James Morelos, founder of the Mojave Flea Trading Post in Palm Springs, San Francisco and Yucca Valley, is launching a pop-up store at Platform in Los Angeles that will run until the end of the year.

So, there is life for Tom Ford after Tom Ford, and seemingly a very healthy one. Judging by the slick, sleek and sophisticated debut by his long-time design director and successor, Peter Hawkings.

Simone Rocha is to design the next Jean-Paul Gaultier couture collection, which will be staged in Paris in January, succeeding Chitose Abe, Glenn Martens, Olivier Rousteing and most recently Haider Ackermann.

Waste management firm MyGroup is building a sustainable textiles factory at its Hull, North England, site supported by £500k funding.

Lifestyle retailer Parasol is opening a new bigger store within the Cheshire/Greater Manchester area in October. After outgrowing its previous store last year, it said it's found the “perfect location” on George Street. 

The French sport retailer is keen to boost its co-design capability by collaborating with both Olympic athletes and amateur practitioners, a collective approach expected also to accelerate the products’ time-to-market.

It’s billed as a “unique collaborative design project to explore and unlock the power of renewable circularity”. And a combination of Finnish biochemicals firm UPM and Central Saint Martins is aiming to achieve that.

U.S. footwear group Caleres announced on Monday the promotion of Natelle Baddeley to the role of chief design and product officer, effective immediately. 

​Administrators of British homeware and household goods retailer Wilko plan to lay off more staff as more shops are closed, in addition to the 1,300 it has already made redundant, PwC said on Wednesday.

Under Armour announced on Tuesday the appointment of John Varvatos to the role of chief design officer, effective September 11.

After a 40-year career with the Milanese group, 30 years of which he was design director and closest collaborator of Miuccia Prada for Prada and Miu Miu, Fabio Zambernardi will step down from his role in October.

Lone Design Club (LDC) “the platform that celebrates independent designers” has linked up with UK department store Fenwick. 

Major Asian distributor Bluebell Group has announced the appointment of Sharmila Murat and Emmanuel de Place, as group chief commercial officer, and president and CEO of Bluebell Korea, respectively. 

Wilko could yet survive with more than one bidder interested in retaining the name, plus many of its stores and staff, rather than letting it be broken up.

The John Lewis Partnership has begun a major recruitment drive to find more than 10,000 temporary staff across the UK. This will include 8,400 additional seasonal roles for this Christmas.

The continued regeneration of London’s Oxford Street needs supporting in order to maintain its ‘iconic status’, a major retail executive has said.