Premium e-commerce marketplace Secret Sales has hired six “star” senior execs with impressive track records at some of fashion’s biggest names. They’re filling new positions as it expands at home and abroad.

Mytheresa has reported another strong quarter and year and even outperformed its own expectations. Q4 saw “exceptional net sales growth” and the full year was ahead of both 2020 and 2019.

Formerly the general manager of L’Oréal’s travel retail division for Asia-Pacific, Emmanuel Goulin has replaced Luca Guillot Boschetti as head of the group’s luxury division in Italy.

John Hickling, Cyndia Harvey and Andrew Kenny. These are the three winners of the British Fashion Council (BFC) ‘Changemakers Prize in Partnership with Swarovski’, chosen out of over 500 entrants.

Luxury beauty buyers' club Beauty Pie announced on Wednesday that it has closed a Series B financing round of $100 million, bringing its total funding to date to approximately $170 million.

The French fragrance specialist saw its sales rise 11.7% in the first half of the fiscal year, growth driven by North America, where revenues increased 54% to 101.3 million euros in the period. 

​It looks like the battle to take over Morrisons will go to auction with the supermarket giant saying Wednesday it’s in talks with both the US private equity suitors that have tabled bids, along with the Takeover Panel.

Four-time Grand Slam tennis champion and activist Naomi Osaka launched on Tuesday a new skincare line formulated specifically for people with melanated skin. 

​H&M is continuing its store and new-country opening programme that was interrupted by the pandemic and said this week that it has just opened its first store in Central American state Panama.

Fresh from news of its link up with Secret Sales, on Tuesday Ted Baker issued a Q2 trading update and said that sales have been in line with expectations and it's seen a “significant improvement” in the full-price mix.

​Fashion sales in August were at their strongest since pre-pandemic levels and department store spending also saw a strong uplift last month, new figures from Barclaycard show.

New York-based digital fragrance company Scentbird has announced its expansion into the Canadian market.

The singer and actress’s family has reportedly offered to buy her eponymous fashion brand from bankrupt parent company Sequential Brands Group Inc. for $65 million.

The Friends star has revealed that she is joining the growing ranks of celebrities with a beauty business, announcing the upcoming launch of her brand, LolaVie.

Estée Lauder announced on Thursday a three-year partnership with Amanda Gorman, activist, award-winning writer, and the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history. 

In January, the US subsidiary of cosmetics group L’Occitane filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a prelude to restructuring L'Occitane en Provence’s business, a reorganisation that has recently been completed.