President Donald Trump has nominated South Florida-based designer Lana Marks as the new U.S. ambassador to South Africa. The White House made the official announcement on Wednesday.  

Louis Vuitton is heading to the Big Apple. The house's creative director Nicolas Ghesquière has decided to stage its next cruise show in New York on May 8, 2019, continuing his peripatetic voyage of the globe.

German clothing brand Bogner has expanded into China, opening its first franchise space on 10 November. The shop is located in the Thaiwoo ski resort near Chongli, northwest of Beijing.

Ocean Terminal shopping centre in Edinburgh is set to relaunch with a new mix of aspirational and premium brands in the third quarter of 2019, owner Resolution Property announced on Friday.

​London newspaper the Evening Standard has launched a new digital platform targeting high net worth individuals in the UK and North America and offering “quality lifestyle content" plus shoppable links.

The clothing company reported losses of €2.8 million in the the first half of the year, representing a 43.5% improvement compared with losses of €4.9 a year earlier. Like-for-like sales were up 5%.

​UK consumers continue to be focused on Black Friday shopping and large numbers of them are planning to take time off work to shop, with fashion and beauty on their wish lists.

According to Moncler’s CEO, talking at the Fashion & Luxury Summit in Milan, physical retail will always have a key role, but it must learn to interact with new channels and market segments.

We Are Pop Up, the UK company that links shopping centres with small brands seeking space for short-term rentals, is debuting in Russia with a launch in malls operated buy its new local partner JLL.

Troubled Greek jewellery maker Folli Follie has asked for protection from creditors in order to finalise a restructuring plan, it said in a statement on Thursday.

Digital plus-sized retailer 11 Honoré has launched its first collaborative influencer collection with Premme co-founder, columnist, designer and creative consultant Nicolette Mason. 

Shares in Nordstrom Inc slumped 9 percent after the U.S. department store operator reported disappointing same-store sales and said it had been forced to refund some of its credit card customers after overcharging them.

After a two-year-long makeover, Chanel has re-opened its 57th Street flagship in Manhattan, revealing a 14,000-square-foot, five-floor store that now stands as the largest Chanel boutique in the U.S. 

Andrea Panconesi, owner of  LuisaViaRoma, the famed boutique in Florence, opens his first ever pop up in Manhattan on Friday. So, we met Andrea for his take on etailing, family businesses and not selling out to any fund.

The owner of designer outlets in the UK and Italy has announced a €1bn investment in new centres and expansions to make shopping more experiential and lure more millennials and Gen Zs into shopping centres.