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Ralph Lauren has opened a UK standalone store for its Double RL sub-brand in Carnaby this week. The new heritage label is named after Ralph and Ricky Lauren’s ‘Double RL’ ranch in Colorado.  It used to have a standalone store on Mount Street, but this has now closed. The brand was founded...

Waitrose ha announced that it plans to close seven stores. Three of the stores in Bromley, Oadby and Wollaton are being sold to Aldi, whilst an unnamed party is buying the store in Sandhurst. Stores located in Marlowe, Stevenage and Heathrow’s Waterside are all set for closure. All seven of the stores are...

Lululemon has welcomed Worldpay’s chief financial officer Stephanie Ferris to its board of directors. Ferris will enter the role with immediate effect. Before her time at Worldpay, Ferris was the chief financial officer at Vantiv. She said she was thrilled to have the opportunity to join Lululemon during a phase of global growth....

Zara has promised that all of the clothes that it will sell will be sustainable by 2025.  Pull & Bear and Bershka have also made the same pledge. The company that owns these brands has said that all cotton, linen and polyester they sell will be organic, sustainable or recycled. Zara currently...

Watches of Switzerland Group has seen a 181% increase in its pre-tax profits to £20.1 million in the year to April 28th. Revenue grew by 22.5% to £773.5 million, with like-for-like sales growing by 10% in the UK. Watches of Switzerland chief executive Brian Duffy said the year had been fantastic for the...

Menkind has appointed its first managing director.  This will be the first time in the 18 years that it has been operating that it will have somebody in the position. Simon Calvert will join the business on August 6th.  He will be tasked with developing customer-centric strategies and leading the buying,...

Dior has opened a new Paris flagship store on the Champs-Élysées.  The new store is only going to be open for the two-year duration of Diors avenue Montaigne flagship renovation. The store is set across an 890 square metre unit. The ground floor features Dior’s womenswear collections, and also leather goods and...

AllSaints has launched a new concept store at the Arndale Shopping Centre in Manchester. The brand announced the store via its Instagram on Monday, saying that the space offers ‘a sense of calm and light’. AllSaints have recently closed a store in Manchester on Market Street, but have kept a presence via...

Hotel Chocolat has said that its full year pre-tax profit is expected to be in line with market expectations, after it reported an uplift in revenue. The company said in a trading update that revenue increased by 14% to £132 million in the 52 weeks to June 30th. In the year, Hotel...

Fashercise has chosen London’s Seven Dials for the launch of its first permanent UK store. This comes after the brand operated a number of pop-up shops. The store is set to open this summer and sell brands such as Khloe Kardashian’s Good American.  It will also act as an experiential space for...