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Commercial property giant Hammerson has completed the first “substantial” phase of a reworking of its Reading, Berkshire, shopping centre The Oracle, with the highlight a transformation of its former anchor department store into three new brand offers, including an all-new Zara. Having already moved TK Maxx in May into a new space, this will be […]

Urban Outfitters’ first new UK store of 2025 is about to land in the North East at the Metrocentre in Gateshead. Becoming the major US brand’s second location in the region, it’s arriving at Metrocentre’s upper Red Mall this summer, with the flagship spanning 8,000 sq ft and sitting adjacent to Zara, H&M, and New

By Reuters Published June 19, 2025 In a leafy park in Mexico City, beside colonial-era fountains and food stands, Italia Segovia’s designs are turning heads, as usual. Japanese dancers Maaya the Bee, Emiko Kashiwazaki, Chiho Hidaka, and Mexicans Brabau, Yurxjox, and designer Kumiko pose in Chicanjuku looks by Italia Segovia during a photo shoot in

By Reuters Published June 19, 2025 European officials are increasingly resigned to a 10% rate on “reciprocal” tariffs, which are the baseline in any trade deal between the United States and the European Union, five sources familiar with the negotiations said. US-EU trade talks intensify as 10% tariff line holds firm – Reuters President Donald

Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published June 19, 2025 As Paris menswear week begins, several key multi-brand showrooms return to the French capital to showcase Spring/Summer 2026 collections—and in select cases, archive pieces—from both French and international labels. Man – Pavillon Vendôme, 1st arrondissement   Man Running from June 27 to 29 at Pavillon Vendôme,

Add “docudrama star” to the list of Brunello Cucinelli’s professions, alongside designer, brand builder, philanthropist and savant. Brunello Cucinelli – Photo: Benjamin McMahon Cucinelli will make his film debut in December in Rome when he unspools a film on his life and career by Giuseppe Tornatore, an Oscar winner with “Cinema Paradiso” for best foreign

Couture, by legal definition a French term, very occasionally finds its highest expression outside of France, like this week in Naples, when Max Mara presented its Atelier Collection for FW 2025. A Max Mara Atelier coat blends structure and sensuality with a pleated twist on the tuxedo silhouette for Fall/Winter 2025. – Launchmetrics A brilliant

​We hear a lot about the impact of Mother’s day but less about Father’s Day, perhaps understandable given that the latter is a smaller spend event. But two releases this week show that it remains key for early summer gifting. Photo: Pexels And UK and global e-commerce order volumes increased in the lead-up to Father’s

By Reuters Published June 19, 2025 China’s biggest mid-year shopping festival, 618, ended on Wednesday evening without much fanfare after more than a month of promotional events designed to encourage consumers to spend more of their hard-earned money. China Daily Originally a one-day celebration marking the founding of e-commerce giant JD.com on June 18, the

Selfridges wants to convert 630 sq m of its London flagship store from office space to an invitation-only club with high-end dining facilities. Selfridges Estates Gazette said the company has submitted a planning application for a club to be called 40 Duke with expectations that it will open next spring. The plans for the fourth-floor