Drapers
7 March 2009
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Adidas executive gives guidance on 2009
Herbert Hainer, the chief executive of Adidas, has warned he expects currency neutral group sales to decline this year. -
All Saints agrees financial restructuring deal
All Saints has been saved from insolvency after the collapsed Icelandic banks that backed it agreed on a financial restructuring, according to reports. -
All Saints relaunches website
All Saints has relaunched its online store with new imagery and better navigation. -
American Apparel to sell stake to private equity firm
American Apparel is set to sell a 20% stake in the business to private equity firm Lion Capital, according to reports. -
Aquascutum
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Aurora to reassure its supply base...
Derek Lovelock, chief executive of the newly formed Aurora Fashions business, which rescued Oasis, Karen Millen, Coast and Warehouse from administration this week, has kicked off a tour of suppliers to reassure them of the company’s strong financial position. -
Autumn debut for Nichole de Carle
Lingerie label Nichole de Carle has launched into the UK for autumn 09. -
Axle Woman moves into Voisins
Voisins department store in Jersey has teamed up with mini chain Axle Woman to relaunch the Voisins’ womenswear department. -
b Store
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Basso and Brooke
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Best of the rest
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Betty Jackson
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Betty Jackson
Once considered a radical, the designer’s timeless pieces made her a member of British fashion royalty, but as a new footwear and accessories line shows, she can still challenge preconceptions -
BRC demands rates freeze and VAT cut extension
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is calling on the government to freeze business rates and delay returning VAT to 17.5% to assist under-pressure retailers through the recession. -
Bunty Stokes leaves Brand Alley
Bunty Stokes, sales and merchandising director at discount etailer BrandAlley has left the company. -
Carolyn Massey
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Christopher Kane
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Christopher Shannon
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Clarks Originals Gallery
The Clarks breakaway brand celebrates 60 years of its classic desert boot with a six-piece limited edition -
Dawson puts Todd & Duncan cashmere up for sale
Manufacturer Dawson International, the yarn spinning firm which suppliers brands such as Gucci, Prada and Louis Vuitton, has put its cashmere business Todd & Duncan up for sale. -
Debenhams to buy Principles stock
Debenhams is believed to be close to securing a deal to buy a significant proportion of Principles’ stock, but it is not expected buy the Principles brand name or its shops. -
Designersmarket Gallery
Designersmarket is a new collective of emerging designers from Denmark which hopes to capitalise on the continuing popularity of Scandinavian fashion. -
Dramatic retail market consolidation ahead
Three-quarters of senior business executives expect dramatic consolidation in the retail market this year, as strong retailers use the recession as an opportunity to acquire weaker businesses. -
Elle Macpherson Intimates expands
Lingerie brand Elle Macpherson Intimates is opening its first retail store next month within designer outlet operator McArthurGlen in Cheshire Oaks in South Wirral. -
Entry deadline extended for Drapers Footwear Awards
The deadline for entries for The Drapers Footwear Awards 2009 has been extended by one week to March 18. -
Erdem
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Fashion sales dip 2.4%
Fashion sales declined 2.4% in the week to March 8 compared to the previous week. However, young fashion was more resilient than the rest of the sector, according to figures from BDO Stoy Hayward. -
February retail sales crash
Like-for-like fashion sales fell by 9.7% in February according to BDO Stoy Hayward’s Like-for-Like Club. -
Founders back at USC
Young fashion brands have hailed the return of David Douglas and Angus Morrison to USC, the branded young fashion chain they founded in 1989, as a clear sign the business will be restored to its former glory. -
French Connection swings to £5.5m loss
French Connection has plunged into the red reporting a pre-tax loss before impairment of goodwill charge of £5.5 million for the year ended January 31. -
GDS visitor numbers fall 6%
The number of visitors to German footwear trade show GDS declined by 6% to 31,000 this season. -
George at Asda announces fashion student winners
George at Asda has announced a group of fashion design students from Nottingham Trent University as the winners of its menswear design competition. -
Giles
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Giulio Cinque
Drapers probes leading independents to get their View from the Shop Floor. -
Go the extra mile on customer service
I bought the rights to the name of Snooty Frox in Harrogate in 2001 for £250, which has turned out to be a smart investment. At that time it was an eveningwear hire shop within a specialist bridalwear store. -
Gucci rocks Milan Fashion Week
Gucci’s tough-girl collection typified the darker glamour of Milan Fashion Week, which closed on Wednesday. -
Hilary Riva steps down as ceo of British Fashion Council
Hilary Riva is to step down as chief executive of the British Fashion Council (BFC) as part of a management restructure initiated by chairman Harold Tillman. -
Hush Puppies to launch shoe design competition
Footwear brand Hush Puppies is launching a competition to find the next big thing in footwear design and the winning entrant will have their shoes put into production and then sold by high street retailer Schuh. -
Interest rates cut to 0.5%
The Bank of England has cut interest rates from 1% to 0.5%, a record low. -
Jaeger
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JJB Sports confirms offers for fitness clubs
JJB Sports has confirmed that it has received offers for its fitness club business in a second round of bids and there are reports that the retailers’ lenders have held talks with restructuring firm Gordon Brothers about offloading stock and stores. -
JJB Sports set to sell fitness clubs to Dave Whelan
JJB Sports is understood to be in exclusive talks with Dave Whelan, the group’s founder, about a sale of its fitness club operation, according to reports. -
John Lewis fashion sales rise 5.7%
Fashion sales at John Lewis rose 5.7% for the week to March 7 despite an overall fall of 2.1% for period, following uncertainty in the financial markets. -
John Lewis profits fall 27%
John Lewis saw operating profit fall back 26.8% to £146 million for the year ended January 31, but sales were flat at £2.81 billion. -
John Lewis sales fall 12.6%
Sales at John Lewis fell by 12.6% to £44.41 million for the week ended March 21 due to the warm weather and the shift in the Easter calendar date. -
Joules, Cheltenham
Shoppers can experience a sense of domestic bliss at Joules’ English country home-themed flagship store -
Kidswear indicator, 0-7 year-olds, March 7 2009
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from footwear retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect women’s footwear by clicking on the PDF. -
Kidswear indicator, 8-13 year-olds, March 7 2009
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from footwear retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect women’s footwear by clicking on the PDF. -
La Perla poised to announce new chief executive
Lingerie brand La Perla has reportedly appointed Alain Prost, currently general director at lingerie business Chantelle Group, as chief executive. An announcement is expected later today. -
Lead store visitors into temptation
All of us are only too aware of the predictions of challenging times this year. -
Letters to March 7, 2009
The round-up of letters to the editor -
Liam Gallagher to launch menswear brand - WATCH VIDEO
Rock star and Oasis front man Liam Gallagher is set to launch a wholesale clothing label later this year. -
London Fashion Week Autumn 09 round up
Drapers’ Laura Jackson talks through the key trends and points from London Fashion Week Autumn 09. -
Luella
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M&S strategy is blasted by City analyst
Marks & Spencer has been slammed for failing to attract younger customers by analysts at Credit Suisse, who said it was in need of a strategy overhaul. -
Manchester Fashion Network to hold counterfeiting seminar
Manchester Fashion Network will host a seminar and networking evening around counterfeiting on March 12. -
Micam attendance falls
International visitors to Micam, the Italian footwear trade show, dropped back 9.4% to 18,945 as the global downturn continued to bite into retailer’s travel and buying budgets. -
Mulberry to beat expectations
Mulberry said that the last minute Christmas rush at its UK stores will help it to beat market expectations for the full year ended March 31. -
Nathan Jenden
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Net-a-Porter gives details of discount venture
Net-a-Porter will launch its dedicated discount etail venture theOutnet.com next month with more than 200 luxury fashion brands. -
Net-a-Porter profits rocket
Net-a-Porter saw pre-tax profit rocket by 300% to more than £9 million thanks to improved margins at the designer etailer. -
New dawn lifts the cloud over Mosaic
Aurora, which means new dawn, is an apt name for the new business made up mostly, but not exclusively, of the former Baugur-backed Mosaic Fashions businesses. -
Next refuses to pay Westfield's increased service charge
Next is among retailers at the Westfield London shopping centre refusing to pay part of their service charges after the developer increased them. -
Nick Robertson to become Skillsmart Retail patron
Asos.com chief executive Nick Robertson is to become the first online retail patron of Sector Skills Council body Skillsmart Retail. -
Nicole Fahri
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No buyer spells end for EBTM
Music-related fashion etailer EBTM is set to go into administration and will delist from the AIM stock market next month, after failing to find funding to save the business. -
Off the record, March 7, 2009
The inside track on the parties and gossip for the week. -
Off-schedule talent wows buyers at LFW
British designers presenting off-schedule grabbed the attention of womenswear buyers with directional and unique designs at last week’s London Fashion Week. -
Oxford Street to be pedestrianised over Bank Holiday
Landmark shopping destination London Oxford Street will close to traffic on Saturday May 23 - the second Bank Holiday weekend in May. -
Paris Fashion Week: Chanel
A romantic interpretation of regency dress inspired by Beau Brummel and Karl Lagerfeld’s signature look of fanciful monochrome and bolero touches was showcased on the Chanel catwalk at Paris Fashion Week yesterday. -
Paris Fashion Week: demure versus sexy
While the commercially-driven brands of Milan Fashion Week steered their collections down a relatively safe path a week ago, many brands showing at Paris Fashion Week over the weekend threw recessionary caution to the wind, igniting buyer excitement with a volley of looks from retro-tinged elegance to rock-inspired sexy styles. -
Paris Fashion Week: flamboyant Galliano
Following on from the theatrical performance that was Alexander McQueen’s collection on Tuesday, John Galliano put up a fight for most flamboyant show of Paris Fashion Week with his presentation on Wednesday evening. -
Paris Fashion Week: Gareth Pugh’s black parade
The international fashion lollapalooza swung into Paris for the start of the French capital’s Fashion Week which kicked off yesterday. -
Paris Fashion Week: new takes on tailoring
After a week characterised by a see-saw of sexy silhouettes and prim retro-flavoured war-time looks, yesterday underlined the Paris catwalks’ other key story – new takes on tailoring. -
Paris Fashion Week: wearable luxury from Balenciaga
Nicholas Ghesquière, creative director at Balenciaga, underlined the brand’s innate sense of craftsmanship yesterday with a presentation swathed in intricately draped and swagged silhouettes. -
Paris Hilton heads to UK
Fashion agent Terry Bates Agency is bringing the Paris Hilton Clothing Line label to the UK as the latest addition to Bates’s stable of young fashion brands. -
Paul Smith
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Peacocks restructures head office team
Value fashion chain Peacocks has appointed Jane Hotz as womenswear buying director as part of a wider restructuring at head office. -
Peter Davies' Principles deal in jeopardy
Peter Davies has warned that his bid to rescue Principles may be thwarted because of the timing of the administration of its parent company Mosaic Fashions. -
PPQ
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Principles brand could still be up for grabs
Deloitte, the administrators of Principles, are expected to continue to sound out potential buyers for the Principles brand name, after Debenhams bought the bulk of the womenswear chain’s stock at the weekend but left the name behind (as exclusively predicted by Drapersonline.com). -
Radio DJ adds designer boutique to her playlist
Northern Irish radio DJ Holly Carey has opened a designer boutique called Madison Rose on Belfast’s Lisburn Road. -
Retail sales slide in February
Retail like-for-like sales fell 1.8% in February and fashion sales recorded their worst performance since last April as the end of the Sales and bad weather hit trade. -
Retailers wage Sales war
High street retailers including department stores Debenhams and House of Fraser launched discount promotions this week, while John Lewis cut its prices to match. -
Robert Bready
The self-confessed former internet-phobe tells Lauretta Roberts how he became product and trading director at fashion etail giant Asos -
Script boss plots new concept in Liverpool
The owner of Liverpool menswear independent Script, Paul Dougherty, is to launch a new fashion fascia called Saints & Sinners. -
Shhhhhhhh!
Which celebrity diva at London Fashion Week demanded a front-row seat? A guest was asked to move so the star could sit down halfway through the catwalk show. -
Shoe Studio Group sold to Dune
The assets of Shoe Studio Group will be sold to footwear specialist Dune imminently Drapers has learnt. -
Shorter lengths boost skirts
Sales of shorter skirts are helping reinvigorate the category, as the rise of dress sales slows, according to research. -
Smythson considers sale
Luxury handbag and leather goods firm Smythson has appointed advisers with a view to a potential sale of the business. -
Tell us about your birthday bash
If your independent business celebrates a milestone birthday this year, then Drapers wants to hear from you. -
The Exhibition at LFW
From debutantes to stalwart brands, the exhibition at this season’s LFW served up a raft of commercial boutique-friendly collections -
Topman Design
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Twenty8Twelve
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Vivienne Westwood Red Label
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Weekend newspaper round-up: March 7-8
The best of the fashion business headlines from the weekend’s newspapers…
