SYDNEY, Australia — On my last trip to Sydney, a wave of international e-commerce and high-street arrivals were just starting to take hold in Australia. A sprawling new Westfield mall had just opened in the city’s central business...

LONDON, United Kingdom — Marks & Spencer Group Plc, the U.K.’s largest clothing retailer, said annual profit fell 5.8 percent as consumers spent less on its fashion goods, even as food sales increased.

So-called underlying profit before tax fell to 665.2 million pounds ($1.01 billion) in the year ended March 30, the...

LONDON, United Kingdom — Martha ‘Marty’ Wikstrom, chief executive of fashion and accessories at Compagnie Financière Richemont, has resigned from her post, the luxury group announced today. Richemont is the Swiss parent company of fashion, jewellery and watchmaking companies including Dunhill, Chloé, Cartier and Piaget.

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