Facebook has joined forces with world optics leader EssilorLuxottica, the partnership's first goal being the launch of Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2021.

France's LVMH faces an uphill battle in walking away from its $16 billion deal to buy U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co, with legal experts noting most mergers which end up in court are renegotiated rather than dissolved.

British designer Christian Cowan and American rapper Lil Nas X worked hand in hand to propose a collection whose benefits will support the Black queer community in Atlanta.

Swiss watchmaker Maurice de Mauriac is confident it can find a new supplier for watch mechanisms to maintain production as it battles an industry-wide drop in demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Commerce Department plans to issue an order Friday that will bar people in the United States from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok starting on September 20.

A French company is collecting fish skins that would otherwise wind up in restaurant trash cans, turning them into leather for use in watch straps and wallets, and pitching them at the high-end luxury market.

Few designers in London today pack as much punch and panache as Edward Crutchley, whose latest collection was an ode to a beautifully histrionic Yakuza gangster film, and all the better for that.

London rocked on Friday with acclaimed historicism and unexpected street wear. Practically no actual shows yet plenty of ideas in some memorable videos, as fashion designers suggested their customers should rage. 

The cosmetics brand has introduced a new strapline and brand positioning in a new campaign that invites people to reconsider their views of the company.

​Footfall to London’s West End remain down by around half year-on-year even though visitor traffic to more ‘local’ London retail destinations is on its way to a full recovery.

​The Crown Estate, like other major landlords, is aiming to conserve as much cash as it possibly can and has delayed the payment of its annual income to the Treasury in the face of a shortfall in rent payments.

​Finnish textiles-to-fashion firm Marimekko has updated its guidance saying net sales will be lower for the full year while comparable operating profit could be at a similar level to last year, but might also be lower.

Uniqlo is diving deeper into recycling. It has unveiled the first products to be launched from its Re-Uniqlo initiative that collects its clothing no longer needed by customers “and gives them new life and new value”.

As Amazon launches into luxury fashion and the debate rages about whether that’s a good thing or not, one major London name is backing the move.

​Heightened hygiene and increased time at home are boosting the UK skincare sector with new research from Mintel showing that women's interest in facial skincare routines has risen this year.