​JD Sports has been ordered not to proceed any further with its £90m Footasylum takeover until the UK’s competition watchdog has completed its investigation.

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

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.

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 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. 

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

The founders of Boohoo have pocketed £142.5 million after selling a chunk of their shares to take advantage of the company's market gains over the last year. After the placing, they continue to own 15.8% of the business.

Independent fashion retailer M&Co has seen a 27% increase in average order value (AOV) and a significant reduction in returns since implementing smart fit and size recommendations on its e-commerce site.

Shares in Quiz dived by more than 10% on Wednesday as investors digested the partywear brand’s weak half-year report, but founder and CEO Tarak Ramzan vowed not to delist the chain.

Online retailer MySale has plunged to a A$58.2 million annual pre-tax loss after pivoting to an Asia-Pacific-focused model.

Joules saw higher H1 sales despite facing the same issues as its peers in tough September. But its sales have picked up in the past two months, even without heavy markdowns, and e-tail and international are strong.

The owner of Donna Karan and DKNY announced a 5.2% increase in sales for the third quarter on Wednesday, a lower than expected increase, which combined with the company’s lowered full-year guidance, sent shares tumbling.

Philip day’s Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group has reported higher profits and expansion in its luxury ops. The multi-brand group made net profit of £23.4m in its latest period with operating margins up to 10.25% from 8.27%.