​Copenhagen Fashion Week is to return physically for SS22 in August. It will run at the same time as tradeshows CIFF and Revolver as fashion events across Europe start their physical comeback.

Coinciding with first-quarter results, the global leader in iconic apparel brands, announced a new three-year growth plan.

The company revealed that its board has unanimously approved its planned spin-off of the Victoria’s Secret brand on Tuesday and provided further details about the transaction, as well as preliminary Q1 financial results.

The United States’ largest mall owner announced that it has been seeing strong growth in traffic during an earnings call on Monday, but is still cautious in its outlook. The company’s revenues fell 0.08% in Q1.

Swedish brand Ikea, which is set to open on Paris’ rue de Rivoli in June, has partnered with Dutch label Mud Jeans to launch a project to reuse used denim and recycle it into a sofa cover. 

Lyst, the London-based upscale fashion search-to-retail platform, is reportedly mulling an IPO, having raised $85 million from a variety of investors.

​Safilo announced on Tuesday that it has struck a global eyewear license deal with the DSquared2 label with the company to make eyewear for Dean and Dan Caten’s brand for the next five years.

Menard, who joined Puma France as head of marketing communications in 2018, is moving to the German sport brand’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach as the new regional marketing manager Europe.

Be warned, consumer sustainability issues may be more important than you think. Over half of people in the UK (56%) are less likely to buy from organisations with a weak sustainability record, according to a new survey.

UK retail may be open for business again, but some smaller traders are far from happy at the speed of the revival, with campaign group Save The Street calling for government help to stimulate local spending.

Tom Ford has issued a bullish open letter on behalf of the CFDA about next September’s New York Fashion Week, in which he confirmed that he will stage his own live runway show in the city again.

The upscale Goat womenswear label has been rebranded as Jane with founder Jane Lewis selling her Goat trademark to Goat Group for an undisclosed sum.

Young consumers are keen to get out and socialise and they boosted their fashion spend last month, the latest Barclaycard spending report has shown. 

​As Debenhams exits the high street, many of its former stores are being converted to non-retail uses. But there appears to be an opportunity opening up for the return of smaller department store operators. 

​Joules Group had good news on Tuesday as it’s expecting a “positive performance” across all retail channels for the financial year that ends in a few weeks, with revenue and pre-tax profit ahead of expectations. 

Amazon.com Inc issued its first sustainability bond on Monday, raising $1 billion to invest in renewable energy, clean transport, greener buildings and affordable housing.