Listed department store chain Beales has hired a former Moss Bros board member as interim finance director as it closes in on a refinancing package.

British luxury brand Jaeger has teamed up with The Independent to offer £100 off all full priced men's suits between 3 May and 10 June 2012.

Their labels have already conquered women's wardrobes. Now Sandro's range for men will turn the guys Gallic too, says Harriet Walker

Yves Saint Laurent handbags and Brioni suits have helped French luxury group PPR post a strong start to 2012 reporting €3.3bn in turnover for the first quarter.

A taste for American leather handbags and shoes promoted by the actress Gwyneth Paltrow has helped Coach report a 21 per cent rise in net profits to $225m (£140m) on sales up 17 per cent to $1.1bn for the third quarter.

Japanese fashion designers first made a splash in Europe 30 years ago, but Tokyo’s talents and streetwear styles are the next big thing in modern menswear. Adam Welch reports

High-street label Jigsaw returns to its Nineties roots with the revival of its menswear range. Welcome back! says Rebecca Gonsalves

Stella McCartney opened the proceedings at the Paris collections yesterday at the Hôtel de Ville, the neo-Gothic city hall, and a reminder of the French capital's historic power and grandeur. Beneath the building's monumental, gilded, vaulted ceiling, models stepped out in the sort of oversized broad-shouldered masculine tailoring that is sweeping the runways and looks set to be a major trend.

Fashion: Toast of the town

Menswear is typically considered the poor relation to its feminine counterpart in the fashion world, and nowhere is this poor-relation status more evident than at London Fashion Week, where a day of menswear is usually tacked on to the end of five days of womenswear shows. However, yesterday's enactment of this tradition should mark the end of this plight, as the boys are due to break free with a dedicated three-day event in June.

Away from the main catwalks, another young star is rising in London's firmament. Rebecca Gonsalves meets him

Print, pastel and Fifties references – menswear takes on a new and dynamic aspect for spring, says Lee Holmes

New initiative launched to halt overseas exodus of up-and-coming designers