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. 

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. 

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

Guess has announced plans to make its denim more sustainable, after joining the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's ‘Make Fashion Circular' initiative.

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.

​Royal Mail has revealed the areas where shoppers made the most online purchases during the Black Friday period, with Central London taking the top spot followed by two Scottish towns.

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.

Violaine Gressier is in charge of the relationship with the luxury industry at Facebook France. In this new podcast, in French, she gives her views on the relationship between luxury labels and social media.

Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman is set to front Björn Borg’s 2020 campaigns as part of a long-term collaboration geared towards highlighting the benefits of working out. His first campaign will launch in January.