Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees that WhatsApp and Messenger would drive the company's next wave of sales growth, as he sought to assuage concerns about Meta after its first mass layoffs.

​M&S’s half-year results on Wednesday showed that the recovering retail giant continues to make progress as it reported higher sales for the half to 1 October. 

Meta Platforms Inc's Instagram said on Monday it was looking into an issue preventing thousands of its users from accessing the photo-sharing application.

Brushing off higher prices, affluent spenders are continuing to splash out on luxuries including $10,000 handbags and high-end perfumes, trading updates from Hermes, Kering, and L'Oreal showed on Thursday.  

​Sweden’s H&M Group continues to open new stores around the world but for its latest two, it’s looking much closer to home. & Other Stories and Arket are both set to open new locations in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm.

​French luxury group Hermès said on Thursday that it enjoyed a strong Q3 with sales up 32.5%. Sales reached €3.136 billion in the three months to the end of September, with strong growth in all its business lines.

​M&S had more news this week with it planning to close a quarter of its biggest stores that sell clothing and homewares earlier than previously forecast. Its expansion plans will see a focus on 100+ new food shops. 

The luxury house is launching a line of bags with Italian manufacturer La Compagnia delle Pelli, which will manage production and global distribution. Licensing agreements have also been signed for a homeware line.

Chinese short-video content platform TikTok is reportedly looking to rollout several fulfilment centers across the U.S., according to dozens of job postings on LinkedIn for roles in fulfilment.

Italian online marketplace Artemest announced on Tuesday the opening of its first-ever flagship gallery in New York City. 

The European Commission said on Friday e-commerce business Shopify has committed to put in place improvements aimed at making online shopping safer for customers, according to a statement.

The French company, which advises brands on developing and commercialising NFTs and on setting up their own ‘miniverse’, has announced it raised €3 million to fund its growth.

Prisma Media, France’s leading magazine publishing group, will launch the French edition of U.S women's fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar next March, as the group announced in a press release on Tuesday.

The brand created by British designer Lucy Aylen, and popularized thanks to Instagram, opened its first pop-up store at Platform shopping location in Los Angeles.

Shopify Inc said on Friday it has introduced a new compensation system that allows staff more flexibility in restructuring their awards between cash and equity, as it seeks to attract and retain workers.

​It's finally happening. Nearly 40 years after Battersea Power Station closed as a working power generator, the listed historic site will reopen on 14 October as a major South London shopping and leisure destination.