The India Pavilion at Expo2020 in Dubai has completed 100 days of promoting a range of Indian cultures and industries and, as of January 8, the pavilion has recorded 740,356 visitors. 

Trade show for women entrepreneurs Business Women Expo will run from March 11 to 13 at the Hitex Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad and will showcase around 150 women-led businesses in the city.

Ready-to-wear designer Payal Singhal has brought her ‘PS Travelling Trunk Show’ to Dubai and has launched her latest collection ‘Suroor’ at multi-brand boutique The Rack by Kachins in Jumeirah.

The state of Haryana will only allow fully vaccinated people into shopping malls, local markets, restaurants, and cinemas from January 1, 2022, Haryana’s Health and Home Minister Anil Vij announced on December 22.

Fashionista Fashion and Lifestyle Exhibitions’ shopping fair Fashionavya will hold winter festive editions in Belgaum and Kolhapur this December, and will hold its signature Fashionista event in Nagpur.

Business-to-customer shopping fair Fashionista will hold its next edition in Kochi from December 1 to 2, then in Coimbatore from December 4 to 5, to present an array of winter festive and wedding fashion.

Ever since it opened during last month fashionistas, fans and tourists have chorused that the retrospective Thierry Mugler: Couturissime inside the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris is essential viewing.

Business-to-customer fine jewellery shopping fair Swayamvar will hold editions in Gandhidham, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, and Morbi this year to showcase winter festive and bridal collections. 

Women’s fusion wear brand Payal Khandwala has collaborated with Mumbai-based historic tour agency Bombaywalla to launch ‘Madhavashram’ as an artistic project to document the history of the brand’s native city.

Jewellery trade show Zak Jewels Expo will hold events in Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Chennai this October to bring together jewellery brands from across India for three-day festive editions. 

Leather goods and accessories brand Nappa Dori has launched its first collection of luggage with a dedicated segment on its e-commerce store for its ‘travel equipment’.  

​Hermès became the latest luxury group to announce a rebound on Friday as the upscale leather goods and fashion maker saw its sales soaring during Q2 and the first half as a whole.

Selfridges is for sale with a formal auction process about to start. It hasn’t been announced by its owners, the Westons, but a news report said Credit Suisse will be canvassing prospective buyers “imminently”.

​The global luxury market is gradually recovering and should return to pre-pandemic levels by next year, a new report shows. 

The world's most valuable apparel and luxury labels saw their values surging during the pandemic, according to Kantar’s BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2021 report released Monday. 

​LVMH-owned luggage brand Rimowa has launched a collab with London-based accessories label Chaos. The company said the two labels are “united by their common appreciation for luxurious design and innovative solutions”.