What: With its new 2,800 m² store in Coyhaique, Falabella now operates in every region of Chile and has completed its three planned southern openings for 2026.

Why it is important: The opening shows how a store with Click & Collect can bring a full online catalogue to cities too small for a traditional department store.

Falabella has officially inaugurated its Coyhaique store, located at Arturo Prat 451 in the city centre, which began receiving customers on 29 September. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Labour and Social Security Tomás Rau, Coyhaique mayor Carlos Gatica and regional presidential delegate Luz María Vicuña, alongside unions and local organisations.

The store carries clothing, footwear, technology and home goods, and offers self-checkout and Click & Collect for orders placed on falabella.com. It has created more than 100 jobs; a recruitment fair held in May with the municipality drew more than 500 interested candidates. Corporate General Manager Tomás Platovsky described the opening as a way to bring the company's omnichannel offer to the Aysén Region and to build long-term ties with the community.

The Víctor Domingo Silva School of Coyhaique has also joined Haciendo Escuela, Falabella's 57-year-old programme supporting schools across the country.

Coyhaique follows openings in Angol in July and Linares in August; the resulting physical network now works alongside Falabella's digital ecosystem to reach customers across the country.

IADS Notes: Coyhaique completes a southern rollout that began in Angol, where Falabella opened an 1,800 m² apparel-led store in July, bringing its Chilean network to 46 stores and offering the full falabella.com catalogue through Click & Collect (Press Release, July 2026). Linares followed with a larger store of more than 4,300 m², 95 jobs and the same link to the online catalogue (Press Release, September 2026). The three openings are part of a $900 million investment plan for 2026, 40% above the previous year, which set aside $113 million for 17 new stores across Chile, Peru and Mexico (Modaes, January 2026). The expansion runs against the department store contraction seen in most developed markets: Latin America's five largest groups, Falabella among them, grew revenue 10% and profit 48% in 2025 by combining retail with banking, credit, shopping centres and logistics (The Robin Report, September 2026).

Falabella now operates in all 16 regions of Chile

What: Falabella presented its Spring/Summer 2027 season at Market F, its trend space, with a collection built around Latin American identity and a digitally premiered runway show featuring more than 70 models and 120 looks.

Why it is important: Falabella is making Latin American identity a point of difference, positioning the region as a source of fashion creativity rather than a follower of global trends.

Falabella has presented its Spring/Summer 2027 season at Market F, its trend space combining exclusive, national and international brands. The collection draws on colours, textures, prints and silhouettes that reflect Latin American identity, and brings together 20 exclusive international brands.

The selection includes Mango, Byan, VDamiani, Malva, Baobab, Saint Male and Hand Over, alongside collaborations such as Agua Bendita x Falabella and One Dilemma x Sybilla. The season is available at Market F Parque Arauco and on Falabella.com.

The launch was accompanied by the digital premiere of a new edition of Falabella Fashion Live, a runway show presenting the season's Latin American-inspired trends. The event also gathered fashion leaders, content creators and lifestyle figures, including Trinidad de la Noi, Paula Fernández, Carola Montenegro, and Paula and Sofía Mekis.

According to Tatiana Riesle, Marketing Manager at Falabella, the message behind the collection is that "being Latino is in fashion", with Latin America presented not only as a source of trends but as a creative identity capable of engaging with global fashion. The show aims to bring talent from Chile, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay and other Latin American countries closer to Falabella's customers.

IADS Notes: Agua Bendita was already part of Falabella's Exclusive Brands programme before this collaboration. In Lima, Falabella opened a dedicated space at Jockey Plaza for the Colombian swimwear label alongside Especia and Palma Canaria, aimed at a regional appetite for fashion with identity and authenticity (Fashion Network, November 2025). Market F follows the same curated-concept model Falabella uses in beauty, where Beauty F, until now run as spaces inside its department stores, is moving into a standalone store in Viña del Mar (Perú Retail, July 2026). Exclusive capsules are also a repositioning tool outside the region: John Lewis launched a 44-piece collection with Rixo, its largest fashion collaboration to date (Fashion Network, October 2026). Falabella is investing in fashion from a position of strength: in 2025, it and Latin America's four other largest department store groups grew combined revenue 10% and profit 48%, while the format shrank across much of the developed world (The Robin Report, September 2026).

Falabella presents its Spring/Summer 2027 collection with a runway show inspired by Latin identity

What: Bloomingdale's has partnered with Ralph Lauren for the holiday season, giving the brand its 59th Street flagship's facade, a series of holiday windows and a first-floor pop-up shop.

Why it is important: Choosing a long-standing partner of close to 60 years fits Bloomingdale's strategy of building desirability through fewer, deeper brand relationships rather than breadth of assortment.

The partnership follows a record-breaking holiday season built around a Burberry takeover, which Bloomingdale's set out to exceed. For the first time, Ralph Lauren will dress the Lexington Avenue facade with a large-scale installation. The Ralph Lauren Holiday Shop opens Thursday and runs through early January with Purple Label, Ralph Lauren Collection and luxury gifts. Singer-songwriter Sienna Spiro will perform at the windows' unveiling on November 20. Asked whether the brand shares the cost, Kevin Harter, vice president of integrated marketing, described it as a true partnership.

The season, themed "A Treasured Holiday," includes about 20 activations. Barbour and Tea & Sympathy will run a café from November 20 to January 10, Ugg will take over Forty Carrots with an exclusive holiday yogurt flavour, and Santaland opens on the eighth floor on November 21. Other activations include a Burberry cashmere pop-up, a Hermès festive workshop and pop-ups for Parfums de Marly and Christofle.

Exclusives include accessories from Christian Louboutin, Rene Caovilla and Valentino Garavani, an Advent calendar and tree and ornament collaborations with New York City Ballet, Caviar Kaspia and Alice + Olivia. Donations will support No Kid Hungry and the Child Mind Institute through December 31.

IADS Notes: Bloomingdale's is not alone in handing its holiday stage to a brand partner. Selfridges has brought Disney back with a "Home Alone"-inspired experience combining exclusive products, themed food and Disney+ activations alongside its city-themed windows (WWD, October 2026). At Saks Fifth Avenue, the November 23 window unveiling and light show are presented by Bread Financial, the season's official payment sponsor. The show was cancelled in 2024 to cut costs and reinstated last year (WWD, October 2026). Galeries Lafayette has made designer-led windows a recurring format, enlisting Jean-Charles de Castelbajac for its Haussmann flagship after Kevin Germanier in 2024 (WWD, September 2026). The choice of Ralph Lauren also fits Olivier Bron's strategy of carrying fewer brands with deeper relationships: Bloomingdale's has cut its brand count by about 10% as part of a push to turn near-universal awareness into luxury desirability (BoF, October 2026).

Bloomingdale's and Ralph Lauren unveil holiday partnership