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.

​Brooklyn-based home retailer West Elm has partnered with Reliance Brands Limited for its entry into the Indian market.

​Investors are usually forgiving of tech firms when they spend years targeting the kind of profitability they’d like, but they weren’t forgiving Farfetch on Thursday as the firm’s shares fell 22% in late trading.

​Obeetee is planning to strengthen its retail presence in India and international markets with the opening of new stores over the next three years.

​Designer label Ritu Kumar Home has collaborated with interior designer Ashiesh Shah to launch an exclusive edition collection of home decor inspired from the cities of Amer, Jaisalmer, and Kochi. 

​Luxury giant Richemont issued its latest set of results on Friday, but the biggest news was that it’s in talks with Farfetch around its loss-making Yoox Net-A-Porter business.

The strong results that Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors' owner reported this week were driven by consumers buying into the brands’ glamour positioning and their Signature branding, plus the athleisure offer at Kors.

The owner of the Ikea furniture brand said on Wednesday it would raise prices due to supply chain challenges far into 2022, after it reported a drop in full-year profit due to higher transport and raw material costs.

One happy biproduct of the gradual end of the global lockdown was the chance to witness this week in Paris the latest ideas in Supima Design Lab with almost a score of talented designers.

Ikea, the world's biggest furniture brand, reported record high annual retail sales on Thursday despite global supply chain disruptions as housebound consumers spent more on their homes.

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.

​Boohoo Group hit another sales record in the first half with the company reporting H1 sales were even closer to the magic £1bn figure and that it doubled its market shares in the UK and US over the last two years.

H&M Group sales are continuing to recover as its markets reopen, although it’s not bouncing back as fast as some rivals. That said, its net sales in local currencies increased by 14% year-on-year in Q3. 

Flipkart has deployed over 2,000 electric vehicles across 90 Indian cities as part of its delivery fleet ahead of its upcoming festive ‘Big Billion Days’ sale to bolster its logistics capacity sustainably.

Fashion and lifestyle business Good Earth has partnered with The Met Museum in New York to create a collection of hand-blocked textiles and other goods to retail at the museum and celebrate Islamic art. 

Crafts focused shopping event Dastkari Haat Samiti will present ‘Diwali Craft Bazaar’ from October 8 to 12 at Gallery 1AQ in Mehrauli, New Delhi to promote artisans’ work from across India for the festive season.