Boohoo Group plc said it was trading comfortably in line with market expectations after the online fashion retailer saw record Black Friday sales.

German e-commerce retailer Zalando has launched its online shopping club Zalando Privé in Spain, giving shoppers access to private sales that will offer up to 75% off on styles from over 2,500 selected brands.

Hans Anders will expand its management team with retail veterans Sanne Oosterhoff as international operations director and Juliette Rook as international sales director, eyeing further international expansion.

The German e-tailer has trialled a delivery service that allows online shoppers to receive their orders even when they are not at home using a smart door lock.

The chain has opened a 3,500-square-metre space at  54 Boulevard Haussmann, adjacent to Galeries Lafayette and Printemps. The space brings the brand’s new automated order collection point to France for the first time.

Spain has become the second largest market for the chain in terms of sales volumes and number of stores, and its store portfolio is growing at a fast rate.

British fashion and lifestyle chain Cath Kidston sold more last year, but increased cost pressures caused by the weak pound widened its losses to over £10m.

The Netherlands’ Hans Anders announced today that it is expanding its European footprint with the acquisition of German optical retailer Eyes + More.

The company wants to expand globally with the opening of flagship stores and locations in key cities across the world, building on its business model of offering quality products at affordable prices.

Paul Smith and luxury eyewear specialist Cutler and Gross have announced an extension of their relationship with their one-off collaboration that was unveiled this spring having turned into a three-year partnership.

The Italian eyewear company has created the new role of digital transformation officer, which it has confided to former Benetton group digital business director Andrea Bulgarelli. 

Moscot, the 103-year-old New York optical institution, has opened in the Marais district of Paris, the latest expansion by the brand favoured by Johnny Depp, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Lady Gaga and Demi Moore.

EssilorLuxottica, the spectacles company formed by the merger of Essilor and Italy’s Luxottica, said its search for a new chief executive would start next year as planned, dismissing rumours about a power struggle.

The American fashion brand has agreed terms to open its first permanent store outside the US in London’s Covent Garden in 2019. It will join a small pop-up store in Chelsea.

Geox, the techy Italian footwear giant, and Dragon, the Formula E team owned by media investor Jay Penske, have signed a strategic long-term agreement that will result in the race car changing its name.