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Burberry has unveiled its Chinese New Year 2020 campaign. The campaign features Burberry brand ambassador Zhou Dongyu, and is promoting a vivid red clothing collection that features both refined tailoring, as well as sports influenced pieces. The campaign features a limited-edition Thomas Burberry Monogram motif, which was inspired by Chinese Zodiac and...

Waitrose & Partners is doubling the size of its vegan range by adding over 30 new own-label and branded products this month. Some of the new items include first-to-market innovations such as Vegan No Egg Fried Rice, Crisp-Crumbled Fishless Goujons made from banana blossom, and the Vegan Spicy Meatless Feast Pizza,...

The North Face will open its first Russian store in Saint Petersburg’s Galeria Shopping Mall in March 2020. According to Russian business daily Vedomosti, the brand will open the store in a partnership with Incentive Retail Group. The company already manages the Russian retail operations of brands such as Nike, Re:Store and...

Boutique travel specialist, Virgin Holidays, has officially launched its largest UK ‘v-room’ concept store at Liverpool ONE, managed by Grosvenor Europe. The flagship 2,000 sq ft ‘v-room’ on South John Street offers a luxury, immersive experience for visitors booking holidays, with brand new features for Liverpool, including a hidden cinema –...

Nespresso is set to open a new self-service boutique at London Bridge Station, with a view to increase accessibility to the company’s coffee range and recycling scheme. The range will include the brands Original and Vertuo coffees, as well as machines and accessories.  The store will also facilitate the recycling of...

Pandora has appointed Carla Liuni as its new chief marketing officer. Liuni was previously president of global marketing and communications at Bulgari.  She also previously spent 20 years at Proctor & Gamble, where she was general manager of the division that included Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci and Hugo Boss. She will report...

Hammerson has announced that the Norwegian inspired fish and seafood specialists North Fish is to open its first UK restaurant in its flagship destination Bullring, in Birmingham, early next year. The Bullring restaurant will be the brand’s first outside of Poland, as it embarks on an international expansion. The menu will...

ICON Outlet at The O2, the 210,000 sq ft premium urban outlet developed by AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners, has announced a successful first year of trading and its strongest six-week performance yet.  Leading up to Christmas and bolstered by a successful Black Friday, ICON Outlet has experienced a...

Ted Baker has appointed Jon Kempster as an independent non-executive director. Kempster has previously sat on the board at companies such as Delta, Fii Group, Linden, Low & Bonar, Sports Direct, Utilitywise and Wincanton.  He has been a non-executive director at Redcentric and is also a trustee of the Delta pension...

Chinatown London is a destination of choice for international technology brands.  Earlier this year Wanyoo opened their first European store, and now Shaftesbury has welcomed Razer, the world’s leading lifestyle brand for gamers, who opened their European debut store on Saturday 14 December. Hundreds of customers queued on the day to...