​M&S may have been relatively late in exploiting the potential of e-shopping, but its e-tail ops are now firing on all cylinders and the retailer is firing them up further by adding artificial intelligence into the mix.

No vacation spot in America has as much emotion as the Hamptons, whose biggest fan Ralph Lauren celebrated the richly redolent resort in a greatest hits collection on Thursday night staged in a classy horse farm.

​Primark owner Associated British Foods delivered a trading update for its full business on Thursday and said revenue at its retail division is expected to be up around 4% in H2. The second half ends on 14 September.

​The British Fashion Council’s City Wide Celebration (CWC) will feature over a thousand events this month as it marks the 40th anniversary of London Fashion Week.

Primark is to launch a swap shop initiative for customers to exchange pre-owned and vintage clothing in-store, "in celebration of London Fashion Week”.

Eyewear giant Specsavers has partnered with British actress and beauty/skincare collections creator Millie Bobby Brown, launching an exclusive line of optical frames. 

UK general consumer spending and specific retail sales moved up in August, two reports showed on Tuesday, but there was both good and bad news for fashion.

UK retail continued to underperform in August, a new report showed on Friday. The BDO High Street Sales Tracker said total sales (stores and online) in discretionary retail categories increased by just 0.7% this month.

M&S is having a busy end to the summer. Having just announced it’s to open a standalone fashion store in the UK, the high street retail giant has also launched a dedicated clothing repair service.

​The big retail story at M&S of late has been about it shutting stores that carry clothing and opening food-only spaces. But now, there's a potential change of strategy. It's to test a shop selling fashion and not food.

​Alibaba Group Holding missed market expectations for first-quarter revenue as the company's domestic e-commerce sales came under pressure from cautious spending by Chinese consumers in a faltering economy.

UK retail sales bounced back in July after summer discounts and the Euros football competition unleashed spending at department stores and sports shops.

Women's accessories sold by some of the world's most popular online shopping firms contained toxic substances sometimes hundreds of times above acceptable levels, authorities in Seoul said.

On the business front, we’ve been hearing about brand revamps, key tech link-ups and lawsuits too.

​Product launches are continuing at pace with major developments in multiple categories ranging from the very practical to the totally quirky.

Summer may be here but companies are already focused on the autumn season with key campaign launches and other developments.