EU antitrust regulators will decide by Oct. 20 whether to clear luxury e-commerce company Farfetch’s acquisition of a stake in online fashion retailer YOOX Net-A-Porter (YNAP) from Richemont, a European Commission filing showed.

Institut Français de la Mode brings together Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and IFM. It now provides programmes in fashion design, management and craftsmanship, with a strong focus on culture and extensive industry ties.
The company has brought on BNP Paribas and Citigroup to work on the deal and is considering raising fresh capital from the listing, the report said.
The Federal Trade Commission is expected to sue Amazon Inc. for antitrust violations next week, according to people familiar with the matter — marking the agency’s fourth swipe at the online retail giant this year.
Adidas AG chief executive officer Bjorn Gulden has apologised for questioning whether Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, really meant the antisemitic statements he made last year.
British sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion said it was on track to post higher annual profit as demand for Nike Air Force One and Adidas Gazelle and Samba footwear pushed up first-half underlying sales, lifting the company’s shares 7.5 percent.
Next has raised its full-year profit expectations for the third time in four months and signalled that prices could start to fall next spring for the first time in at least two years.
Italy’s Safilo and Amazon said on Wednesday they were launching new Carrera-branded “smart” glasses which employ Alexa technology and will be sold in the US market.
Italy’s fashion label Moschino will hire its new creative director in the next few weeks, said Massimo Ferretti, the executive chairman at Aeffe, which owns the brand.