Digital department store Freemans has secured a new chief merchandising officer.  Susie Calvert is about to fill the important post vacated by Linda Quinn who retired in autumn 2023.

IKEA is investing in price cuts on some products across a range of countries, including Belgium, Canada and India, as the furniture retailer aims to unwind increases it introduced in 2022.

​Freemans is on the trail of a media refresh. The high-profile digital department store has begun a full review and media agency re-pitch for the first time in five years. iProspect currently holds the account.

​M&S has seen lot of transformational change in recent periods and with its turnaround strategy having met with great success, it’s not slowing down on that front.

It’s been a “landmark year” for Merry Hill, the Dudley, West Midlands mall’s owner Sovereign Centros has announced.

Liverpool One’s annual 22 million visitors have yet another new retailer to shop. The high-performance mall in the centre of Liverpool has now attracted White Stuff to sign up for a new flagship store.

H&M is continuing a rollout of its new-look flagship stores across the UK, with Nottingham’s Victoria Centre mall its next destination this spring.

Homme Plissé from Issey Miyake collaborated with the great French design master Ronan Bouroullec this season and the result was an unexpected and jubilant collection.

In a major endorsement of its big UK growth plans, M&S said Thursday (18 January) it will invest £30 million in bricks & mortar stores across Scotland.

New York-based Rag & Bone announced on Tuesday the appointment of Robert Geller as head of menswear design. 

As M&S “reshapes for sustainable growth and value creation”, the retail giant has chosen software platform provider o9 Solutions to provide AI-powered support to transform end-to-end planning for its Clothing & Home ops.

Budget furniture retailer IKEA is sticking to planned price cuts despite Red Sea shipping disruptions pushing up costs, it said on Monday ahead of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.

The designer teamed up with the global auction house on its 'Visions of America' sale.

​Battersea Power Station appears to be justifying the tens of billions that have been spent on it, not to mention the multi-decade development project, and for Christmas 2023, the mall saw a 30% jump in visitors.

​Nike was the UK’s most prominent e-commerce brand in 2023 with ASOS also featuring in a list of the top five most searched online brands, according to the latest annual report on the e-commerce sector by Salience.

​Fashion and homewares digital retailer N Brown Group has a new highly qualified Director of Supply Chain with a strong pedigree. Clare Empson joins from Ted Baker next week and replaces a retiring Phil Brown.