Nordstorm, Target, Marc Jacobs and Virgil Abloh were among many to release statements in regard to the protests, receiving mixed responses from the public. 

Icon Outlet at The O2 is to reopen on the first day that it can with a comeback planned for June 15 as part of a phased reopening approach for the destination leisure complex.

As the SS20 season is all-but-cancelled globally, lockdown easing is seeing retailers launching products that they know are likely to sell, especially in the menswear market.

The CFDA and Vogue's Covid-19 relief fund announced that $2.13 million will be distributed to 44 businesses in the fund's first round.

The independent designer concept store has unveiled several shoppable windows on London’s South Molton Street allowing independent brands to showcase their products whilst observing social distancing.

Paris's famed Galeries Lafayette department store, which receives some 37 million visitors every year, will reopen this weekend after being shuttered for nearly three months by the coronavirus pandemic, it said Friday.

Prada has seen a double-digit increase in comparable sales in China this month, although there's still some way to go before the company can say its China business is back to full health following the lockdown.

Upscale department store chain Nordstrom Inc on Thursday reported a nearly 40% slump in quarterly sales, as lockdowns to contain the Covid-19 pandemic shut stores.

Capri Holdings Limited, the luxury group that controls Versace, Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo, has announced detailed plans for a steady rollout of boutique re-openings in its extensive global network.

Italy's biggest retail bank Intesa Sanpaolo has signed an accord with Gucci to ease financing for the small businesses that supply the Florentine luxury goods group owned by France's Kering.

Haute couture is back on - at least digitally. The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, the body which controls the Paris catwalk seasons, has announced that it will host a haute couture online season in July.

Farfetch has launched a €2.3m project to create the next generation of chatbots in partnership with Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Instituto Superior Técnico.

London-based consultancy Tomorrow has announced a “360-degree” partnership with Italian RTW brand N21. The strategic partnership will span distribution, events, strategy and a mentorship programme for emerging talent.

Luxury department store Harrods will open a new Outlet branch in Westfield London for its clearance sale, relieving pressure on its flagship and allowing it to focus on new collections in the Knightsbridge store.

Adidas and Allbirds are partnering “to push the boundaries of sustainability by setting out to accomplish something that has never been done before: a sports performance shoe with the lowest carbon footprint”.

As the Ferragamo family steps down from its executive roles, the Florentine label has appointed Michele Norsa, who led the company from 2006 to 2016, as executive deputy chairman, alongside CEO Micaela le Divelec Lemmi.