It’s always interesting to see how the owners of UK shopping centres are faring, especially in an environment in which footfall to such centres is dropping and many stores are exiting leases on the back of CVAs.

New Look's H1 results showed sales falling but smaller losses with improved Q2 performance. The company’s leadership team thinks it's on the right track and its CEO said "all is to play for as we enter peak trading".

A new collection from H&M has unleashed protests from women’s rights campaigners because it includes the slogan “I love GBV”, the initials of the designer but also a widely used acronym for gender-based violence. 

The second Supreme x Rimowa luggage collaboration offers a collection of custom versions of Rimowa’s aluminum Check-In L suitcase and carry-on size Cabin Plus suitcase, made exclusively for Supreme. 

Accumulated waste from China’s e-commerce and express delivery sectors stands to more than quadruple by 2025 unless action is taken to rein it in, green groups said on Monday, as Singles’ Day broke new sales records.  

Chinese retailer Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s sales for its 24-hour Singles’ Day shopping blitz hit a record $38.4 billion, more than U.S. rival Amazon.com Inc’s haul last quarter from online store sales.

The Brazilian owner of the Havaianas brand announced 2.9 billion reais ($696.1 million) in sales in the first nine months of 2019, up 11.7% year over year, but saw its earnings plummet. 

Adidas plans to close high-tech factories in Germany and the U.S. it launched to bring production closer to customers, saying on Monday deploying some of the technology in Asia would be "more economic and flexible".

The digital-first lingerie start-up has opened its largest store to date in Tennessee’s Hamilton Place Mall, Chattanooga. The new location features an expanded fit and consultation area, as well as a 3D body scanner.

Graduate Fashion Week has partnered with Ralph Lauren on a series of initiatives for UK and international fashion students.

Amazon Fashion has launched five of its own private-label brands in Europe, but another 103 have already been introduced in the US by the web giant, although it denies claims it is competing with client brands.

This month, the menswear specialist will open a new store in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, signalling the start of a wider rollout across the UK. Up to six new locations could open over the next six months.

Sports Direct has taken 50,000 sq ft of trading space at Cascades shopping centre in Portsmouth for its namesake, Flannels and USC brands.

With Debenhams having received a cash injection from its backers to help it through the festive season, the company is betting heavily on its ability to use the season to help drive its turnaround forwards.

There was further confirmation of the bleak state of UK retail on Monday as specialist footfall tracker Springboard released visitor traffic figures for October. And what did they show? Unsurprisingly, another decline.