​Landsec is on the lookout for a new chair. The vacancy arises because Cressida Hogg is set to "retire" next year from her positions of both chair and director of the property giant. She was appointed chair in 2018.

​France-based malls giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has reported “continued recovery across all business divisions” and on Thursday said that Q2 tenant sales are exceeding pre-Covid levels.

UK retail sales volumes continued to fall month-on-month, albeit slightly, in the year to July, according to the latest CBI Distributive Trades Survey. Online sales volumes also painted a similar picture.

Stylus has released a new platform and refreshed its branding “to signal a new phase of growth under CEO Victoria Rennie”. It worked with Re Design on its brand strategy, and Matter Of Form on the new platform.

Concerns that eco purchases will suffer in the cost-of-living crisis could be overplayed, research suggests. Shopping with a conscience is “so important” to 65% of consumers who think about sustainability before buying.

With UK inflation rising and costs spiralling, consumer spending power continues to decline. Household disposable income fell by a record £44 a week in June, the eighth consecutive month of decline, a report shows.

​Retailers are among thousands of UK businesses that have been forced to close down while awaiting rebates for property taxes, according to new data.

​Back to the future. Matalan founder John Hargreaves has returned to the business he founded in 1985 as executive chair. He rejoins the retailer after a 15-year gap to replace outgoing chair Steve Johnson.

​The Very Group has appointed a new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with Jessica Myers set to join the very.co.uk and Littlewoods owner on 3 October.

​As clothing prices continue to increase in the UK (while still lagging the overall rate of inflation), a new report says that the total inflation rate could reach 15% this winter.

Free-spending tourists in Europe are expected to drive brisk second quarter sales at French luxury groups LVMH, Gucci-owner Kering and Hermes, helping to offset the impact of disruptions in China from Covid restrictions.

Can UK consumer confidence get any worse? Not at the moment, it seems, as the long-running GfK Index took a breather this month, remaining flat with at a reading of -41. But for “flat” read still “severely depressed”.

With Frasers Group riding high on “robust trading” after a “record-breaking year” don’t expect the business to rest on its laurels.The Flannels and Sports Direct owner wants to buy more businesses and open more stores.

​It's no surprise that the heatwave in recent days deterred UK consumers from shopping in physical locations, but they clearly felt too hot to shop overall as they also cut back on their online purchases.

​It had to happen at some point. Despite overall sluggish retail sales, clothing has been relatively strong this year. But the latest official UK figures showed that June was a weak month for the fashion sector.

It has long been the the retreat of choice for many a male: The Man Cave. And global online fashion brand BoohooMan has given it an upgrade this summer, marking the brand's entry in the hospitality sector.