new ‘Growth Index’ for the UK shows that fashion and retail businesses rank prominently among the top 100 British companies in terms of growth rates.

​Asda’s sales went into reverse in Q1 as the privately held supermarkets giant that owns the George clothing label suffered against tough comparisons with the year ago period and also from inflation hitting hard.

​Just six weeks after being bought in a rescue deal, shirtmaker TM Lewin has relaunched e-commerce. Currently carrying the reborn label’s initial SS22 range, additional lines are “to be added in the coming weeks”.

Earnings from retailers this week illustrated a split in shopping patterns of more- and less-affluent Americans dealing with the highest inflation in four decades. 

American Eagle Outfitters Inc. announced on Thursday revenues for the first quarter inched forward 2%, as the youth apparel retailer's namesake American Eagle brand and online channel saw steep declines.

Victoria’s Secret & Co announced on Thursday the launch of a new curated digital platform that will connect customers to third-party brands that align with its values of innovation and inclusivity.

Gap slashed its annual results forecast on Thursday, sending shares 13% lower after hours as the clothing retailer blamed poor fashion choices at its Old Navy line and weak demand in the face of decades-high inflation.

Macy's raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday, helped by strong demand for high-margin apparel from consumers returning to weddings and other social events, even as red-hot inflation saps consumer spending power.