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US shoppers return to stores US shoppers are spending again, as a surge of boutiques, high street retailers and upmarket department stores report an increase in January sales. According to the Financial Times, Retail Metrics said its index of chain retailers’ same-store Read more...   Jonathan Saunders for Topshop Topshop, the high-street fashion giant, has announced its partnership with the colour and print master Jonathan Saunders is to continue into 2010 with the launch of a new 2010 denim and devore collection, hitting Topshop stores at the end of January. Read more...   Benetton continues to invest Italian fashion retailer Benetton confirmed a decrease of -2,8 per cent to €2,050 million, compared to the €2,128 million achieved in 2008. Taking the downturn of the international economy into account, the Company replied effectively to the changing Read more...     Kate Moss for Longchamp collection Kate Moss, who for several seasons has been the face of luxury accessory brand Longchamp, has collaborated with the French fashion house to launch a line of Kate Moss for Longchamp bags. This is the first time the model has put her name Read more...   H&M continues expansion to aid recovery Hennes & Mauritz on Thursday raised hopes of recovery in the European retail sector with its first jump in same-store sales for eight months. Shares in the Swedish group gained more than 8 per cent after it unveiled its December sales figures with Read more...     Amazon's profits surge Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, said on Thursday that fourth quarter sales jumped 42 per cent to $9.52bn from the year before, as online sales growth in general far outstripped physical stores during the holiday quarter. Read more...   Woolrich celebrates 180th anniversary Celebrating its 180th Anniversary, iconic American outdoor clothing company Woolrich is creating a special collection consisting of 17 of the brand’s more historic models. Seeing an official launch within this year’s Fall/Winter season, two outerwear Read more...   Mint Velvet expands with 25 locations Following a successful launch in October 2009, women’s fashion retailer, Mint Velvet, announces the opening of a further 25 locations for Spring 2010. Mint Velvet continues its expansion in House Of Fraser department stores nationwide Read more...   Berlin Fashion Week continues its success story Berlin Fashion Week had already conquered first rank as fashion metropolis in Germany last summer with the return of the main fashion fair Bread&Butter and was able to confirm this status impressively with the latest edition that ended last Saturday. According Read more...   Fashion Fringe goes NYC Chosen as the Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden 2009 winners by Donatella Versace, designer duo Jena.Theo will showcase their winning collection during New York Fashion Week. Bloomingdale’s and new boutique hotel Crosby Street in Soho Read more...   Online December sales top £5bn New figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index show that UK shoppers spent £5.46 billion online in December, an equivalent to £88 for every person in the UK. Sales rose by 3.8 per cent compared to November 2009, demonstrating typical Read more...   Stitch Launching whilst times are still though and the markets haven't stabilised as yet, new UK menswear show is set to capitalise on the strong Euro. Launching at Old Billingsgate Market in London on 14-15th February, the trade fair is offering attractive Read more...   Sales slow at Asos Asos , the online fashion retailer posted 47 per cent sales growth in the first half of last year, is seeing a slow in growth. For the five weeks to 3 January 2010 Asos Sales were up 30 per cent year on year. Total sales rose 38 per cent year-on-year in the 42 Read more...   Walpole Brands of Tomorrow Programme Walpole, the trade body that represents the British luxury industry, whose members include; dunhill, Asprey, Burberry, Fortnum & Mason, Goodwood, Harrods, and Jimmy Choo today announces the call for entries for the 2010 Walpole Brands Read more...   Burberry's sales rocket 15 per cent Burberry Group plc, the global luxury company, on Tuesday reported trading for the three months to 31 December 2009 saw a 15 per cent rise in sales to £380m. The company said retail sales were up 17 per cent with strong comparable store sales Read more...   Topman is going solo This London Fashion Week it will be a first since the conception of MAN in 2005 that Topman Design will be showcasing its AW10 collection as a solo show. It is the 5th anniversary of MAN, which aims to source and nurture budding menswear Read more...   Buyers on the up at Pitti Uomo Buyers on the up at the 77th edition of Pitti Uomo which closed its shutters in Florence on Friday. According to early estimates, that confirm the optimism with which Gaetano Marzotto, Chair of Pitti Immagine, had launched the show, they have reached Read more...

Pringle receives further investment The wealthy foreign owners of Pringle of Scotland have pumped Read more...   my-wardrobe.com celebrates win Online fashion retailer my-wardrobe took home the Best Customer Experience at the Drapers Read more...   Nicolina new online presence Luxury women’s footwear label Nicolina launched its new online boutique. The website features Read more...     Scarlett Johansson designs for Haiti In conjunction with Spanish retailer Mango, actress Read more...   Dickson appointed CEO at Jones Apparel Jones Apparel Group, Inc. today announced the Read more...     Limited edition Liberty printed headscarves Three hand-hand printed winning designs from the Read more...   New chairman at Debenhams Department store Debenhams appointed its new chairman Nigel Northridge as of 1 April 2010 Read more...   Benetton street-casts for new ads Once again, Benetton is blazing the trail with its controversial ads and the Italian retailer announced the Read more...   Matalan comes with heft price tag John Hargreaves' hopes of selling the Matalan discount fashion chain he founded for above Read more...   Copenhagen Fashion Fairs introduces presents Terminal-2 Terminal-2 gets its own press show - styled by award-winning Read more...   Valentino opts for fantasy The Paris couture shows are well underway, and Valentino this season showed a fantasy tribal Read more...   From fire to fashion Used fire hoses and decommissioned British Army parachute silk may not sound like glamorous Read more...   Mais il est où le soleil ? Autumn Winter 2010 - 2011 This Belgian women's ready-to-wear label is starting 2010 on a Read more...   Sales figures too pessimistic Reacting to the official retail sales figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Read more...   Big Freeze leaves shoppers at home The recent 'Big Freeze' across the UK has had a significant Read more...   Burberry opens in Lebanon Quintessentially British fashion is still taking the fashion industry by storm and not only within Read more...   Armani and Reebok teamed up There seems to be a match made in heaven for style and sports affenciado’s now Armani and Reebok Read more...   Poule de Luxe launches new ranges Luxurious nightwear label Poule de Luxe introduces its first Read more...   New Look considers listing The board of New Look is poised to meet this week to consider whether to press ahead with a Read more...   Viktor & Rolf and Roland Mouret launch menswear Two of womenswear's elite designer labels Read more...   Esprit helps the children of Haiti Expressing its sympathy to the people in Haiti, lifestyle label Esprit will host an international fundraising Read more...   Scarlett Johansson faces Mango SS10 For the second time in a row, model and actress Scarlett Johansson Read more...   Jeans 4 Genes celeb auction Designer jeans website Donna Ida is teaming up with several celebrities to raise money Read more...   Kenzo to launch play safe briefs Italian designer Antonio Marras will be taking to a director’s chair for the finale of his upcoming Read more...   Moncler draws investor interest The Moncler AW10 show in Milan saw models lying on beds and dressing themselves, proving Read more...   Modefabriek #28 The 28th edition of modefabriek will be starting in just over a week’s time. The programme Read more...

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