​As the shake-out in the UK luxury sector — both in-store and online — continues, there's finally some good news as a concept store that closed in March 2020 due to Covid is finally reopening.

​Matalan launched a multi-million pound brand platform on Friday that it said “represents a return to [our] family roots”, showing families across the UK that “we get you, and we’ve got you”.

M&S has unveiled its latest 360° campaign as it continues to evolve its Anything but Ordinary brand platform. Starring Sara Sampaio, it includes TV ads running to the uplifting sound of Girls Just Want to Have Fun.

​As London’s Oxford Street continues to bounce back from almost the worst disaster in its history — Covid 19 — another big name has announced that it will open a flagship store there.

Next’s results for the year to 27 January on Thursday showed — as if we didn’t know — that the business is one of the most successful and well-run in UK fashion. But it has it eye on the US too via partnership deals.

​H&M said that it’s “paying tribute to London’s fashion history” as it opens a new concept store on Thursday on the famous King’s Road in Chelsea.

Guess Inc. announced on Wednesday said revenues grew 9% to $891.1 million for the fourth quarter, with the U.S. fashion firm clocking a single-digit uptick in sales for the full-year. 

​H&M Group’s Nordic fashion and lifestyle brand Arket is continuing its slow and steady expansion in Europe with plans for the opening of a flagship store in Dublin later this year.

Kontoor Brands announced on Tuesday the appointment of Tom Waldron to the role of chief operating officer, effective March 19.

​The UK luxury sector is now worth £81 billion a year to the UK economy and supports 450,000 jobs, according to a new report by British luxury body Walpole. 

​After winning its court case against the government’s refusal to allow it to redevelop its Marble Arch flagship in London, retail giant M&S now has three weeks to formally resubmit its plans for the building.

Levi’s has announced the reopening of its flagship store in Kyoto, Japan, introducing its NextGen store format to Japanese customers. 

California-based denim and fashion brand Frame has named Thomas Lecoq as its new CEO for the EMEA region.

​JD Williams has launched a new campaign starring Gok Wan, Judi Love and Helen Skelton in a bespoke cross-platform creative “celebrating women”.

​Benetton is targeting the UK with an online sales push and has partnered with tech and logistics solutions provider Refined Networks to help it.

​John Lewis is one of the most closely watched retail giants in the UK at the moment, mainly because of its many problems in recent years. But at least its annual results managed to show it returning to profit.