Chanel has a created Chair of Savoir-Faire at the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM), part of a five-year commitment to the leading Paris fashion college.

Few fashion houses pulled off a show with such aplomb in the tricky current conditions of the current pandemic as Carolina Herrera, where the house’s artistic director has carved out a freshly classical oeuvre.

All change at Kenzo. In the same week that the house announced the appointment of a new artistic director, it has named a new CEO, Sylvain Blanc, who joins the Paris fashion marque from underwear specialist Undiz.

MSGM has officially announced that Veronica Bertozzi has become its CEO, although she has been working in the role since the summer. Her arrival comes with a strategy shift and an ambitious growth plan.

Luxury fashion e-tailer Farfetch has unveiled The Art of Choice, a new photography project that “reinvents the way we find fashion inspiration: an iconic image from yesterday becomes a tool to talk about fashion today”.

John Lewis Partnership’s half-year report on Thursday showed an improvement on the prior-year period but its results were still far below some of the figures it produced just a few years ago.

Acquired by Renzo Rosso's OTB in March, the fashion house changed its leadership this summer. Following the departure of Axel Keller, OTB CEO Ubaldo Minelli has taken over. 

​Pop-up stores are increasingly becoming an integral part the retail landscape as starting points for brands testing the physical market while helping landlords fill those empty voids.

The French luxury giant’s emerging designer competition, until now followed by industry players only, has addressed a broader audience this year, freshening up the group's image in the process.

Saint Laurent, the first major house that led a wave of departures from Paris Fashion Week has decided to return to the season, according to the Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode's official calendar. 

Appointed general manager of fashion and fragrance in 2018, Charlotte Tasset has left the Parisian house, owned by Spain's Puig. Currently, it is not known what her next move will be or who will succeed her. 

Tiziana Fausti, founder of the eponymous multibrand luxury retailer, details to FashionNetwork.com her strategy for breathing fresh energy into the legendary Milanese concept store she bought last year.

Premium e-commerce marketplace Secret Sales has hired six “star” senior execs with impressive track records at some of fashion’s biggest names. They’re filling new positions as it expands at home and abroad.

Mytheresa has reported another strong quarter and year and even outperformed its own expectations. Q4 saw “exceptional net sales growth” and the full year was ahead of both 2020 and 2019.

Open for Vintage is also open to new funding. The luxury pre-owned website has launched a £1.5 million capital raise, including a public crowdfunding campaign, to help drive new consumers to the site in the UK and US.

Footfall across UK retail destinations dipped 4.2% week-on-week in the seven-day 5-11 September period, with shopping centres and retail parks bearing the brunt of the decline, latest Springboard figures show.