​Amazon has announced the names of the start-ups that have made it onto the e-tail giant’s bigger-for-2024 Sustainability Accelerator.

​Retail footfall in the UK remained sluggish in May, no surprise given how wet the weather was at times. BRC-Sensormatic IQ reported a 3.6% drop, but it was better than April and is perhaps a sign of an improving trend.

Swiss jewellery and crystal homeware maker Lalique said on Friday it planned to delist from Switzerland's SIX stock exchange, sending the company's share price up by nearly a third.

​Digital department store Freemans has completed its full review and media account re-pitch worth £25 million and has appointed London-based independent agency the7stars.

​With events a key feature of the Liverpool One mall, operator Grosvenor is to host over 10 weeks of placemaking and experiential activations in a Summer of Fun initiative “to deliver additional footfall and sales”.

Retailer Chateau Orlando has made an unusual choice of venue to open its first London pop-up store. Chiltern Street’s Shreeji News and Magazines will be its debut “immersive temporary store”.

​M&S had a big announcement late on Wednesday with the retail giant unveiling Alison Dolan as its next Chief Financial Officer and board member.

Retailers are trying to boost online profits with delivery charges and strict returns policies, but the result seems to be that UK consumers are increasingly abandoning online baskets at checkout, a new report shows.

​Germany’s Otto Group has reported its annual results with the owner of Otto, Freemans, About You, and Bonprix saying it “succeeded in holding its own in an enormously challenging market and made noticeable progress.

​Primark continues to invest heavily in its store estate and the Anglo-Irish value fashion retail giant has just entered a brand new market with its arrival in Hungary.

​M&S is investing £30m+ in stores in the London area and while much of the focus is on food locations, click & collect will be a key feature of the new/revamped stores, providing a boost for online clothing sales.

​After a long run of weak figures, there was some good news for UK retail this week. The new CBI Distributive Trades Survey showed a sharp turnaround with more retailers reporting sales rises than sales falls.

Italian luxury clothing brand Paul & Shark is taking over Formentera Island this summer with the launch of the 'Juvia by Paul & Shark' project.

​Is it business as usual now? Not quite, but at least shop price inflation is back to “normal” with the latest BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index showing that it eased to 0.6% month-on-month in May, down from 0.8% in April.

​Pan-European value store retailer Pepco Group saw “strong H1 profit growth with tangible strategic progress” for the six months to the end of March.

Cosmetics group L'Occitane, owner of L'Occitane en Provence, Melvita, Sol de Janeiro and more has appointed Evelyne Ly-Wainer Managing Director of global travel retail.