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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is partnering with popular content platform RedNote to allow users on RedNote to directly click on product links to shop on Alibaba’s Taobao platform.

U.S. sportswear brand Reebok has announced the appointment of Jide Osifeso to the role of head of basketball.

The French luxury group has named Federico Arrigoni, currently deputy CEO of Saint Laurent, as the new CEO of menswear label Brioni. He succeeds Mehdi Benabadji, who will now head the porcelain manufacturer, Ginori 1735.

Gucci has reopened its boutique at Beverly Center in Los Angeles, unveiling a newly renovated space. 

For months now, the famous Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills has been undergoing major changes. From renovations to extensions and new store openings, FashionNetwork.com reports on the new configuration to come. 

Sotheby’s in Hong Kong postponed an auction of gems with ties to early Buddhism on Wednesday after opposition from India, which said the jewels were the country’s religious and cultural heritage.

Donald Trump hosted the head of luxury giant LVMH, Bernard Arnault, at the White House on Tuesday as the group confronts a dent in sales from the US president’s tariffs.

European online fashion retailer Zalando is using generative artificial intelligence to produce imagery faster for its app and website, it said on Wednesday, as AI shakes up the fashion industry and cuts costs.

Created in collaboration with president and co-founder Alexandra Marsh, the line is powered by inPHinite Youth Technology, a proprietary blend exclusive to Parívie.

Tag Heuer has named actor and professional racing driver Patrick Dempsey as the face of its eyewear collection. 

​The fast-expanding JCA | London Fashion Academy has named Andrew Ginn as its new CEO and principal. 

The Parisian museum, which has recently closed for a comprehensive three-year renovation, has announced the appointment of Maxime Catroux to the newly created post of vice-president.

Danish jewelry company Pandora A/S rules out moving production to the US and will instead use price increases to mitigate the impact from potential tariffs, according to its chief executive officer.

Steven Madden Ltd. pulled its sales and profit outlook for the year amid US President Donald Trump’s trade war. 

Tory Burch has appointed three new senior executives, naming them presidents of key regional sectors in the global market.

One of the Italy’s greatest post-war success stories is its eyewear business, and one that industry’s smartest group’s is De Rigo, which last month began stopping shipments to America due to Trump’s tariffs.

​Shopify has released what it says are “significant” upgrades to Sidekick, its AI-powered commerce assistant.

​Just when you’d got used to a metric like Media Impact Value, along comes a new one — Voice Reach. It’s the new way Launchmetrics aims to make sense of a world in which ambassadors are increasingly important to brands.

Primark’s international expansion programme continues apace as the value fashion/lifestyle retailer grows in Italy, announcing a further €40m investment with five new stores for Rome, Biella, Perugia and two in Naples.

International fashion brand Urban Revivo (UR) continues its busy commitment to physical expansion (400+ and counting), opening a new 5,500 sq ft store in London’s Covent Garden district, with a second following soon.

Another day, another London fashion store opening announcement. Having first hinted at its intended arrival in the capital in February, active-inspired TALA has earmarked 24 May for its opening on Carnaby Street.

Resale platform Kidswear Collective has partnered with FARA Kids, a Romania-focused charity. The past-season-designer specialist for babies and children will donate any items that cannot be sold to FARA Kids.

​Billed as “the world’s first fully bespoke, 3D-printed barefoot sandal”, Vivobarefoot brand’s VivoBiome Tabi Gen 01 has arrived in London and Bristol.

New Look has added all its major suppliers to the TrusTrace global platform to standardise its supply chain traceability and compliance data management. 

As UK supermarkets engage in a food price war, Tesco this week has taken the battle for customers’ cash to another category with not a price war but a relaunch of its F&F clothing line online.

​What’s in a name? Quite a lot actually. The operator of Atria Watford certainly feels that way as it has just announced that it’s bringing back the name Harlequin to the mall.

​We all know that re-engaging customers after checkout is key to driving repeat purchase but a new study claims that the majority (63%) of UK retailers lack the capabilities to do so.

​Soletrader’s owner Twinmar has opened SOLE, an “elevated” premium sneaker concept store on London’s Oxford Street, working with design company Brinkworth to bring the idea to reality.

​Supermarkets giant Asda has this week named Rachel Eyre as its new chief customer officer. She joins from rival Morrisons, where she was previously chief customer and marketing officer.

Paris-based PR agency Lucien Pagès has formed a joint venture for the UK market with London-based agency AIPR, creating a unit that will operate in the UK under the title Lucien Pagès & AIPR.