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US clothing retailer Liz Claiborne, maker of brands such as Juicy Couture, is to increase its China sourcing to up to 80 pct by 2010, following the lifting of quotas on Chinese apparel imports in 2008, the South China Morning Post reported. The company’s senior vice president Robert Zane was cited as saying that China […]

Icelandic retailer Baugur has squashed rumours that it might retract its bid for the House of Fraser department store chain. Nevertheless, the chain’s shares still slipped 3.4 percent as a result of the conjecture. “This is just a scurrilous rumour,” said a spokesman for Baugur. “It is completely false. Due diligence is progressing on schedule.” […]

Hennes & Mauritz have enlisted the services of MarkMonitor, the leader in online corporate identity protection to help identify and eliminate online counterfeit and gray market sales of its fashion lines on illegal Internet auction listings. A key component of MarkMonitor’s integrated identity protection suite of solutions, Auction Monitoring addresses concerns over loss of revenue […]

Italian fine jewellery house Buccellati is opening a store in London before the holiday season starts. The family-owned business is also opening a store in Aspen , Colorado and is reopening its renovated stores in Beverly Hills and New York . The new stores have been designed in the house’s signature Italian Renaissance style, but […]

Canadian denim label Buffalo David Bitton is opening a stand-alone store in London . After a successful trial with a temporary London store this summer, the company has chosen to commit to the UK market. The first store is slated to open on Kensington High Street in London , with further stores to follow in […]

Dozens of retailers are secretly and unofficially discounting prices in the run up to Christmas by emailing thousands of discount vouchers to potential customers, without advertising them as ‘sales’. The marketing ploy has been used from stores ranging from Selfridges to the shops on Carnaby street, with discounts being mailed to a limited number of […]

The British Fashion Council on Tuesday announced the winners of its Fashion Forward initiative. Roksanda Illincik, Richard Nicholl and Jens Laugesen are the designers set to receive the award enabling them to show their collections on the London catwalks during February’s Autumn/Winter 08  fashion week. The BFC Fashion Forward initiative was first introduced at London […]

Cruise fashion was once an American phenomenon, an obscure fashion season known as cruise and resort. Initially, these clothes were meant for northern well to do women who spent a considerable amount of time holidaying in warm-weather spots, to escape the wraths of winter. That was before airlines made quick trips to the Caribbean and […]

The profit of footwear apparel adidas increased over the first quarter of 2008 with 32% to €196 million, which is higher then expected. During the first quarter of 2008, adidas’ sales increased with 10%, however the revenues in the Reebok segment declined due to the negative currency impact. On a whole the Group’s revenues grew […]