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India's luxury market projected to reach 12.1 billion dollars by 2025

The global luxury market remains resilient despite continued macroeconomic and geopolitical disruptions, valued at 1.5 trillion dollars in 2025, according to Euromonitor International's World Market for Luxury Goods 2025 report. The industry is currently undergoing a significant transformation, shifting from purely product-centric sales to...

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Scotch & Soda franchise partner plans further stores in Austria

Franchise partner Christian Leitner, managing director of Retail Group GmbH, is responsible for Scotch & Soda's expansion in Austria. He took over the store on Vienna's Mariahilfer Straße shopping street, on the corner of Zollergasse, following the insolvency of the Austrian subsidiary. Leitner has also been managing the location in the Wien...

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Gap to return to UK retail, plots three new standalone stores

Gap is set to return to brick-and-mortar retail in the UK with the opening of three new standalone stores. According to Drapers, the brand, which had shuttered its UK and Ireland stores back in 2021, has plotted new locations across London in a bid to grow and elevate its store footprint in the region. Its new sites are located in Westfield...

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Hyper-personalised and tech-centric: Gen Z seek experiences beyond retail in stores

A new report by American Express has unveiled what British high streets may look like when adapting to the expectations of the Gen Z consumer group over the next 25 years. According to the data, much of this demographic – shoppers up to 28 years old – are seeking out features beyond retail from stores, expressing a desire for social hubs in...

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Toteme opens second London Store on Sloane Street

Swedish luxury brand Toteme opened it seconden London store on Sloane Straat in Knightsbridge. The new boutique, which opened on October 16, 2025, follows the brand’s Mount Street flagship and strengthens its presence in the British capital. The space is divided into three sections: a front room for leather goods and ready-to-wear, a central...

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Sport Direct unveils “elevated” flagship in Liverpool

Sports Direct, Europe’s biggest retailer of sports and fitness footwear, clothing and equipment, which is part of the Frasers Group, has unveiled a new elevated store format in Liverpool, offering consumers a retail space to both shop and workout. The new store opening on Liverpool’s Church Street marks the next phase in the brand’s vision to...

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Harry Rosen unveils new concept store as part of multi-year retail investment plan

Canadian luxury menswear retailer Harry Rosen, a family-run business that celebrated 70 years in business in 2024, is investing 50 million Canadian dollars in retail across Canada, starting with a new, reimagined store in downtown Toronto. The new 10,380-square-foot, single-level boutique, located in First Canadian Place, Toronto, offers a...

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Hestra: Swedish glove brand opens stores in Germany and the USA

Swedish glove brand Hestra Gloves is opening its first stores in Germany and the United States. The German store is located at Sendlinger Straße 7 in Munich and is the family-owned company's first outside Scandinavia, Hestra announced on Thursday. But this is only the first step in its international expansion. Munich will be followed by Boulder,...

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Customers will soon be able to shop Walmart products via ChatGPT

US retail giant Walmart has announced a new partnership with OpenAI, through which it will soon make its products available to shop via AI-driven chatbot, ChatGPT. The move is already being hailed by Walmart executives as a next step in e-commerce, shifting from a static to dynamic experience. “For many years now, e-commerce shopping experiences...

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Galeries Lafayette opens first store in India

The historic French department store chain Galeries Lafayette is set to open its first store in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai this November. It aims to attract the growing middle class and affluent consumers interested in luxury goods. The department store will open in a historic district of Mumbai, spanning 8,400 square metres across five...

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John Lewis introduces new supplier platform as it ups focus on premium brands

Department store John Lewis has introduced a new supplier platform that intends to accelerate the launch of new brands, as the retailer doubles down on a mission to expand its premium offering. Launched through a partnership with luxury footwear label Russell & Bromley, the new platform intends to make John Lewis more agile when responding to...

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Artist Evelina Kroon designs charity blanket for Arket

Arket, the Swedish sister label under H&M Group, is taking a different approach to the festive season this year: a socially conscious collaboration with Stockholm-based artist Evelina Kroon. Together, they are launching a special blanket in support of the UN refugee agency: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). For every...