British retailer Arcadia Group will name the former head of De Vere hotel and leisure group Andrew Coppel as the chairman, Sky News reported on Wednesday. He will replace Jamie Drummond Smith on Thursday.

Amazon.com Inc uses "aggregated data" from sellers in its third-party marketplace to improve its overall business, the online retailer said in response to a congressional antitrust probe.

Department store operator Kohl’s Corp cut its annual profit expectations on Tuesday ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season, and missed same-store sales estimates for the third quarter.

La Samaritaine, the greatest construction project of the world’s largest luxury construction company – encompassing a chic department store, hotel, office space and even public housing –  is finally, almost, ready.

The next three years will see London's West End enjoying an almost £3 billion investment spend that will transform Oxford Street into an experiential location and boost visitors by 40%.

Tommy Hilfiger announced it will incorporate 3D design technology into all its global apparel design teams, marking the latest step in the brand’s goal to digitize its value chain from end-to-end. 

The owner of the Ikea furniture brand expects sales to grow this fiscal year as online trade expands, but profits will be tempered by increased investment as the brand battles web specialists like Amazon and Made.

From Maison Kitsuné to L’Exception, Archive 18-20 and Yves Saint Laurent, many Parisian fashion labels and stores have introduced a café area, the latest being A.P.C., opening its café from November 20 to January 31.

International gift shoppers are set to buy from the UK as they do their Christmas shopping this year while British consumers will be heading to M&S, Boots, Nike and Adidas.

The Spanish footwear brand is relying on 3D-printing technology to accelerate its collection design phase: by using 3D printers, it can create the prototypes of new models in just 24 hours.

A new study from NRF has revealed that U.S. consumers intend to spend an average of $1,048 this holiday season, up 4% from last year, with most shoppers planning to split their spend over a range of different channels.

Discount retailer TK Maxx has seen sales and gross profit rising in the latest year as its UK expansion continued and it bucked the downward trend of the retail sector.

Fashion labels seem to have a fresh appetite for investing in hotels, as Zadig & Voltaire, Maison Kitsuné and Bensimon, among others, are seeking new ways of expressing their brand identity.

As retailers continue to dive deep into the so-called golden quarter, their customers around the world are looking to them for inspiration with as many as 47% of shoppers globally needing some help deciding what to buy.

The Ikea-Virgil Abloh collaboration launches next month and seems set for sell-out status with tickets for the first days already sold out in the UK and interest high internationally.