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Q&A: Gwynn Milligan, trading director, Reiss
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Pure London adds swimwear and lingerie
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Paul Smith set for Chinese expansion
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IMAGE GALLERY: Royal Mail unveils fashion stamps
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F&F's first London store pops up at Covent Garden
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Salvatore Ferragamo posts profits rise
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Harrods launches Diamond Jubilee celebrations
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Hobbs reports 7.4% increase in turnover despite challenging market conditions
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French Connection director pay could spark revolt
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Net-a-Porter to launch McQ pre-order service
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Snow + Rock reports profits drop
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George at Asda to shorten lead times
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Fashion at John Lewis driven by sales of outerwear and umbrellas
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Drapers Fashion Awards 2012 opens for entries
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Mint Velvet aiming to triple UK store count
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Moda to host urban and steetwear show
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VIDEO: Value Retail's Oscar-Inspired Campaign Video
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Jane Norman appoints buying and merchandising director
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Mou looks to double stockists following Ugg repositioning
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Selfridges named world's number one department store
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IMAGE GALLERY: Gilly Hicks opens with a splash at Bluewater
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Bolland expected to revise down M&S growth target
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Kurt Geiger signs long-term deal with Manolo Blahnik
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Middle East investor approaches House of Fraser for stake
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Schuh launches French website
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Retailers get bank holiday blues after rainy days deter shoppers
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MBT’s bankrupt owner says brand’s UK future not under threat
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New Look to launch national outdoor ad campaign
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Clarks: Home deliveries won’t hurt indies
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New Shoon owner vows stability within a year
Interviews
Masters of multichannel
As the industry gears up for the Drapers PayPal Etail Awards this month, judges Hash Ladha and Dan Lumb decode the future of fashion retailing.
Ayen Allen
Hugo Boss’s creative and brand director for womenswear tells Ana Santi why he isn’t afraid to experiment with its designs.
Forward march
Since starting as a Saturday boy, Harvey Jacobson has built a formidable footwear empire – and all while remaining an ‘absolute gentleman’.
Fashion
Hit or Miss - Liverpool
The £1bn Liverpool One retail development changed the face of shopping in Liverpool.
Ecomm
An army of Brand Squads
Social analytics site Klout’s latest development could act as a central hub for brands’ social networking.
Aquascutum’s tangled web
It’s not hard to see where the troubled brand’s digital efforts went wrong when comparing it with Burberry.
Brandwatch
Common People
Graeme Moran discovers a menswear brand with a rare blend of quality, style and tempting prices.
Shopwatch
Custo Barcelona, Westfield, Stratford
Custo Barcelona opened its first UK store a little under two weeks ago.
Boux Avenue, Westfield London
It’s about a year since Theo Paphitis, Dragons’ Den star and lingerie entrepreneur, was glad-handing the media an hour or so ahead of the opening of his first Boux Avenue store in Lakeside.
Wolsey, London
How do you take a brand that’s a mass-market player and reposition it for desirability? Not an easy task really, particularly if it’s a brand that’s well known.
Comment
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FML Asos have done it again
Building increasing popularity in the last few weeks, Asos’s latest Twitter campaign #FMLMonday pushes brand awareness as well as providing some Monday entertainment.
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Retailers can’t let bad weather cloud their judgement
When you look at the dramatic effect the weather can have on an industry like fashion, is it really any wonder that us Brits are so obsessed with it?
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Jubilympic product – too much too soon?
As anyone who has seen the excellent BBC2 comedy Twenty Twelve will no doubt be aware, Jubilympic merchandise is a potentially lucrative market.
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‘Sustainable brands need true beliefs-based marketing’
While flicking through April’s issue of Vogue, I came across a special feature on Alexa Chung investigating ethical fashion.
