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After a two-month lockdown, the stores on Paris’s Champs-Elysées avenue opened again at 10 am on Monday, some with their customary queues outside, though the usual throngs of foreign tourists were sadly missing.

The Tax Free World Association has cancelled its flagship World Exhibition that was due to take place in Cannes in September and October.

Lush has launched a temporary delivery service from its Oxford Street store enabling London-based customers to receive their orders faster.

Britain has extended its job retention scheme by four months, but told employers they would have to help meet its huge cost from August. That could mean layoffs are likely as some firms won't be able to afford to pay.

Ken Fennell and James Anderson of Deloitte Ireland have been confirmed as joint liquidators of the two companies, which employed 248 people and operated 13 stores and 29 concessions in Ireland.

As non-essential retailers prepare for reopening, the BRC has called for more clarity from government, a survey shows that consumers are wary of entering physical shops, and we’re told that tech will be ever more vital.

The value-focused e-tailer has poached Rupert Nichols from Dixons Carphone to be its new trading director. The appointment is part of a strategy to improve the company's retail profitability.

Matt Smith joins the West End landlord from The Crown Estate, where he was interim head of sustainability (real estate). He will focus on further developing and implementing Shaftesbury’s sustainability strategy.

Property giant Landsec’s full-year results to March 31 showed the devastation that the coronavirus has wreaked, as well as the ongoing weakness (and pockets of strength) in the wider retail sector.

Moss Bros updated the market on Tuesday but it didn't have anything to say about its on-off takeover, apart from to say that "it remains in dialogue with the takeover panel”.