The American sports and footwear retailer has named the LA-based designer behind the Melody Ehsani streetwear brand as the first creative director of its women’s business.

The Birmingham, Alabama-based sportswear and equipment retailer reported a solid fourth quarter on Friday, with improvements in sales driving stronger than expected gains in the company’s bottom line.

Rarely has the fashion season seemed so heterogeneous, even if designers are united by one goal, creating novel show formats. Vital this season, in the almost entirely online Paris Fashion Week.

The curtain fell Monday on another Milan fashion week -- or at least the screen went dark on this season's all-digital affair, in which designers looked ahead to better times.

Eco-Age, the sustainability and creative communications agency founded in 2008 by Livia Firth and her brother Nicola Giuggioli, has appointed Simon Whitehouse as its new CEO.

HBC, the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, said on Friday it would launch the luxury department store’s e-commerce segment as a separate business following a $500 million infusion from a U.S. private equity firm.

Fast fashion retailer Boohoo is facing additional pressure to address issues linked to its supply chain working practices.

Deep into its well-publicised transformation strategy, UK retailer Marks & Spencer has appointed Alastair Brass as retail operations director, effective April.

The UK luxury industry has praised a move by the US to suspend retaliatory tariffs of 25% imposed on a range of high-end products, including cashmere, wool, tailoring, and bedlinen, albeit for just four months.

It’s official. Only the Brave (OTB), the key company in the fashion empire of Renzo Rosso, has acquired Jil Sander, the Hamburg-born label known as the highest expression of minimalism in fashion.

​In a typically blunt statement, Frasers Group has blasted Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget as doing virtually nothing for hard-pressed retailers on business rates. And it seems some of its stores are at risk as a result.

The Redress Design Award, a sustainable fashion competition for young fashion designers, has opened applications for its 2021 cycle with a new design opportunity with Timberland. 

Reebok announced on Thursday the appointment of New Balance veteran Portia Blunt to vice president, apparel. 

The American retail giant has announced that it plans to support national manufacturers with $350 billion in added business over the next decade, with focus areas including textiles and small electrical appliances.

The executive, who led the company’s beauty, grooming and personal care category from 2014 to 2017, has been named as president of Amazon Fashion, a role in which she succeeds Christine Beauchamp.