Gabriele Dirvanauskas

As Wolverine Worldwide-owned footwear brand Merrell is bagging new stockists and demographics in a bid to get more consumers outside, EMEA vice-president and general manager Tim Selby explains its strategies.

High-spending tourists from the Middle East might be grounded this summer. Drapers deputy editor Gabriele Dirvanauskas examines how this will resonate in the capital’s luxury sector.

Retailers across the industry are reconsidering their sizing options as the use of GLP-1 weight-loss medication has encouraged demand for stock in smaller sizes. Drapers examines the issue.

From bomber jackets to barrel-leg jeans - director of M&S Woman, Maddy Evans, and head of womenswear design, Lisa Illis, tell Drapers what to expect from the retailer’s SS26 collection.

You now have until 5pm on Friday 13 March to enter this year's Drapers Footwear Awards, which shine a light on this resilient and vital industry.

The female triumvirate behind Albaray are marking their womenswear brand’s fifth anniversary with new collaborations, retail partnerships and big ambitions. Ahead of International Women's Day (8 March) Drapers hears their strategies.

Womenswear brand Beyond Nine is designed to do just that – it caters for consumers during pregnancy and fits into everyday wardrobes thereafter. To highlight International Women's Day, founder Naomi Raybould tells Drapers the opportunities and challenges of running an independent business.

London Fashion Week's brightest design talents presented a smorgasbord of creative collections that blended and clashed characteristically British tropes with an abundance of rich cultural references celebrating their global heritages. Drapers brings you the trends to know for the coming season.

London Fashion Week is taking place from 19-23 February. Drapers reports from the city’s catwalks.

William Costelloe was named creative director of the Paul Costelloe brand earlier this year following his father’s death in November. He tells Drapers that the business has international expansion in its sights.

Jade Holland Cooper’s reach extends far beyond the Cotswolds. Drapers hears her plans for her fast-growing lifestyle brand.

Fitnesswear label Lululemon will open the doors to its Kensington High Street store today (13 February). Senior vice-president of EMEA Sarah Clark gives Drapers a first look around the space.