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Pure London

12 August 2011 | By Ana Santi , Victoria Gallagher , Graeme Moran

Product categories have led the way over the past few seasons at Pure London, with first dresses holding sway before being toppled by trousers last spring.

Indies tell of credit squeeze pain

3 February 2012 | By Caroline Nodder

It seems fitting somehow that in the week former RBS boss Fred Goodwin is stripped of his knighthood, we on Drapers are taking a look at some of the long-term repercussions for the fashion sector of the credit crunch.

The customer will always be king

27 January 2012 | By Caroline Nodder

I had a fascinating chat this week with someone who has worked in the fashion retail industry for more than 20 years.

Pitti Uomo Autumn 12

20 January 2012 | By Ana Santi

If the mood and collections at menswear trade show Pitti Uomo – the first major event on the buying calendar – are anything to go by, then autumn 12 should be a good season all round.

Peacocks’ tale is a cautionary one

20 January 2012 | By Caroline Nodder

Another week, another high street name hits the financial buffers.

Discounts don’t cut it for everyone

13 January 2012 | By Caroline Nodder

Do you dare to discount? Talking to businesses this week, it emerged that one of the key things for them is their pricing strategy.

The going remains tough for 2012

6 January 2012 | By Caroline Nodder

Happy New Year to all of you from all of us at Drapers.

Japan’s UK love affair continues

6 January 2012

Despite global economic turmoil, sales of UK fashion have held firm in Japan, giving brands all the more reason to enter a market that isn’t as tough to crack as they might think.

There’s something about Mary

16 December 2011 | By Caroline Nodder

So the long-awaited Portas Report has finally been unveiled and the ensuing media, and indeed social media, furore – which seems to follow Mary around these days – was as bolshy and belligerent as ever.

Together we can uncrunch the credit

9 December 2011 | By Ana Santi

What a difference a fortnight makes.

Fashion’s influence is global

2 December 2011 | By Caroline Nodder

Fashion has more than its fair share of ‘faces’ – people whose profile goes well beyond the industry to permeate national and international consciousness.

Fashion royalty’s power struggle

2 December 2011 | By Ana Santi

When we blocked out an afternoon to discuss this year’s Power List, new members of the Drapers team asked how we would be able to come up with 100 influential people.

All a-Twitter over inspiring indies

25 November 2011 | By Ana Santi

Do you follow Paul Turner-Mitchell on Twitter @Paul25Ten?

Industry can be proud of its success

18 November 2011 | By Caroline Nodder

This week at the Drapers Fashion Awards we enjoyed the rare opportunity to bring the sector together to celebrate our worthy winners and also pay tribute to our vibrant and unique industry.

Lagos Fashion Week

18 November 2011 | By Graeme Moran

Drapers travelled to Nigeria in search of the unexpected, and was rewarded with a blaze of colour and prints.

Sale frenzy puts retailers on edge

11 November 2011 | By Caroline Nodder

I remember at 3am one morning in my younger years, I was leaving a club in Carlisle when I was confronted by a long line of people with thermos flasks and woolly hats, camping out on the high street outside Next waiting for the January Sale to begin.