Inditex’s Zara continues its UK upsizing programme with the Bullring & Grand Central shopping destination now hosting a significant new flagship for the Spanish fashion brand.

​The John Lewis Partnership has announced its new Chairman following Sharon White’s decision to step down at the end of her term. Her replacement? Former Tesco exec Jason Tarry.

​The number of retailers going insolvent in Britain has leapt 19% in the past year with a spate of big-name failures including The Body Shop, Ted Baker, Farfetch, Matches and Wilko.

​On the same day that the latest BDO report showed UK retail sales falling last month, a new footfall report also showed visitor traffic to stores in decline.

​There’s been little good news coming out of UK retail in recent periods and so it was on Friday with high street sales data from BDO for March.

Fledgling retail area Borough Yards has signed four new independent retailers to join its “culinary and cultural neighbourhood” in Southwark, near London Bridge and the popular Borough Market. 

Having lost one of its landmark sites in February, high-end New Bond Street in London is also about to lose valuable retail space too. 

The Pinault family has elevated a third-generation descendant to one of its prominent businesses, naming one of the founder’s grandchildren to the board of Christie’s auction house. 

​Richemont’s renewed attempts to divest Yoox Net-A-Porter have attracted the attention of luxury rival Mytheresa, a report has claimed. It's believed to be among potential bidders to buy loss-making e-tail giant YNAP.

The communication giant has just acquired Sunshine, a consultancy and production agency for brands and entertainment, based in London and Los Angeles. This brings the total number of companies it aggregates to 12.

Just how problematic were the White Company’s recent logistical delivery woes? Enough for its CEO to make a grand apology to its customers on social media.

Normally, a long-standing COO who's promoted to the board is news in its own right. But when its Frasers Group and the new director is the boyfriend of Mike Ashley’s youngest daughter, the news becomes a media event.

Japanese clothing and home goods retailer Muji has become the latest victim of the tough retail environment, calling in administrators for its European operations.

​The British Retail Consortium announced some “good news for households” on Tuesday as price inflation went in the opposite direction to its trajectory of the last couple of years.

Bedford Media announced on Thursday that it will relaunch the iconic Life Magazine, both in print and digital formats, as part of a strategic partnership with Dotdash Meredith. 

​Easter sales aren’t expected to provide much of a boost to the fashion retail sector with two predictions that UK consumers are likely to spend more time dining than shopping for clothes this long weekend.