Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo chain is continuing its global rollout and on Friday it opened its first ever store in the burgeoning Vietnamese market.

The retail company has partnered with TV personality Lucy Mecklenburgh, known for her appearances in ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex, to show how to get this season’s hottest hair and beauty styles.

H&M Group is diving deep into fashion rental and is now testing subscription rental in China though its innovation department The Laboratory, as well as its COS label and Chinese subscription rental company YCloset.

The collection, which is set to launch on December 12, spans t-shirts, patches, a cap and a set of pins, it has been revealed.

Problems in Hong Kong and at its Claudie Pierlot label led SMCP to reduce its guidance on Friday, although the company said that all other regions and brands are continuing to perform.

Brands are racing to establish their sustainability credentials and on Friday, Mulberry announced that it has launched its first 100% sustainable leather bag, with all proceeds going to a conservation charity.

Primark owner Associated British Foods issued one of the briefest trading updates we’ve seen on Friday — ahead of its annual general meeting — and it didn’t really tell us much about how trading is going at present.

The American cosmetics retailer announced increased sales and diluted earnings per share for the third quarter on Thursday, beating analysts’ expectations and sending shares in the company up 8% in the extended session.

The contract between the Interparfums-owned brand and the Italian designer, who has led its women's ready-to-wear collections since 2013, will not be extended, FashionNetwork.com has learned. 

On the occasion of Miami Art Basel, the venerable crystal manufacturer Baccarat has called on the services of much-sought after designer Virgil Abloh for a limited edition home collection.

Following its Viktor & Rolf collaboration, lingerie brand Aubade will continue to infuse its collections with external inspiration and launch a line designed by specialist in Chinese ink illustrations Hong Wai in 2020. 

Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co, which is being bought by France's LVMH, missed market expectations for quarterly profit and sales on Thursday, hit by lower spending by foreign tourists in the United States and Hong Kong.

The chief executive and top shareholder of Moncler played down speculation around a takeover by Gucci-owner Kering on Thursday, saying the two firms sometimes talked but that there was no deal in the works.

Next is seeking planning permission to build a £125 million warehouse in Yorkshire that would create over 1,000 jobs.

Kim Kardashian West is upping the glam stakes this Christmas. The reality TV star and entrepreneur has unveiled a new ‘Glitz & Glam' makeup collection, launching on December 6 via her KKW Beauty brand.