Wednesday saw the last chapter of an operation involving VF Corporation, retailer John Varvatos and equity firm Lion Capital LLP.
cit.com, a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies just announced that it
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London fashion week label Temperley London has announced that it will be opening its first flagship store in London’s Mayfair this November. The six-floor Georgian building located on Bruton Street, also the home to Matthew Williamson and Stella
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British high street champion New Look is said to have hired HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc to coordinate plans to extend its debt maturity. News arose a week ago when New Look sought after senior lenders to re-arrange
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ModCloth, an American online retailer of independently designed fashion and decor, has closed a $25 million round of funding led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). The e-tailer’s existing investors, led by Accel Partners, also participated in this round.
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The European austerity measures may have Londoners staying at home, but international shoppers and tourists are spending like never before, buying British and European luxury goods. Consumers from China and South East Asia see London
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Italian luxury goods maker and retailer explained Wednesday how the quarterly sales “justify expectations for significant growth also throughout 2012, in the absence of severely unfavourable market conditions.” Shoes were the unarguable
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Marchesa, known for its red carpet gowns, founded by British fashion designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, has confirmed that it is set to launch a lower-priced contemporary line. The womenswear label has inked a licensing
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Cotton tumbled to a 21-month low, trimming costs for clothing retailers after the US forecast rising inventories and as industrial output slowed in Asia. World stockpiles will climb 10% to 73.75 million bales in the season that starts Aug. 1,
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London Fashion Week designer Paul Smith is on the verge of a major expansion into China after signing a partnership agreement with Hong Kong brand and distribution firm ImagineX. According to reports from Bloomberg, the fashion brand will
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New Zealander clothing retailer Postie Plus Group’s stakeholders strongly backed the sale of Babycity stores to a private equity-funded company led by former L V Martin chief executive Trevor Douthett, after the group posted third quarter
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With this inexhaustibly changing fashion and consumer landscape, where retailers are being literally forced into coming up with ever new and superior ways to sell their clothes, purchasers are ever more being given exclusive access to collections,
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Polemic apparel retailer American Apparel Inc. reported a nearly 40% slimmer financial loss and improved sales in the first three months of 2012. Sales totaled $132.7 million, a 14% hike from $116.1 million last year for the same trimester.
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Piperlime, a retailer owned by Gap Inc, is opening its first New York store this fall. Currently an online boutique, the young and affordable fashion brand will open its first retail store at 121 Wooster St. in the SoHo neighbourhood
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Italian luxury group Tod's announced it saw its sales grow 8% in the quarter to March 31st. The company reported €263.2m in sales with each of its portfolio's brands, which also includes Hogan, Fay and shoe designer Roger Vivier, performing well.
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Hong Kong-based YGM Trading Ltd has agreed to buy Aquascutum for 15 million pounds ($24 million). YGM - which also distributes men's and ladies' wear under brands including Michel René, Guy Laroche, Charles Jourdan, Ashworth, and
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Canadian-born, British-based designer Thomas Tait, who was the youngest student to ever graduate the MA in women’s wear from Central Saint Martin’s college has been nominated for this year’s prestigious ANDAM prize, the world's biggest
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"This agreement provides us with increased free cash flow that will be used to revitalize our stores, invest in Barneys.com and further enhance our customer experience at a time when our operational financial performance is very strong,
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Italian fashion label Schiaparelli, which is the focus of the Metropolitan Museum’s latest exhibition, has announced that it’s to be relaunched by its owner Diego Della Valle, who is the president and CEO of the Italian leather goods company,
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Fashion house Paco Rabanne, owned by Spanish group Puig, has confirmed that it has parted ways with its creative director, Manish Arora, by a “mutual agreement” after just two seasons. The Indian designer, who joined the Paris-based label
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| American luxury lifestyle brand Juicy Couture has announced
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| Luxury crystal company Swarovski, is now accepting applications for its Spring/Summer 2013
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| Liz Clairborne Inc., the holding company to fashion and lifestyle
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| Global dance-exercise class, Zumba Fitness is launching
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| Jessica Simpson, who recently gave birth to a baby girl, has
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| British fashion brand Ben Sherman has appointed Jo
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| Salvatore Ferragamo reported a rise in profits in the first quarter
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| Marks & Spencer is expected to admit this week that it is
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| The editors of the 19 editions of Vogue magazine worldwide
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| Levi's is to open a new flagship store in Paris. Located on the world famous Champs Élysées,
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| The international editions of Vogue have announce dates
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| Celebrity-backed US fashion and lifestyle shopping portal,
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| British lifestyle brand Superdry has opened its largest
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| British-based fashion label Nicole Farhi, which shows at London Fashion Week, has named
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| Last week, the estate of legendary actor Humphrey Bogart
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| British footwear designer Nicholas Kirkwood has opened
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| Despite the current economic downturn there appears to be no
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| Nicole Farhi CEO Niki Scordi has resigned from her position, the brand announced this afternoon.
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| Californian-based sportswear label K-Swiss has announced the appointment of David Nichols
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| Fashion retailer H&M has confirmed that its next collaboration will be with Italian fashion
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| Aurora Fashions, which owns women’s fashion brands Coast,
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| Raising the forecast for profits is a shareholder's dream, and Adidas, the world's second
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| British luxury leather and stationary company Smythson has appointed Burberry’s former
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| Aquascutum is hoping to find an interested buyer by the end of this week.
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| Shoe designer Christian Louboutin has been commissioned by Disney to create his own interpretation
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| The 27th Hyères International of Fashion and Photography Festival was held in the south
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| Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab has announced that he will open his first store in Latin American
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| Issey Miyake and Reality Lab, the Japanese designer’s
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| Pringle has announced it is parting ways with its
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| Luxury Scottish fashion label, Fraser Balgowan, has been
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| Since its IPO last Friday shares in Italian luxury fashion
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| Italian fashion house Gucci has announced a five-year
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| Donatella Versace has announced the return of Atelier Versace
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| Arcadia retailer Topshop has announced a new collaboration with Fashion East designer
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