Fashion, accessories and homewares retailer Oliver Bonas is set to open a 3,000 sq ft store within the Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull.

The two luxury brands, along with the Italian retailer, are making a name for themselves at this year's Milan Design Week with some particularly original and environmentally-friendly projects.

​The major fashion comeback for Laura Ashley that Fashionnetwork.com revealed last autumn is now happening with the label launching the new range into Next stores and online at both Next and Laura Ashley this month.

​News last year that Shein and Authentic Brands Group were interested in buying Topshop seemed to be just a rumour. But now the speculation has resurfaced. So do ASOS's problem make a takeover more likely?

​Dupe culture may have begun as a social media trend among the cash-strapped young, but it has now gone mainstream and is gaining traction among older and more affluent shoppers.

At the World Retail Congress in Paris, Deloitte and the start-up Snowflake have published reports on the impact of artificial intelligence on the retail industry. And the uses to come.

​There’s been a partial move away from big-name retailers opening multiple branches on destination shopping streets post-pandemic, but Uniqlo is bucking that trend and Thursday sees the debut of its latest megastore.

Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party stores this year, even as it reduces its reliance on the technology in its own.

LVMH’s first-quarter results brought reassuring signs that wealthy Chinese shoppers are splashing out on luxury items — just not in China.

Zalando has challenged a supervisory fee aimed at covering EU regulators' costs of monitoring compliance with new European Union tech rules, the third company to take EU tech enforcers to court on the matter.

Japan's Uniqlo will open the doors on its new Rome store on Thursday, an important part of plans by owner Fast Retailing to further accelerate growth in Europe and North America.

​Harvey Nichols has faced tough conditions in recent years but it’s now hoping for better times ahead with the announcement of a new CEO from one of luxury's major labels.

​UK inflation has continued to fall with the Office for National Statistics saying Wednesday that the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.2% in the 12 months to March 2024, down from 3.4% in February.

​ASOS has reported its results for the 26 weeks to 3 March and as expected, they're not great. But the company did say it's made strong progress on speed and profit initiatives under its Back To Fashion strategy.

Matalan has added 17 new third-party brands to its online offer. And the retailer has also announced that it has extended the range of sizes available across many ranges, “to improve size inclusivity”.

​This summer will see Pangaia arriving in London’s Soho with a store on Carnaby Street that will be its first standalone location in the UK.