​Britain's retail and consumer spending was sluggish in May, two reports showed on Tuesday, with the latest figures from the British retail Consortium and from Barclays offering up bad news for the fashion sector.

​Charaf Tajer’s Casablanca Clothing Ltd business has been acquired by a newly-established company — Casablanca Paris Ltd — in a restructuring process as it sets itself up for further expansion.

​The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday announced a world-first new project to use remote satellite monitoring in organic cotton certification.

The creatives, grandsons of Richard Avedon and Bob Dylan, respectively, found a photography first publication with digital and print issues. 

Apple on Monday unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest bet since the introduction of the iPhone more than a decade ago, barging into a market dominated by Meta.

Net-a-Porter and Mr Porter have teamed up with Tod’s to launch an exclusive summer capsule collection for women and men.

Swiss watch and jewelry retailer Bucherer announced on Monday the reopening of its flagship boutique, in Las Vegas. 

The Swiss luxury watch brand is launching a world tour show with British artist Tokio Myers, a show built as a new chapter of the 'Made of Makers' program, to be presented in Los Angeles on June 22. 

Ashi, an acclaimed new designer from Saudi Arabia, will join Thom Browne as the two new debutantes in the next French haute couture season, whose schedule was released on Monday.

The maison of Chloé announced plans Monday for a forthcoming collab’ collection with Angelina Jolie, even as rumors have begun swirling again that its creative director Gabriela Hearst may be about to leave the house.

Frasers Group has appointed Google Cloud partner and business technology consultancy Sada to develop and implement a new strategic data platform across its retail portfolio.

Retail giant Frasers Group wants to cut up to 200 head office jobs, accounting for around 20% of its staff in London and Shirebrook, to reduce costs and streamline operations.

Jewellery retail giant Pandora has upsized its store at the Braehead Centre, Renfrew, on the outskirts of Glasgow.

Sciuto, formerly with Armani and Fendi, will take charge of the OTB-owned label on July 17, replacing Gianfranco Gianangeli, while Renzo Rosso’s son was appointed president in May.

​Norwegian designer Andreas Melbostad has launched a label under his own name after years spent at a raft of major brands, with the new limited-edition unisex offer available exclusively via his webstore melbostad.com.

​Tenants of Cadogan Estates — the landlord controlling vast swathes of London’s Chelsea — are having to sign inflation-linked leases and put down “hefty deposits”, a newspaper report has claimed.