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In Italy, the footwear brand is celebrating its bicentennial with a pop-up store in Milan and a collaboration with Candiani Denim. Local distributor 3A is aiming to grow the brand’s diffusion in Italy by 10% in 2026.

An Hermes handbag that once belonged to Jane Birkin was sold for $2.86 million at auction in Abu Dhabi on Friday, just months after the record-breaking sale of her first bag from the French brand, Sotheby’s said.

Rome-based fashion house Brioni, part of the Kering group, has announced the conclusion of its collaboration with Austrian designer Norbert Stumpfl, who has designed its collections for the past seven years.

Portuguese fashion designer Micaela Oliveira was honoured in Riyadh as one of the featured couturiers at the Creative Women Forum Saudi Arabia 2025 Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony, where she also held a runway show.

At a hearing before the Paris court on Friday, France demanded a series of measures from Shein, but ultimately withdrew its initial request for the platform to be suspended in its entirety.

​Specialist outdoor clothing producer Dryrobe has won a trademark case against a smaller label. The win for the business means the offending rival must now stop selling items under the D-Robe brand within a week.

A host of celebrities and high-end brands have donating goods to ensure Savile Row’s latest annual ‘Pop-Up Crisis’ store will continue to support the Crisis charity event that has so far raised over £650,000 since 2018.

​UK footfall down in November? Blame the Budget and bad weather. Those two important factors damaged shoppers’ desire to venture out, resulting in an albeit slender 0.8% year-on-year dip in footfall last month.

Kappa turns back the sporting clock for its new AW25 collection, which celebrates “local heroes in football” with a community-focused campaign “honouring the places and people that inspire a lifelong love of the game”.

Artificial intelligence continues its march to transform businesses’/consumers’ lives with customer advocacy platform Mention Me launching ‘AI Discovery IQ’, a free-to-use tool that “helps brands reach target consumers”.

The US institute has chosen Pantone 11-4201, a very natural-looking white, as next year’s colour, to be seen as a kind of blank canvas on which to start afresh.

A partnership between Agromethod Labs and CITEVE is advancing hydroponic cotton cultivation, a project that could make Portugal the only country in Europe with the full cotton value chain, from fibre to apparel.

The world’s largest fashion retailer staged a stock-market comeback this week as Inditex SA’s push to differentiate itself from fierce ultra-low-price competition shows signs of bearing fruit. 

French luxury brand Celine has opened its first store in Austria. The new boutique in Vienna’s Kohlmarkt spans three floors and showcases its womenswear and menswear collections alongside beauty, fragrance, and homeware.

​Traditional and occasion wear designer Puneet Gupta has stepped into the world of fine jewellery with the launch of ‘Deco Luméaura,’ a collection designed to blend heritage and contemporary aesthetics. 

Through the Nylon Materials Collective, small and medium-sized outdoor enterprises represented by the EOG should find it easier to access premium recycled nylon by pooling their orders.

​Burberry has named a new chief operating and supply chain officer as well as a new chief customer officer. They’re both key roles at the recovering luxury giant and both are being promoted from within.

​Gant has a new CEO as of this month. The Swedish-but-with-American-roots brand has named Fredrik Malm as its chief executive, effective December 1.

After months of delay caused by the US government shutdown, the hygiene, cosmetics, and food giant Unilever is finally proceeding with the demerger of its ice-cream division.

Lawyers for Chinese online platform Shein return to a Paris court on Friday for a hearing on the French government’s request to suspend the firm’s website for three months.

China’s HongShan Capital Group (HSG) has sent a 2.5 billion euro ($2.91 billion) offer to private equity Permira to buy Italian luxury sneaker maker Golden Goose, with the aim of signing the deal ⁠by Christmas. 

IKEA plans to source more products from factories in the US, the Swedish furniture group’s top supply chain executive told Reuters, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs drive up the cost of importing numerous goods.

An Italian unit of e-commerce giant Amazon has paid compensation and scrapped a monitoring system for delivery staff, ending a probe into alleged tax fraud and illegal labour practices, sources said ⁠on Friday.

Italy’s fashion associations unite to support legality, but warn against the media sensationalism emerging in the wake of investigations by the Milan public prosecutor’s office into labour exploitation in the industry.

​London property giant Shaftesbury Capital has announced that Andrew Price, executive director will be stepping down from his role at the end of this year “to pursue other opportunities”.

November’s retail sales, in discretionary categories proved unexciting — that’s the conclusion to be drawn from the latest monthly High Street Sales Tracker (HSST) from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

Ulta Beauty raised its annual sales and profit forecast on Thursday, betting on strong demand for its makeup and skincare products going into the holiday season. 

Amazon.com said Thursday the e-commerce giant is in discussions with the U.S. Postal Service about its future relationship and considering its options before its current contract expires next year. 

A new crop of Chinese gold jewelry brands are attracting investor interest in the wake of Laopu Gold Co.’s breakout success.

Thirteen more leading luxury brands, including Gucci and Versace, are suspected of using subcontractors in Italy who exploited Chinese workers, according to a request issued on Thursday.