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"Slow Love" Knitwear Opens Its First Store in Cirencester
Slow Love, the £300 Hand-Knit Jumper Label, Opens Its First Shop in Cirencester
Slow Love, the Cotswolds knitwear label whose Young Hearts jumper once sold £70,000 in a day, opens its first permanent shop in Cirencester on 21 November. Its hand-knits cost £275... Read more...
Ralph Lauren Gets $82m in Tariff Refunds, Raises Outlook
Ralph Lauren Gets $82m Back in Tariff Refunds as Its Average Price Rises 9%
Ralph Lauren booked $82.3m in refunded US tariffs in its second fiscal quarter, gave $33.2m to charity and raised its outlook, while the average price shoppers paid rose 9%. Why... Read more...
Coach Sales Rise 16% as Its Handbag Prices Keep Climbing
Coach Sales Jump 16% as Handbag Prices Rise and Kate Spade Falls 10%
Tapestry’s Coach grew sales 16% to $1.66bn in its first fiscal quarter as handbag prices rose at a double-digit rate and unit sales barely moved. Kate Spade fell 10%. What... Read more...
ThredUp Hits Record Buyers but Sees Holiday Revenue Dip
ThredUp Wins a Record 1.82m Buyers but Forecasts a Holiday Revenue Dip
ThredUp reported third-quarter revenue of $88.2m, up 7%, as active buyers rose 16% to a record 1.82 million and orders grew 17%. Its net loss widened to $5.5m and it... Read more...
Coperni, the Paris Label Behind the Swipe Bag, Is Liquidated After 13 Years
Coperni, the Paris Label Behind the Swipe Bag, Is Liquidated After 13 Years
Coperni, the Paris label founded in 2013 by Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer, is ceasing operations after five months in receivership. The company says its cash crisis came from sums... Read more...
Carmina Shoemaker Opens Its First German Store in Munich
Carmina, the Majorca Shoemaker Since 1866, Opens Its First Store in Germany
Carmina Shoemaker, the family workshop in Inca on Majorca with roots in 1866, has opened its first standalone store in Germany, in Munich. Its Goodyear-welted shoes cost €310 to €434,... Read more...
Lee Jeans Sold to Authentic in Up-to-$1bn Deal, Now Made Under Four Licences
Lee Jeans Sold to Authentic in Up-to-$1bn Deal, Now Made Under Four Licences
Authentic Brands Group has completed its purchase of Lee from Kontoor Brands in a deal worth up to $1bn, and named four regional licensees to make and sell the 1889... Read more...
Primark Profit Falls 12% as Price Cuts Squeeze Margin
Primark Profit Falls 12% as Price Cuts Squeeze Its Margin to 10.2%
Primark’s adjusted operating profit fell 12% to £1.01bn in the year to 12 September, as permanent price cuts on staples squeezed its margin to 10.2%. Sales rose only because of... Read more...
Joseph Sale: Modella Capital Reportedly Eyes the Label
Joseph Owner Explores Sale as Modella Capital Weighs a Bid; Sales at £45m
Modella Capital, the investor behind TG Jones and former owner of Claire’s UK, is reportedly considering a bid for Joseph, the London label owned by Onward Kashiyama. Joseph’s sales fell... Read more...
BHV Marais Enters Receivership After Its Shein Bet
BHV Marais Enters Receivership in Paris After Its Shein Bet, 700 Jobs at Stake
A Paris court placed the BHV Marais department store into receivership on 2 November. Sales fell from €274m to €170m in 2025, brands including Dior left after it hosted Shein,... Read more...
Jimmy Choo Up 11.5% as Michael Kors Halves Discount Days
Jimmy Choo Sales Rise 11.5% as Michael Kors Cuts Its Discount Days by Half
Capri Holdings said Jimmy Choo sales rose 11.5% to $146m in the quarter to 26 September while Michael Kors fell 8.6% to $663m, as Capri cut markdowns, raised some prices... Read more...
Hugo Boss Rejoins Pakistan Factory Safety Accord
Hugo Boss Reverses Its Pakistan Accord Exit, Rejoining the Factory Safety Pact
Hugo Boss will rejoin the Pakistan Accord, the legally binding factory safety agreement with global unions, from January 2027. The German group had declined to renew earlier this year, prompting... Read more...
Troubadour Raises £3.2m to Grow in the US and Europe
Troubadour, the London Bag Brand, Raises £3.2m to Grow in the US and Europe
Troubadour, the London maker of work and travel bags, has raised £3.2m in a round led by Harlo Equity Partners to expand in North America and Europe, launch a first... Read more...
UK Budget: Amazon, Shein and Temu to Collect Sellers’ VAT
UK Budget Makes Amazon, Shein and Temu Collect VAT for Sellers Above £90,000
Chancellor John Healey’s Budget on 28 October makes online marketplaces including Amazon, eBay, Shein and Temu responsible for collecting VAT from UK business sellers above £90,000 from October 2027, and... Read more...
Etsy Returns to Buyer Growth as Revenue Rises 10.9% — and Ads Take a Bigger Cut
Etsy Returns to Buyer Growth as Revenue Rises 10.9% — and Ads Take a Bigger Cut
Etsy reported third-quarter revenue of $692.5 million on 28 October, up 10.9%, as active buyers grew for the first time in two years after the sale of Depop. The company... Read more...
Marc Jacobs Licenses China to I.T Group After LVMH Sale
Marc Jacobs Signs First Licence Since LVMH Sale, Handing China to I.T Group
Hong Kong retailer I.T Group has taken over Marc Jacobs in Greater China under a long-term licence, the first since WHP Global and G-III bought the label from LVMH. Marc... Read more...
Burberry House: Regent Street Flagship Reimagined
Burberry Turns Regent Street Flagship Into Burberry House, With Trench Repairs
Burberry will restore its London flagship at 121 Regent Street in phases and reopen it as Burberry House in autumn 2027, with a Trench Arcade offering coat restoration, an archive... Read more...
Vinted and Rivals Act to Block Looted Goods After Riots
Vinted and Rivals Agree Four Steps to Block Looted Goods After French Riots
Vinted, Amazon, eBay, Leboncoin, Meta and TikTok agreed four measures with French ministers on 19 October to stop goods looted in the 17 October riots being resold online, including tighter... Read more...
Quince Launches in the UK With £50 Cashmere. Here’s How to Test It
Quince Launches in the UK With £50 Cashmere. Here’s How to Test It
Quince, the San Francisco retailer valued at $10.1 billion, launched its UK website on 19 October with Mongolian cashmere jumpers from £50, silk blouses at £55 and leather bags from... Read more...
Mulberry Sales Rise 18% at Full Price as the Luxury Giants Shrink
Mulberry Sales Rise 18% at Full Price as the Luxury Giants Shrink
Mulberry’s sales rose 18.1% in the 26 weeks to 26 September, with US sales up 28% and growth in every region, while promotional sales fell by 300 basis points. Full... Read more...
Armedangels Wood-Fibre Windbreaker Named TIME Invention
Armedangels’ $298 Wood-Fibre Windbreaker Named a TIME Best Invention
TIME has named Armedangels’ 100% lyocell windbreaker, made without a membrane, synthetic fibres or PFAS, one of its Best Inventions of 2026. The $298 jacket is built for wind and... Read more...
Sheth London Debuts With Gujarati Handweaving and Runs Capped at 30 a Style
Sheth London Debuts With Gujarati Handweaving and Runs Capped at 30 a Style
Designer Dimple Sheth has announced Sheth London, a womenswear label built with a 12-person artisan family in Gujarat. The debut has seven ready-to-wear styles and 19 accessories, runs of about... Read more...
Alexander McQueen Parts With Seán McGirr After Three Years as Kering Exits Mount
Alexander McQueen Parts With Seán McGirr After Three Years as Kering Exits Mount
Seán McGirr is leaving Alexander McQueen after three years, Kering confirmed on 15 October, the same day Calvin Klein confirmed Veronica Leoni’s exit and six days after Anthony Vaccarello left... Read more...
Moschino Owner Aeffe Seeks Wage Support for 389 Workers as €115m Sale Nears
Moschino Owner Aeffe Seeks Wage Support for 389 Workers as €115m Sale Nears
Aeffe, the Italian group behind Moschino, Alberta Ferretti and Pollini, has requested extraordinary wage support for 389 employees after filing for a court-approved restructuring in Bologna. A €115 million rescue... Read more...
Swaine, London’s 1750 Leather House, Is Opening Its First Paris Boutique
Swaine, London’s 1750 Leather House, Is Opening Its First Paris Boutique
Swaine, the London accessories house behind Swaine & Adeney leather goods, Brigg umbrellas and Herbert Johnson hats, is opening its first standalone Paris boutique on Avenue George V. With about... Read more...