UK stores

Belgian designer label Dries Van Noten has signed its first UK flagship in Mayfair, London, joining Jacquemus and Moncler, which have stores in the neighbourhood, Drapers can reveal.

Primark is to invest more than £100m in its UK stores in 2024 including three new openings, three relocations and two extensions, creating 700 jobs.

Clothing stores sales fell by 4.7% in June, down from an increase of 2.2% in May, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Authentic Brands Group (ABG), which owns Juicy Couture, Barneys and Tretorn, and two US landlords have purchased Forever 21 for just over $81m (£63m).