More Brand News
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Exclusive: Harvey Nichols to hire new team for private label business
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Beyond Skin sheds old etail platform
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Collectif invests for mainstream push
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Barbour to boost workforce after investment
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One True Saxon boss joins Realm & Empire
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Mulberry non-exec director steps down
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Guess appoints design head from Victoria's Secret
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Bicester Village launches British Designers Collective
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Exclusive: Terry Bates sets up new denim brand
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Exclusive: Value beats brand name in battle for customer loyalty
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National pride fuels luxury labels’ global ambitions
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Manchester Fashion Week postponed
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Adidas to pay “substantial” compensation to factory workers
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Crombie launches made-to-measure
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Aftershock London to launch into US
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Miss Patina opens in Asia
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Image gallery: I Love Gorgeous spring 13
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Matthews hired to drive kidswear brand
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Lee Cooper sets sail into new markets
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Something Wicked launches into five stores
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Bestseller spreads at Bread & Butter
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Abercrombie & Fitch to open first European outlet
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Sales slip at Hugo Boss
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Brands offered Hub to break into Asia
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Cheekyshoes shifts production to UK
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Exclusive: Project D to cease trading
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J Crew scouting out menswear-only store in London
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Joyce Ridings archive up for sale
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Brands line up for Bubble debut
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Brands sign up to best of British show
Interviews
Zoë Jordan
The London Fashion Week designer tells Emily Norval about the importance of pre-collections and what’s in the pipeline for spring 14.
Close up: Wendy Malem, director, The Centre for Fashion Enterprise
The Centre for Fashion Enterprise director is rightly proud of the organisation’s unsung work nurturing London’s fashion stars.
Close up: Berndt Hauptkorn, chief executive for Europe, Uniqlo
It may only have 10 UK stores - all in London - but Uniqlo’s chief executive for Europe is eyeing up global domination.
Ecomm
Enter the dragon’s den
Fashion retailers looking to take a share of China’s huge market need to understand its online players.
Harness the power of blogs
Once seen as the preserve of big egos, bloggers have come of age and hold sway with their loyal readers.
Uniqlo’s shoot and share
The retailer is building on a previous campaign to engage with customers - but will it miss out on sales?
Shopwatch
Phase Eight, James St, London
A Phase Eight store tends to be one of those shops that you feel ought to be a well-to-do indie, but is actually part of a relatively substantial chain.
14oz, Kurfürstendamm, Berlin
Berlin can probably lay claim to being the best place in Europe, if not the world, in which to pick up a pair of jeans.
Fashion
Show Calendar spring 14
Find that crucial point of difference next season by hitting the show circuit armed with our essential guide.
Short order: Short, sharp stock
The key short-order trends for spring 13 bring a fresh, fun look to familiar styles.
Short order: Men of the cloth
As short-order menswear brands up their game, here are the ones separating the men from the boys.
Analysis
Fashion’s moral crisis in Bangladesh
The latest disaster to hit factory workers in Bangladesh has put the UK fashion sector’s supply policies back in the spotlight.
Suppliers made to pay for spring’s slow start
Tough trading on the high street has left retailers looking for ways to claw back margin - and suppliers are increasingly bearing the brunt as new payment terms are imposed.
The retailers putting their faith in Trinity Leeds
With its central location, fashion focus and mix of leisure and shopping, those signed up to Leeds’ newly opened mall hope it will revitalise the city.
Comment
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Dior cruise 2014: Wow with a capital W
Raf Simons’ show in Monaco was a gamble that’ll surely pay off.
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Deputy Diary: M&S - the saga continues Video
This time last week, we were waiting for Marks & Spencer to unveil its autumn 13 womenswear collection (see Drapers’ thoughts on this Reuters video) to see if it could rescue falling clothing sales; today we await its less favourable full-year results due out tomorrow.
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Bangladesh: 'Ethics' is not a dirty word
It is impossible for the images coming out of Bangladesh in the past few weeks not to leave their impact and, in discussing the business response to the tragedy, we must not lose sight of the fact that people have lost their lives because sufficient precautions were not taken.
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With £600 gilets, M&S A13 falls wide of the mark
The much-anticipated preview of Marks & Spencer’s autumn 13 collection drew everyone’s focus to the quality of the range – but at what expense to the actual customer?
