​Kiki de Montparnasse has this week unveiled a a redesigned webstore and also moved into the men’s market with the launch of Mr Kiki as it sets it sights on “global lifestyle expansion”.

​The UK has a “golden opportunity” to reform business rates for a retail sector that’s “overtaxed”. And without such reform, thousands more stores could close.

L'Oreal has joined Abolis Biotechnologies's 35 million euro ($38.6 million) funding round alongside speciality chemicals group Evonik, as part of a deal to develop bio-based ingredients for beauty products.

The UK’s Boots chain has a new managing director with owner Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) on Thursday saying Anthony Hemmerdinger takes over as MD of Boots UK and Ireland, effective 4 November.

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”.

​John Lewis released its half-year results Thursday and said its “transformation is on track” with a “marked improvement” in H1 and the retailer set to "deliver significantly higher profits for the full year”.

A strategy of consolidation and investment in a high-interest-rate environment continues to come at a price for London commercial property owner/manager Howard de Walden Estates.

​Market-leading global beauty brand L’Oréal Paris has named British supermodel-turned-actress-turned-activist Cara Delevingne as its latest ambassador.

​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.

​UK off-price premium/luxury brand e-tailer BrandAlley said taking full control of its end-to-end customer services ops has helped deliver “remarkable growth” in the business.

Zalando unveiled a new brand positioning at the weekend, saying it marks “a pivotal step in its journey to becoming a leading European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce”.

​It’s been rumoured for some time and now it’s been confirmed, Sarah Burton is the new creative director of LVMH’s Givenchy.

​It’s official, the remaining 100 or so Body Shop stores in the UK will stay open after Mike Jatania’s Aurea consortium completed a deal to buy the business out of administration at the weekend.

Digital retail giant Amazon has awarded a near-10% pay rise for thousands of workers in the UK.

British Land’s love of retail parks shines through with the UK commercial property giant saying its increasing move into the sector continues to pay dividends.