Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and the SPARC Group announced on Friday the acquisition of Eddie Bauer.

Shoe designer Maya Lakis has teamed up with her good friend Melanie Huynh, the noted stylist and founder of beauty brand Holidermie, to create a capsule boot collection for a Cambodian girls' charity.

The Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode confirmed Friday that it is planning to host live catwalk shows in Paris this summer, during the upcoming menswear season in June.

​German sportswear giant Adidas raised its 2021 sales outlook on Friday, saying it expects strong demand for new products despite ongoing lockdowns in Europe, supply chain challenges and political tensions.

​Same-store sales at Uniqlo’s Japanese stores and webstore surged by as much as 84.5% year-on-year in April while its total sales rose 92.1%.

Middlebury, Connecticut-based Timex Group, a world leader in watchmaking, and Adidas, revealed on Thursday a new global licensing agreement for watches. 

UK supermarkets giant Sainsbury’s has announced that former John Lewis MD Paula Nickolds is to join the business in June as General Merchandise and Clothing Commercial Director and become a member of its operating board.

In a further sign of how important environmental, social, and governance-linked (ESG) issues are these days, lifestyle retailer Joules has announced a renewal of its funding deal with a strong ESG element included.

​Next continued to show just how strong it has been in recent periods on Thursday as the retailer increased its guidance due to sales dipping only slightly in the latest quarter.

​Superdry’s year-end trading statement has shown that revenue started to recover in Q4 and its “full-price discipline” drove a “significant” improvement in the quarter’s trading gross margin.

E-tail giant Zalando swung to a profit in Q1 and is expecting general merchandise value growth of up to 36% this financial year after a stellar start to 2021 in which GMV grew as much as 55.6% to €3.2 billion.

The digitally native indie fashion retailer has been purchased from Go Global Retail by Tustin, California-based e-commerce solution provider Nogin for an undisclosed sum.

​Debenhams will exit the UK high street for good on May 15 as the administrators close its remaining stores. The closures will end more than 200 years in which the company has been a major name in UK retail.

Stockmann, the Finnish retail group that also owns the Lindex chain, said its consolidated revenue fell 7.1% currency-neutral in the first three months of the year, dropping to €155.7 million.

​Cult menswear label L’Estrange has opened a permanent store in London’s Seven Dials at number 19 Earlham Street. The opening follows a stint in nearby Neal Street, in a pop-up that opened in November 2019.

​Boohoo Group’s results couldn't fail to impress on Wednesday as the company reported full-year figures for the 12 months to the end of February that many would envy.