International

Amid Bangladesh's student uprising and subsequent change of leadership, Drapers speaks with manufacturing, sourcing and logistics industry professionals on what UK retailers can expect ahead of peak trading — and what they can do to support Bangladesh's garment industry.

Italian luxury fashion brand Prada is to launch its "first major Hong Kong expansion in years".

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.

The Richemont-owned luxury ecommerce platform Yoox Net-A-Porter Group (YNAP) is moving its focus to more profitable markets.

The Liberal Democrats are the first political party to reveal its manifesto ahead of the general election on 4 July, pledging to replace business rates with a commercial landowner levy and rejoin the EU single market.

British fashion and lifestyle brand White Stuff is launching wholesale in the US this summer through a selection stockists as part of its international expansion plans.

Primark has entered its 17th market by opening of its first store in Hungary as part of the retailer’s expansion plans in central and eastern Europe.

Ted Baker has shut down its North American-based stores and website amid the fashion brand’s fall into administration.

Asos has entered into a long-term licensing agreement in India with Reliance Retail, which will act as the exclusive retail partner across all of the etailer’s online and offline channels in the country.

Indian craft-driven womenswear label Alamelu opened its first retail space outside of its home market in Paris’s Printemps in April. Founder KH Radharaman tells Drapers about his family’s long history with textiles, his plans for European expansion and showing at London Fashion Week in June.