This week’s launch of Eataly in the hip Paris neighbourhood of the Marais by the Galeries Lafayette group marks an important new chapter for the high-end French retail group – its entrance into the experiential era.
Bernard Arnault’s eldest son, in charge of image and communication for the LVMH group, has bought a minority stake in Parisian restaurant Lapérouse, owned by Benjamin Patou’s Moma Group since last year.
Fortnum & Mason will open its first international store this year with a debut in Hong Kong to tap into the growing Chinese appetite for luxury as well as Hong Kong’s destination status for tourists.
On Friday, the Ralph Lauren store in boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris, is opening a café for the duration of the Fashion Week only, a concept the US label already tested in Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York.
Thursday was a busy day for Giorgio Armani who staged his latest Emporio show in the morning; opened his radically revamped Armani Caffè; and feted fashion week at an after party in his own personal nightclub in Milan.
Jack Wills has teamed up with coffee shop operator Bear to open a café and bar in its Kingly Street flagship store in London and give customers more reasons to visit and spend time in store.
H&M has brought its in-store café concept, Pleats, for the first time to the UK, opening within its store at Westfield White City this week.
The London-based luxury department store has revealed its sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth, fuelled by demand from both overseas and domestic customers.
The Italian multibrand retail concept has boosted its presence in Japan, its main overseas market, by opening a second, 90-square-metre Tokyo store in the Marunouchi district.
The conversion of The City of London to a major retail destination has been given further weight with Fortnum & Mason having just opened a new branch there.
Britain's high streets are losing shops at a record rate in the most testing retail and leisure climate in five years, research by PwC showed on Friday.
Eva Cardenas is stepping down as director of Inditex’s Zara Home, a role she has held since the homeware brand’s creation in 2003, for personal reasons.
U.S. retail sales barely rose in September as a rebound in motor vehicle purchases was offset by the biggest drop in spending at restaurants and bars in nearly two years.
After celebrating 10 years in fashion last month with her London Fashion Week show, the former Spice Girls singer, Victoria Beckham, is marking the milestone with a tasty collab.
Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki’s business Maison Kitsuné has bolstered its team over the past few weeks with the appointment of a brand manager, new sales manager, and a manager for its Kitsuné cafes.
