The American sports and footwear retailer has named the LA-based designer behind the Melody Ehsani streetwear brand as the first creative director of its women’s business.

The Birmingham, Alabama-based sportswear and equipment retailer reported a solid fourth quarter on Friday, with improvements in sales driving stronger than expected gains in the company’s bottom line.

It’s official. Only the Brave (OTB), the key company in the fashion empire of Renzo Rosso, has acquired Jil Sander, the Hamburg-born label known as the highest expression of minimalism in fashion.

The Redress Design Award, a sustainable fashion competition for young fashion designers, has opened applications for its 2021 cycle with a new design opportunity with Timberland. 

Reebok announced on Thursday the appointment of New Balance veteran Portia Blunt to vice president, apparel. 

Finally, Paris Fashion Week had an actual live catwalk show. A drive-in runway event witnessed Thursday night by a few score of editors and influencers from inside Citroen DS7s and staged inside the AccorArena.

​Every generation has an era whose vintage looks it likes to adopt and adapt and with Gen Z, it seems that the year 2000 is a key reference point.

UK fashion and homewares retailer Celtic & Co looks to be yet another company whose decision to pivot towards digital sales paid dividends during the pandemic.

​As Europe gets ready to reopen, expect a raft of innovative store debuts. The latest is Benetton, which has unveiled its new store concept in Florence, the focus being on sustainability.

​Dune London said it's continuing to back high heels as a key item once the UK lockdown starts to ease, even though the trend has been towards flats not just in the past year but before that. 

Adidas has launched its streetwear-inspired product app Confirmed in six European countries, including the UK.

​UK-based fashion e-tail platform Vogacloset is selling a 51% stake to Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co, the leading franchise retailer in Saudi Arabia, and Arabian Centres Company.

JD Sports Fashion may have lost out in the bidding race for some of Arcadia’s prime fashion brands but it has had more luck in the real estate stakes.

​H&M has unveiled its new campaign to support the Simone Rocha collaboration collection that debuts next week. It was shot by Tyler Mitchell “in his signature optimistic style”.

​As more and more reports suggests that live-stream commerce will be key in this decade, Bestseller has embraced the trend and has just held live-stream events for two of its brands.

The American owner of stores including Foot Locker and Runners Point has announced revenue of $7.55 billion for 2020, down 5.7% from the previous year, while the company's net earnings fell 34% to $323 million.