A clear sign of the changing approaches retailers are taking post-pandemic was seen Thursday as John Lewis said it's linking with health and life insurer Vitality to launch free virtual workshops focused on wellbeing.

Shares in shopping centre giant Intu rose by more than half on Tuesday and continued rising Wednesday as it published figures suggesting its cash position will remain positive in 2021 if it gets a deal with its lenders.

UK consumers are looking forward to socialising and taking part in plenty of activities that have been banned during the lockdown and this could bode well for future fashion purchases, new figures have shown this week.

The U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday it was launching a "Section 301" investigation into digital services taxes adopted or under consideration by a number of U.S. trading partners.

Hammerson and Marks & Spencer have released further details of their reopening plans as retailers across the UK prepare to transition to a “new normal”.

With 75% of Americans planning to celebrate Father’s Day in 2020, the number of consumers intending to purchase personal care products as gifts has shot up 21% compared to last year, according to NRF.

Europe took bolder steps to ease coronavirus lockdowns Monday, despite fears of a second wave of infections, while in Latin America new cases climbed past the one million mark.

Covent Garden landlord Capital & Counties (Capco) has confirmed it is negotiating a deal to buy a 26.3% interest in Shaftesbury, which owns a large property portfolio in London’s West End.

U.S. logistics company FedEx Corp is close to taking a stake in German parcel delivery firm Hermes, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Wednesday. 

Hammerson Chief Executive Officer David Atkins will step down, the shopping mall owner and operator said on Wednesday, as it faces a crisis spurred by coronavirus-induced shop closures and a collapse in rent.

Macy's Inc said on Tuesday it planned to raise $1.1 billion (£893.36 million) in a bond offering, backed by a first mortgage on some of its properties, to repay funds borrowed under a revolving credit facility.

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings will invest 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) over the next five years in technology infrastructure including artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, the company said Tuesday.

HFR will host a virtual fundraiser in order to build funds for Icon 360, a nonprofit made to provide relief to designers of color who are pivoting their businesses in response to Covid-19 and need funding to scale. 

Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest man, has acquired a one-quarter stake in Arnaud Lagardère’s holding company, in a move that will be seen as an attempt to support the family of his fellow French billionaire.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Friday reported forecast-beating fourth-quarter revenues and profits, as more people shopped online for essentials because of the coronavirus lockdowns.

The U.S. continued its cautious reemergence from a coronavirus-linked shutdown over the past week, with measures of retail foot traffic slowly increasing but broader indexes of economic activity still stalled.