Published October 3, 2025 Gucci Limited — the UK arm of the Kering-owned megabrand — has filed its accounts for 2024 and in some ways they’re a repeat of what happened exactly a year ago. See fashion showGucci – Fall-Winter2024 – 2025 – Womenswear – Italie – Milan – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Back then the company said...
Published October 3, 2025 UK retailers saw moderate discretionary sales growth ahead of the key Golden Quarter trading period in September, BDO’s High Street sales Tracker (HSST) showed on Friday. Shutterstock Total like-for-like (LFL) retail sales in-store and online grew by 3.1% — less than 4.7% seen this time last year but not disastrous...
This morning, Tesla published its production and delivery numbers for the third quarter of the year. We’ve heard the same story for a while, one of diminishing sales as customers tire of a stale product lineup and are repulsed by the politics of the company’s CEO. But Q3 2025 tells a different tale. It’s been...
The outlook on holiday 2025 at retail is dimming. Low midsingle-digit gains are anticipated due to rising prices from tariffs and inflation, declining consumer confidence, economic uncertainties and potential stockouts. Holiday sales will continue to grow, but at a lower rate than last year. In addition, holiday shopping for some consumers began as early as...
Published October 2, 2025 Supermarkets giant Tesco reported its half-year results on Thursday and said its clothing operations saw a strong sales rise. F&F by Tesco Overall for the company, group sales increased by 5.1% to £33 billion and adjusted operation profit was up 1.5% at £1.674 billion. While the bulk of its operations are...
UK’s small and mid-sized fashion firms generated £479,943 (~$643,000) in sales in the second quarter (Q2) of fiscal 2025 (FY25), a 109.28 per cent jump on the same period last year but 18.89 per cent drop on the previous quarter, according to a latest report from inventory management specialist Unleashed. UK fashion manufacturers are responding...
German luxury e-commerce group LuxExperience BV has reported strong fourth quarter (Q4) of fiscal 2025 (FY25) results for its Mytheresa business, with net sales rising 11.5 per cent year-over-year (YoY) to €248.9 million (~$291.2 million), supported by gross merchandise value (GMV) growth of 11.1 per cent to €265.9 million. The gross profit margin expanded to...
Paul SeddonPolitical reporter EPA/Shutterstock Nigel Farage has escalated his calls for the Bank of England to halt its bond-selling programme, in his first formal meeting with its governor. Reform UK argues the process, known as quantitative tightening, is saddling the taxpayer with billions in losses and pushing up government debt costs. Its deputy leader Richard...