On the first day of Milan Design Week, FashionNetwork.com met Massimiliano Ferrari, CEO of Corporate Brand Maison, who talked about the new initiatives and ambitious projects of Elie Saab’s home interiors line.

The Italian label is multiplying its projects in the region, where it already has around forty points of sale, notably by strengthening its presence in Saudi Arabia, with new boutiques and a café in Riyadh.

The New York-based fashion group is debuting food and beverage concepts in Dubai and Jakarta.

Dolce & Gabbana unveiled on Wednesday its first real estate project and condo hotel in the U.S., in collaboration with developer JDS Development Group.

The Milanese label has opened its first Palazzo Versace in Asia in Macao, on the south-east coast of China. A luxury hotel with 271 rooms across 12 floors located within the casino resort managed by SJM in Cotai.

The Bordeaux trade court has approved the recovery plan for the three luxury hotels owned by businessman Michel Ohayon, despite opposition from their main creditor.

Fashion designer Claude Montana, who died in Paris on Friday aged 76, had established himself as a fashion icon of the 1980s before being eclipsing from the catwalks by reversal of fortune.

Hammerson has signed three more brands at Bristol’s Cabot Circus, supporting the property giant’s investment to reposition the city centre destination.

The Bullring & Grand Central mall in Birmingham has continued to attract big-name retailers and increase footfall with strong visitor numbers in January, operator Hammerson has said.

In 2027, one year before the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Beverly Hills will see the opening of the first Aman hotel in Los Angeles. An eagerly-awaited opening, where the luxury and fashion spheres are expected to flock.

Designs by the late Vivienne Westwood are to take centre stage in an ‘Icons of British Fashion’ exhibition at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, being staged across 23 March-30 June.

The upcoming London Fashion Week has a new principal partner. Premium lifestyle beer brand 1664 Blanc has formed a year-long partnership with a series of initiatives starting in February, marking LFW’s 40th anniversary.

Asprey, the fine jeweller-turned-luxury lifestyle/accessories brand, is set to open a second London boutique, this time within the newly-built The Peninsula London hotel on Hyde Park Corner in February.

​M&S has seen lot of transformational change in recent periods and with its turnaround strategy having met with great success, it’s not slowing down on that front.

​Battersea Power Station appears to be justifying the tens of billions that have been spent on it, not to mention the multi-decade development project, and for Christmas 2023, the mall saw a 30% jump in visitors.

Central Retail Corp., one of Thailand’s biggest retailers, said that it has not received any communication about investing in the iconic Selfridges department store, which is majority owned by its parent company.