Katchin isn’t wasting any time when it comes to expansion. The UK-based online marketplace for jewellery and watches is expanding into Germany and France this month, having launched the business just four months ago. 

Frasers Group majority shareholder Mike Ashley is reportedly targeting a place on the board of Mulberry. The UK-based retail group owns a 37% stake in the luxury leathergoods firm.

French brand Sézane, founded by Morgane Sezalory, has opened a new pop-up in Santa Monica, one year after its pop-up hosted at the shopping center, Platform, in Culver City. 

LVMH announced on Monday a significant donation to provide help for the Emilia Romagna region, in Italy, and its people, who are affected by recent widespread flooding.

If anyone is surprised by the ongoing success of the Flannels chain against a backdrop of a cost-of-living crisis, Fraser Group’s CEO Michael Murray said it's succeeded by riding “the wave of new aspirational shopping”. 

​Following the recent decision for Charles Jeffrey Loverboy to move from two collections a year to four, the label has launched its first-ever pre-spring offer for 2024.

​Premium footwear-to-fashion brand LK Bennett has announced its results for the year to January with both sales and profits leaping.

​The trend for staging shows in spectacular locations is continuing and even when those shows are part of a specific city’s fashion week, the mantra is… the more impressive the venue, the better.

Originally from Kansas, Mason Burns is the designer of the Los Angeles-based Lorraine brand. The young designer hopes to demonstrate that artisanal fashion can reverse the trend of the mass market.

Mexico is fascinating, Mexico is cool, and Maria Grazia Chiuri will be the last to deny it, having opted to put Mexican craftsmanship centre-stage for the 2024 Dior cruise collection show.

Barely six months after Ludovic de Saint Sernin was appointed creative director of Ann Demeulemeester the house has announced the departure of the designer. No successor has been named.

Free Market Los Angeles opened its first space with the opening of a pop-up art gallery. Several brands including M5, Museum Peace and Quiet, and concept store Alchemy Works should be part of the project. 

Fashion continues to have a high profile on the new Sunday Times Rich List. The owners of Belstaff, Primark, Bestseller, Very and Frasers are all there. And young names making an impact include the founder of Gymshark.

Car boot sales have never been this chic. This outdoor experience moves as far away as possible from early morning visits to windswept fields attempting to find a trestle-table bargain for a few pounds.

​The Karen Millen brand has just launched an exclusive 38-piece collection of fascinators and hats in a link-up with Emily-London.

Celine has this week opened a summer-themed pop-up inside Harrods in London, inspired by St Tropez, while at the other end of the price scale, PrettyLittleThing is also thinking all-things Cote d’Azur.