Australian Fashion Week ground to a halt, workers had to be evacuated and people were trapped in lifts on Tuesday 28 April after a power failure in central Sydney.
Consumer goods exporter Li & Fung Ltd, which manages supply chains for retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Target Corp. expects to sign more outsourcing deals as cash-strapped retailers in the USA look to cut costs.
The vice-president and director of men’s fashion at Neiman Marcus has retired from his role after working at the group for thirty seven years.
Sanrio, the Japanese company which owns the imaging rights of the most famous kitten in the world, Hello Kitty, has signed a licensing contract with clothing giant Inditex. Resulting from this agreement will be Hello Kitty collections by Zara.
Special prices, reductions: Zara and the majority of other large Spanish clothing chains have started a ferocious price war in an attempt to redress falling sales figures in the current economic stagnation.
Online fashion group ASOS said it expected to beat full-year profit expectations after annual sales more than doubled and that current trade remains buoyant.
MTV is getting into the fashion-competition space with a new project from the producers of "The Real World." The network is set to announce a series order for "The Stylist" on Tuesday 28 April during its "upfront" presentation to advertisers.
Fila is living the ‘Dolce Vita’. The Italian sports label has opened its first European flagship in Milan, taking its brands onto the commercial artery of the Corso Como.
Underwear maker Hanesbrands Inc posted a surprise quarterly adjusted profit, helped by lower cost of sales, and said it would lay off 250 management employees as it continues to cut expenses.
Italian eyewear maker Safilo's main shareholder is continuing talks with, mainly, four private equity funds and a deal is hoped for before end-June, chief executive Roberto Vedovotto said on Monday 27 April.
Ezra Dabah, board member and former chief executive of Children's Place Retail Stores Inc, said there was no current deal in place with Golden Gate related to a potential acquisition of the apparel retailer.
Strong demand for jumpsuits, playsuits, peg leg trousers and eighties style shoulder-padded tee shirts helped Internet fashion retailer ASOS post buoyant recent trading on Monday 27 April.
A Serbian union official who chopped off his finger and ate it in a protest over wages that in some cases have not been paid in years, said Monday 27 April he did it to show how desperate he and other workers were.
The vice-president of Nike and the president of the Nike Foundation has become the new face of commitment to volunteering in the USA. In fact, Barack Obama personally nominated Maria Eitel to the head of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Franck Boclet is inspired by “the ancient tradions of master tailors”. The artistic director for men’s collections at the fashion house Ungaro since 2007 has leapt back into the past with an exceptional shirt that is custom-made.
