Fawaz Gruosi, the former star designer of de Grisogono and one of the most influential jewelers in the industry, has launched his own eponymous jewelry brand, with a debut store in Mayfair, London.
Footfall to UK stores declined by as much as 23.2% last week compared to the week before. The biggest drop was seen in shopping centres that fell nearly 32%, while high streets were down 22%, and retail parks 17%.
Frasers Group has bought another company with the purchase of designer fashion retailer Psyche for an undisclosed sum. The company has a 40,000 sq ft shop in Middlesbrough, and a webstore, and employs 58 people in total.
As the vaccine rollout continues, there’s some optimism for UK retail in the second half of the year, despite a bleak Christmas period for many and an acceleration of negative trends
As many as 177,000 jobs were lost from UK retail last year, a new study from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) showed on Friday. That’s up by a quarter on 2019 and CRR's predicting another 200,000 to be lost in 2021.
British lawmakers approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU on Wednesday, as both sides looked to begin a new chapter of relations just days before their divorce becomes a reality.
Lockdown measures are being extended in England due to the surging rates of coronavirus infection. And it means that more than three quarters of the country will be in Tier 4, with almost the rest of it in Tier 3.
Ireland is to shut down all non-essential retail and extend school holidays in bid to curb a surge in a new strain of Covid-19 that is spreading faster than all forecasts, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Wednesday.
US jeweler Tiffany & Co’s shareholders on Wednesday approved a $15.8 billion deal with France’s LVMH, ending an acrimonious dispute between the two luxury retailers that had stretched for more than a year.
Montreal-based jewelry retailer Birks Group Inc. is expecting a difficult beginning to 2021, with the retailer being forced to close stores through much of Canada.
US retail sales rose 3% between October 11 and December 24, according to a new report from Mastercard SpendingPulse. And online sales soared by as much 49% year-on-year.
Footfall to UK retail destinations was a big disappointment immediately after Christmas as Boxing Day (December 26), which used to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year, was hit by lockdowns.
German online luxury retailer Mytheresa Group’s parent company filed for a US initial public offering of up to $150 million on Monday, and said its unit’s quarterly net sales increased 27.5%.
It was a terrible end to a weak pre-Christmas trading period. No surprises that Christmas Eve, traditionally the most intensive selling day on the festive calendar, was a virtual washout, figures from Springboard show.
The UK and the EU have agreed a trade deal almost at the last minute with the existing transitional deal that followed the UK's official EU exit earlier this year due to expire in just a week.
