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Belstaff is set to open a new London store at 203 Regent Street. The new store will be situated on the corner of Regent Street and Conduit Street. It will launch in September, and is a key part of Belstaff’s ongoing expansion strategy, as it looks to open more stores in it’s...

Hard Rock has appointed David Pellow to the position of senior vice president of company café operations. Pellow has worked in the business for nearly 20 years, and was previously vice president of café operations for Europe, where he managed the operations for Hard Rock Café locations in 13 countries. Now he...

Topshop and Topman have joined Shop Direct’s portfolio of more than 500 brands. This makes Shop Direct the first UK retailer outside of Arcadia Group to stock Topshop Beauty products. Very and Littlewoods will stock around 500 Topshop products including clothing, footwear, accessories, maternity, petite and tall categories. Shop direct already stocks several...

Carpetright has announced that shareholder Meditor has agreed to buy its revolving credit facility from lenders NatWest and AIB. The terms of the facility remain the same, having recently been reduced following the sale of two properties in Amsterdam. NatWest and Ulster Bank will continue to provide the retailers overdrafts, with Meditor...

Freedom Recruitment has been acquired by Capex Human Capital Ltd. In a press release, Neil Ashton, the chairman of Freedom, said 'We are delighted to announce that Freedom Recruitment Ltd has been acquired by Capex Human Capital Ltd. Whilst that aspect of the business will continue to focus on the fashion...

Intu has launched a new £72 million leisure extension at Intu Lakeside. The extension will span 225,000 square feet and will feature a Puttshack, Hollywood Bowl and Flipout.  Nikelodeon will also join the line-up in the autumn. There will be a food hall operated by Market Halls, as well as a host...

Reiss has reported a surge in its first-half sales. According to RetailWeek, Reiss said that total group sales rocketed 23.7% to £102.9 million up until August 3rd.  Like-for-likes climbed 25.6% on a constant currency basis. Reiss chief executive Christos Angelides said, “I am very pleased with Reiss’ first-half performance and encouraged by...

Morrisons is set to close four stores after reviewing the performance of its store estate. The stores that are set to close are in Crawley, Ince in Wigan, Shirley in Solihull and Swindon Regents Circus. A spokesperson for Morrisons said, “We will now be going through a consultation process at the stores...

Alexander Wang has collaborated with Bulgari to release a limited-edition collection of luxury handbags. Wang has teamed up with Bulgari to offer his own spin on the Bulgrai 'Serpenti Forever Bag'.  The collection will be part of the brands ongoing ‘Serpenti Through the Eyes Of’ initiative. Wang has designed a series of...

Gap has launched two new denim collections to commemorate its 50th birthday. The two ranges are called ‘Denim Through The Decades’ and ‘1969 Premium’, and are inspired by key designs pulled from the brands own archives. This comes after the launch of its ‘Its Our Denim Now’ campaign in July. The 'Denim Through...