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Published January 19, 2026 Pie & mash a staple diet for marathon runners? New Balance believes so and the US sportswear giant last week took over the famed M Manze Pie & Mash shop on London’s Tower Bridge Road to celebrate the launch of its new 1080v15 footwear alongside the official 2026 TCS London Marathon Training […]

Published January 19, 2026 Liberty London has promoted Lydia King to managing director of retail, effective immediately. She replaces Sarah Coonan who stepped down from the lead role in November, following 15-years with the high-end department store. Lydia King King, previously group buying and merchandising director responsible for shaping buying strategy across fashion, beauty and […]

Published January 19, 2026 UK retail giant Frasers Group has announced the integration of  Sports Direct Membership into its ‘Frasers Plus’ loyalty scheme “to create one unified, rewards platform” from February. Frasers Group Aiming to widen its customer loyalty offer, Frasers Plus is the group’s credit payment account “that rewards customers every time they shop […]

Published January 19, 2026 Landsec’s prime shopping destinations had a shining Golden Quarter in terms of both sales and footfall with health & beauty (+13%) and clothing (+5%) sales becoming “the strongest-performing categories” across its major retail destinations. Bluewater The key quarter, which includes Christmas trading, “maintained healthy consumer demand, exceeding last year’s impressive figures […]

Published January 19, 2026 Footasylum‘s busy store-opening strategy of 2025 has continued into the new year with the footwear/sportswear business now planing to open a “landmark” new store in the Trinity Leeds shopping centre in April. Footaylum The 12,000 sq ft store “builds on Footasylum’s long-standing presence in Leeds”, and follows the “strong performance” of […]

Published January 19, 2026 Valentino Garavani, an icon of Italian fashion, founder of his eponymous maison, and widely regarded as one of the greatest designers of all time, died in Rome on January 19, surrounded by his loved ones. Born in Voghera, Italy on May 11, 1932, he showed remarkable artistic talent from an early […]

Published January 19, 2026 The opening of a mono-brand boutique in London is approaching for Boglioli, the iconic Italian menswear luxury brand, renowned above all for having made history with the unstructured jacket and making informal elegance its hallmark. “This is a store of just under 100 square metres on New Bond Street, with no […]

Published January 19, 2026 There was a changing of the guard and of gears at Giorgio Armani Monday morning, as Leo Dell’Orco presented a smooth and chic debut collection for the house, the final important show of Milano Uomo Moda. A velvet suit by Giorgio Armani – FashionNetwork.com  The collection was the first not designed […]

Published January 19, 2026 After closing 2025 at €80 million, up 5%, denim specialist Jacob Cohën is preparing to open its first US mono-brand store in late May: a two-storey, 280-square-metre space on Madison Avenue in New York. Jacob Cohën, AW 2026-27 “The first level will be dedicated to womenswear and the second to menswear, […]