​Dr Martens is known for its series of collabs with big names like Gaultier, Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto. But in the case of its latest link-up, the designers aren’t well-known, although they might be one day.

The more famous the face fronting a campaign, the less adventurous that campaign often is. But nobody could accuse Stella McCartney of playing it safe with her Kendall Jenner-fronted winter 23 imagery.

​Nineties supermodels are riding high at present with the new British Vogue cover underling that fact. And they’re scoring plenty of major ad campaigns. The latest is Cindy Crawford fronting MCM’s AW23 heritage campaign.

​Luxury department store Harrods has released its results for the year to the end of January 2023 with the figures highlighting its bounce-back post-pandemic. 

​Farfetch’s Q2 to June 30 saw digital platform GMV and digital platform services revenue growth accelerating to 7% and 10% year-on-year. And it saw record active consumers of 4.1 million, up 7%.

​Coach parent Tapestry, which agreed to buy Capri Holdings last week, forecast fiscal 2024 profit and sales below estimates on Thursday after waning U.S. demand for its luxury handbags hurt fourth-quarter results.

US retail sales rose in July by more than forecast, suggesting consumers still have the wherewithal to sustain the economic expansion.

​Manju Malhotra, CEO of Harvey Nichols, has quit the role she’s held for just over three years with Pearson Poon, son of the retailer’s majority owner Sir Dickson Poon, to become vice-chairman until a new CEO is found.

Bestseller is opening three standalone stores for its Evoked Vila plus-size brand with a debut in Danish cities, as well as planning further shop-in-shop expansion.

Capri Holdings, owner of Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Kors, reported revenue of $1.23bn for Q1, a 9.6% fall, underlining the challenges it faces and the rationale behind its deal to be acquired by Tapestry.

China has lifted a ban on group tours to a slew of countries including the US, UK, Australia, South Korea and Japan, in a big test of demand for overseas travel from what was once the world’s biggest source of tourists

When Coach owner Tapestry Inc. and Michael Kors parent Capri Holdings Ltd. began their individual acquisition sprees, each had an opportunity to become the US equivalent of LVMH.

Coach owner Tapestry Inc. needs to turn around the struggling Michael Kors brand to get the most out of its $8.5 billion deal for the line’s parent company, Capri Holdings Ltd. 

Michael Kors owner Capri will be bought by Coach parent Tapestry in an $8.5bn deal, the companies have said, creating a top US fashion house that can better compete with larger European rivals in global luxury.

Kim Kardashian is fronting the new Marc Jacobs campaign for AW23 with photos shot by London-based Tyrone Lebon and styled by i-D‘s Editor-in-Chief Alastair McKimm. 

Dior’s link-up with Harrods late last year made a huge impact and the company is continuing the close relationship this month with three pop-up boutiques in the luxury department store.