The number of retail employees in the UK fell by 1.8% in the fourth quarter of 2019, compared with the same period in the prior year, according to the BRC Retail Employment Monitor.

Condé Nast is planning to close down Glamour magazine in France. The publisher indicated its intentions speaking to French agency AFP on Wednesday, confirming the news published by the Mind Media newsletter.

Prosecutors in the United States have dropped a case against British retailer Philip Green that had alleged assault, his Arcadia company said on Monday, citing court documents.

The Detroit-based “stock market of things” has announced that it surpassed $1 billion in gross merchandise value in 2019 alone, as the platform pushed forward with international expansion, especially in Europe and Asia.

The UK recorded another year of falling average annual like-for-like (LFL) in-store sales in 2019, new figures from BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker (HSST) showed at the weekend.

The US risks a proliferation of national taxes on tech giants if President Donald Trump rejects new international rules for taxing digital companies next week, the French government said on Friday.

A Singapore edition of Vogue will launch in the fall of this year with an English-language print issue, a website and presences on all relevant social platforms, including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Amazon has opened a new corporate office in Manchester, which will eventually be home to over 600 tech and non-tech employees, including software engineers, business development specialists and finance analysts.

Two years after the Karla Otto group merged with Asia-based event organiser K2, the former’s eponymous founder has now become president, while Alexander Werz and Isabelle Chouvet have been appointed co-CEOs.

Vend, the cloud-based point-of-sale software, has announced a partnership with payments provider Klarna to roll out an assortment of flexible payment options in the UK and US.

Self-sufficient stores, in-store manufacturing, more space dedicated to experiences, and community activities: what does the next decade in retail look like according to Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield?

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday pledged HK$10 billion (£1 billion) in relief measures to prop up the economy as it grapples with months of anti-government protests that have hurt business confidence.

American model Gigi Hadid appeared as a potential juror in disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial on Monday, adding a fresh celebrity twist to the high-profile proceedings.

India's antitrust body has ordered an investigation into alleged competition law violations by Amazon.com Inc and Walmart's Flipkart, it said in an order on Monday.

The French start-up, specialised in supporting brands and retailers tackling the second-hand market, has announced it raised €750,000 to fund its expansion in France and Europe.