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Fast Retailing, the parent company of fashion retailers Uniqlo and Theory, has raised its full-year operating profit forecast to ¥475bn (£2.27bn), after strong second-half trading.

High street value retailer Primark has plans to inject €40m (£34m) into its Portuguese store estate, by extending its retail space in Lisbon and opening four new stores, creating over 500 new jobs.

Claims of anti-competitive behaviour against Hermès have arisen in the US after consumers argued they were forced to buy extra items from the French luxury label in order to get their hands on an iconic Birkin handbag. Martin Noble, an IP partner at law firm Freeths, considers this case and…

Outdoor lifestyle brand Rodd & Gunn is stepping up its international expansion, with a concession space opening in Irish department store Arnotts on 31 July. Drapers finds out what’s fuelling its growth and why the business is relying on its wholesale partners more than ever.

Footwear brand FitFlop is taking the best of each channel – wholesale, direct to consumer, online and in-store – to step into new territories around the world.

Drapers and the Department for Business and Trade convened business leaders at Drapers Future of Fashion Conference to explore cross-border opportunities in a world empowered by burgeoning tech developments.

This Drapers Connects webinar video brings together three leading Scandinavian fashion businesses, in partnership with digital wholesale platform Joor, to discuss the secrets of their success, including winning retail strategies, how to manage growth, and brand building for the long term.

Italian luxury fashion house Fendi will present its men’s spring/summer 2024 collection in Florence with a special fashion show scheduled on 15th June.

International footwear trade show Micam returned to the sprawling Fiera Milano Rho exhibition centre in Milan from 19 to 22 February 2023, where brands displayed their AW23 collections to international buyers. Drapers reports from the aisles.

Brands exhibiting at Berlin trade shows Premium and Seek from 17 to 19 January were satisfied by the turnout of buyers, despite slower footfall.