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.

Irish beauty brand Sculpted by Aimee has launched at Selfridges. The debut marks a new level for the brand founded by make-up artist Aimee Connolly since launching in the UK in 2022.

ASOS has big news on Thursday, delivering a trading update, a joint venture for Topshop and Topman, and details of new funding partly linked to the Topshop deal.

​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 second edition of Sephoria Europe, organised by the LVMH group’s beauty chain Sephora, will take place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris on October 4-5. The event will also be held in the USA, China and Brazil.

​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.

Tech-driven retail returns solutions provider ZigZag has partnered with China and Vietnam DTC order specialist Portless.

The Beetlejuice sequel seems to be having big impact on the fashion sector with Primark becoming the latest to release a collection on several fronts linked to the movie. 

​Brand Institute Group A/S has a new co-owner with MS2 Invest stepping in. Brand Institute controls Northern Europe’s largest modelling agency, Le Management, as well as Danish jewellery company Lié Studio.

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.

​Turnover at luxury London department store Harrods hit nearly £900 million last year as international shoppers returned, despite the continued frustration of the non-availability of VAT-free shopping for such tourists.

Liverpool One has become the UK’s first retail destination to introduce two new schemes to improve accessibility for all its visitors.

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.

Commercial property giant Grosvenor has refinanced a £552 million section of its £1.1 billion revolving credit facility (RCF).

It was only a matter of time… digital gift cards have overtaken physical cards for the first time in the UK. 

In a month typically dominated by summer getaways, retail footfall in August thankfully didn’t take a break. Visits to UK retail destinations rose, albeit by just 0.9% month-on-month and by 0.1% year-on-year.