Image-sharing platform Pinterest beat Wall Street targets for second-quarter results on 1 August and forecast higher margins for the year, supported by an advertising market recovery and cost-cutting measures.

Meta intends to ask users in the EU for their consent before allowing businesses to target advertising based on what they view on its services such as Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant said on 1 August.

The tourist tax is costing the UK billions in lost GDP; Frasers Group now owns 7.8% of Boohoo Group; John Lewis has made a “key appointment” to lead its new customer planning team; and Superdry has a new COO.

​Harvey Nichols has published its results for the year to April 2022 with the company remaining loss-making, but its overall performance clearly improving.

French shopping malls giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield said on Thursday that adjusted recurring earnings per share rose 6.6% in H1 as it reported progress for the period, despite a US slowdown in fashion and luxury.

Fresh from a report this week saying it will become Britain's biggest fashion retailer by 2026, Frasers group released its annual results on Thursday and showed just why it’s expected to rise to the top of the pile.

​Shopify has unveiled a series of enhancements — more than 100 of them — as part of its Summer 2023 Edition, the twice-annual showcase of its latest products and innovations. And AI is a big part of the upgrade.

​The last few turbulent years have seen major changes in the fashion retail landscape. But more change is to come and this could shake up the top of the sector, a forecast ranking of the UK’s leading names claims.

Harvey Nichols' CEO is the latest exec to weigh in on the VAT-free shopping debate in the UK. She has highlighted how France has deftly attracted international shoppers and is attracting British shoppers too.

The French house celebrated the opening of its first store on Rodeo Drive at the Goldwyn House in Hollywood, the Future Perfect's Los Angeles-based design gallery.  

The label is returning to Cristóbal Balenciaga’s historic avenue George V headquarters in Paris, the new home of its studio and ateliers for couture and ready-to-wear, where it shot a new campaign with Isabelle Huppert.

The French luxury house unveiled the brand's Art Deco-inspired store design.

The Museum of Modern Art has announced a new exhibition curated by Wales Bonner, the London-based designer of her eponymous fashion label, as part of the 16th installment of MoMA’s celebrated Artist’s Choice series. 

​In what it says is a global first, luxury British department store retailer Harrods has announced the launch of its very first private members’ club. The new club in Shanghai will open at the end of the year.

​The first quarter was a generally strong one for luxury giant Richemont with the company saying Monday it saw sales jumping 14% in total to €5.322 billion, or rising 19% on a currency-neutral basis.

​We’ve already heard about how well Amazon Prime Day went in the US. As for the UK, sales rose to a record level with shoppers spending £581 million on the first day of the shopping fest, Adobe Analytics has said.