The four designers who showed on the last two days of New York Fashion Week demonstrated its vast diversity of talent and brand vision.

Battersea Power Station has been an undeniable success since its opening almost two years ago and on Thursday we were told that the mall and the general neighbourhood have just enjoyed their “strongest summer yet”.

​ASOS’s news last week that it was selling majority control of Topshop and Topman and refinancing its debt appears to have had a very positive impact on its overall net debt position, it showed on Wednesday.

​Now this is interesting. Boohoo Group is reversing the widely adopted strategy of increasingly localising distribution services and will now be serving the US market from its high-tech UK hub.

Another glorious day of September weather took advantage of outdoor venues, skyscraper locations, sunbathed lofts, and the famous Apollo Theater.  

They say there is only one chance to make a good first impression, which Cos and its designer Karin Gustafsson certainly managed in their Brooklyn debut Tuesday lunchtime.

Umar Kamani is back in the top job at the fashion business he founded, PrettyLittleThing, a year after he stepped back from the CEO’s post.

Two mega brands were the key focus of Monday’s New York Fashion Week action: Tory Burch, who went very sporty; and Coach, which emphasized post-consumer materials

​Consumers expecting free returns for products bought online are now few and far between, according to new data.

After the most lethargic New York runway season of the 21st century, the scene suddenly woke up Sunday with three striking collections - Tommy Hilfiger, Off-White and Todd Snyder - all of which contained cool menswear.

The indie fashion brand is alive and well in New York. While mid-sized designers in Europe have had troubled few seasons, here in New York on a wet Saturday they all seem pretty vibrant.

Two powerful shows from Willy Chavarria and Alaïa by Pieter Mulier climaxed the first full day of action in New York Fashion Week, the first a significant political statement, the second an aesthetic proclamation.

​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.