A French edition of Italian-born menswear magazine ICON will be released on Friday. Meant for younger men, the magazine boasts an impressive editorial team and seeks to prove that print media isn't a thing of the past.

​Revolution Beauty upgraded its guidance on Wednesday with the beauty group that has faced some major challenges in the past couple of years saying it has continued to deliver a strong operational performance.

​H&M Group released its first set of results under the leadership of CEO Daniel Ervér on Wednesday and he seems to have got off to a good start because while Q1 saw net sales down, profit rose. 

One in four shoppers avoids buying from international retailers due to returns concerns, according to new research, and few UK consumers would be prepared to pay a membership fee for free returns.

French malls giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has announced the second edition of the Westfield Good Festival taking place at its two London shopping centres in May.

​ASOS’s results are closely watched at present and like most underperforming stock exchange-listed businesses, it’s because we’re waiting to see just how bad its latest sales actually were.

​Stockmann Group has been talking about it for some time and now it’s finally happened. The company originally named after its famous Scandinavian department stores business has become Lindex Group.

​Beauty specialist Brand Architekts Group has released its results for the six months to 31 December and said revenue fell from £10.6 million to £8.6 million with gross profit down to £3.4 million from £4.1 million. 

On March 26 and 27, to celebrate the launch of its new YSL Loveshine lipstick collection, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty will be opening a pop-up in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. 

German perfume and cosmetics retailer Douglas shares fell 4.7% at its IPO debut on Thursday at the Frankfurt stock exchange, with an opening price of 25.

Harrods kicked off its 175th anniversary celebrations with its Burberry link-up last month and is continuing to mark the birthday in March (and for the rest of the year) with special activations and products.

Harvey Nichols is the latest retailer to announce job cuts in a further sign that the bleak UK retail sector is hurting luxury as much as other price points.

London-based Bluegem, the private-equity firm, has struck a deal with PAI Partners for the latter to acquire a majority stake in Beautynova, the professional haircare platform.

​The UK luxury sector is now worth £81 billion a year to the UK economy and supports 450,000 jobs, according to a new report by British luxury body Walpole. 

​John Lewis is one of the most closely watched retail giants in the UK at the moment, mainly because of its many problems in recent years. But at least its annual results managed to show it returning to profit.

​Zalando had big news Wednesday, saying it has evolved its strategy to cover a “larger share of [the] fashion and lifestyle e-commerce market” with a “pan-European ecosystem for customers and partners”.