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​January is a major month for launching activewear collections and edits. And H&M's new Good Move edit reflects this while also incorporating the retail giant’s beauty and interiors offer too.

Just a day or so into the year and Hugo Boss has announced a key appointment. It has named Briton James Foster as its new senior Vice president global marketing.

Lululemon has named PGA golfer Max Homa as its newest ambassador.

Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing Co. and Seven & i Holdings are among the first to kick off this earnings season in Asia. 

Italian manufacturing activity contracted for a ninth month running in December albeit at a slower pace than the month before, a survey showed on Thursday, amid persisting declines in output and new orders.

​US-based licensing giant Marquee Brands has acquired heritage lifestyle and fashion brand Laura Ashley from Gordon Brothers for an undisclosed sum. 

​Ashworth and Parker —better known as UK luxury retailer END. — continued to face tough market conditions in the year to the end of March, its latest accounts filing has shown.

Barbour's accounts for the year to the end of April show falling revenues after it had enjoyed a strong increase in the prior year. But profits rose, a turnaround from the last year when revenue jumped but profits fell.

​Hush Homewear’s results for the year to the end of March showed the women’s lifestyle company going through another tough year with it saying its performance was “below expectations”.

​A brand for older women no more. The icing on M&S’s turnaround cake is that younger women are again perceiving the high street retailer as the place to shop for fashion.

​M&S has released the latest collection for its successful Goodmove activewear label with a new campaign starring ambassador Alex Scott.

​Barclays has released UK data looking back at 2024 and perhaps the key point is that while clothing stores’ transaction volumes grew 3%, spend growth was nowhere to be seen with spend down 0.2%.

Mexico's tax authority SAT issued new tariffs on Tuesday, which it said will strengthen the surveillance of goods from Asia, a measure that could impact popular online retailers like Shein and Temu.

China's manufacturing activity grew for a third straight month in December but barely, an official factory survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting the effects of policy stimulus may take more time to lend support as fresh trade risks loom.

​Wourth Group — the company that used to be known as Woolovers — has filed its results for the year to the end of March with the figures showing that revenue increased substantially as it made acquisitions.

​It may not be headline news, but Zalando has commissioned new research to highlight the impact it makes on Europe’s economy and the numbers it has come up with are impressive.