​Capri Holdings has pledged $10 million to the new Versace Foundation that it has created in connection with Pride month 2022. 

In the rapidly growing Indian cosmetics market, beauty brand Sugar Cosmetics has just raised $50 million. This financing round was led by L Catterton's Asia fund. 

French beauty group Clarins has redesigned the myBlend skincare brand with a focus on nutricosmetics, dermocosmetics and beautytech, a positioning that will be reflected in a new store opening in Paris in September.

​Frasers Group’s still-new CEO hasn’t wasted time in his few weeks at the helm and has shaken up the senior team to speed up the group’s strategy.

​Commercial property giant Hammerson has appointed Sarah Tinsley to the increasingly important post of director of marketing and placemaking, tasked with attracting new tenants to its shopping malls.

​UK retail footfall is continuing to recover — albeit slowly — from the pandemic and specialist tracking company Springboard has predicted that the current holiday week will see an 8% rise.

Primark’s finance chief has said that some of the budget-focused chain’s customers will cut back on spending with the business due to it being forced to raise prices in the face of surging costs.

According to a new report by Hey Discount, the most influential celebrity brand on Instagram is KKW Beauty, owned by Kim Kardashian, with five million followers. 

Following the launch of its Cowshed brand in 1998, the private club is strengthening its relationship with its members by introducing a new skincare line with 11 products tailored to their needs.

The L’Oréal group has recently announced the launch of the ‘Bold Female Founders’ venture capital programme, designed to support women-led start-ups.

It’s the best apartment in the best hotel at the best film festival in the world. Little wonder then that Dior Suite felt like a magnet during the recent annual Festival de Cannes.

​It looks like an announcement of a definite merger between two giant London landlords — Shaftesbury and Capco — could be some way off with a deadline extension being announced on Monday.

​A consortium led by India's Reliance Industries could become the front-runner to buy the Boots chain from Walgreens Boots Alliance with the other major bidder reportedly on the verge of walking away from any deal.

​UK footfall continues to lag the pre-pandemic period, but in the latest week it was down on average by only a fifth compared to the same week in 2019, which is much better than the weak figures in 2021 and early 2022.

​Ted Baker hasn’t announced the name of the preferred bidder to which it’s talking, but news reports say acquisition-hungry Authentic Brands Group (ABG) is the front-runner to clinch a £300m deal to buy the UK retailer.