Drapers
4 August 2012
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Kidswear Indicator, August 4 2012
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from kidswear retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect kidswear by clicking on the PDF. -
‘Designing maternitywear isn’t the job of a celebrity’
Over the past few years the fashion world has been bombarded with celebrity ‘designers’, selling their collections in high street stores. -
‘More overseas exhibitions want to host British brands’
Despite all the bad news about the UK, being a British footwear brand is proving to be a real asset in today’s difficult global economy. -
All hail JD and Sports Direct
I’m anticipating a barrage of hate mail, but even so, I’m going to stick my neck out and say that JD and Sports Direct’s various brand and indie acquisitions could be a very good thing indeed for the fashion industry. -
B store closes London shop as founders launch new store
Iconic indie and brand b store will close its London shop at the end of August and cease its wholesale clothing operation, but the footwear business will continue. -
Baum und Pferdgarten
The Danish womenswear brand has added denim to its everyday styles. Graeme Moran takes a look -
Billabong signs-up to inaugural edition of Flip
Australian surfwear brand Billabong has become the latest name to sign-up to urban, action and streetwear tradeshow Flip, which will take place for the first time as part of Moda this season. -
Bluewater set to be largest UK shopping centre
Bluewater is set to become the largest shopping centre in the UK with the owner applying for planning permission to extend the 1.6 million sq ft centre by 375,000 sq ft. -
Brand Alley sees 20% sales increase in first half
Private sales etailer Brand Alley has posted a 20% rise in sales growth for the first half of its current financial year as the wet weather helped to drive sales. -
Branded fashion’s North/South split narrows
Figures reveal that spending on branded product in southern England is gaining ground on the North as consumers look to invest in quality during downturn. -
Campaign watch: Ryan McGinley x Edun
It’s that time of year again – we’re moving from summer (what summer?) into autumn and the new season collections will be making their way into stores shortly. -
Collab watch — Tommy Hilfiger for Blauer
Tommy Hilfiger has joined forces with outerwear brand Blauer to create a range of limited-edition jackets, which will launch in mid-September. -
Contactless Payment: Jumping the queue at Marks & Spencer
The Olympics has seen a vast number of brands (albeit food and drinks stands in the majority) offering contactless payment as games sponsor Visa presents its payment technologies. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Buyer vox pop
The thing I’ve noticed a lot is a lot of the summer collections don’t feel very summery because people have lost a lot of money on shorts this year. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Henrik Vibskov
A Henrik Vibskov show always promises to be a surprising spectacle, and yesterday evening’s chilly outdoor show in the centre of Copenhagen was no different. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Odeur
The Odeur spring 13 show started with all white everything, as deconstructed white tailoring came with transparent plastic panelling - sometimes as sleeveless blazers for men or sexy super-short shirt dresses for women, moving to black on black and a moody mulberry red. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Peter Jensen
Pops of bubblegum pink, apple green and cyan blue were prevalent at the Peter Jensen show. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Q&A
Christian Gregersen, chief executive officer and founder of Copenhagen trade show Gallery. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Sessun
French womenswear brand Sessun, which showed at Copenhagen trade show Gallery, is stocked at Urban Outfitters and Liberty in the UK. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Stine Ladefoged
The second show of the day saw Stine Ladefoged unveil its trademark knits for spring 13. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Stylein
Oozing a balmy summery evening feel the spring 13 collection showcased a range of silky sundresses and printed playsuits alongside super soft fluffy jumpers paired with tailored shorts. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Summum Woman
Dutch brand Summum Woman has used the Italian riviera as inspiration for spring 13. -
Copenhagen Fashion Week: Wackerhaus
The hour long delay for the Wackerhous show was worth the wait with the designer showcasing a range of flirty chiffon shorts, floaty dresses with high low hems and jogging bottom style trousers, with both drawstring and peplum waists. -
Copenhagen: Ciff trend show
Copenhagen Fashion Week kicked off today with the Ciff trend show showcasing a pick of collections from the brands exhibiting. -
Copenhagen: The Rise
The Rise show exhibited two very different up and coming designers both showing for their second season. -
Covent Garden drives £50m growth for Capco
The regeneration of Covent Garden has driven growth for property investor Capco, which has seen nearly 5% growth in the value of its portfolio for the first half of 2012. -
Criminal Damage targets indies with kidswear
Young fashion brand Criminal Damage is targeting indies as it branches into kidswear for the first time this autumn. -
Digital Edition: August 4 2012
Keep the faith: Chief creative director Wil Beedle’s vision for All Saints. -
Does it work? Dunhill.co.uk
When I first clicked onto Dunhill’s new website, I was dreading another pedestrian ecommerce site from a heritage brand totally missing its point as a brand in today’s world. -
Drapers Debate: Was Pure right to move later in the season?
With this year’s Olympics, trade show Pure has pushed its opening date back two weeks. But was this the right decision? -
Drapers Debate: Was the BFC right to schedule menswear date clash?
When the British Fashion Council (BFC) announced this week that its January edition of London Collections: Men’s (LCM) would clash with menswear tradeshow Pitti Uomo there was surprise in the Drapers office. But was it the right decision? -
Drapers travels: Copenhagen here we come!
The next stop on the spring 13 trade show express sees the Drapers team preparing to head off to Copenhagen later this week. -
Drapers: Correction
This image appeared alongside a story on our newsletter this morning about poor trading among indies. We would like to clarify that York indie Sarah Coggles is in fact bucking the trend and growing. -
Ethel Austin to be bought out of administration by clothing entrepreneur
Ethel Austin has been rescued from administration by Liric, a firm controlled by clothing entrepreneur Mike Basso. -
Evans shaping up new store concept
Arcadia is planning an ambitious concept store for plus-size chain Evans’ move into a new unit on Oxford Street. -
Exclusive peek at the Hemingway Design for Hush Puppies
Here’s an exclusive peek at the Hemingway Design for Hush Puppies women’s range, launching for spring 13. -
Exclusive: Westfield Stratford stores report busy weekend
Retailers at Westfield Stratford have expressed their surprise after a busy weekend at stores in the shopping centre, despite it being closed to the general public. -
Expansion trail beckons as All Saints returns to profit
Premium retailer All Saints is to embark on an aggressive expansion programme as it returns to profitability. -
Fashion Index
View our fashion data pages to get a barometer of trade in the UK and worldwide. -
Fashion indies hit hard as UK sales dive
More than half of the UK’s independent retailers are worried about the year ahead, after sales at fashion indies fell below the national average. -
Fashion sales up 2.8% last week as John Lewis reports "impressive" first half year performance
Sales of sportswear in the run up to the Olympics helped fashion sales at John Lewis to rise 2.8% in the week to July 28 as the department store retailer reported an “impressive” first half year of trading. -
Fifty Shades effect sees Ann Summers sales rocketing 78%
Sales at Ann Summers have rocketed by a dramatic 78% year-on-year helped by the phenomenal success of erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. -
Figleaves ups own-brand range with the launch of Boudoir
Lingerie etailer Figleaves is to launch a new own-brand line of luxury lingerie from September. -
Footfall up as shoppers hit London streets
Shoppers in London returned to the West End over the weekend as footfall was boosted by Olympic visitors. -
Footwear & Accessories shoot: behind the scenes
This week the Drapers fashion team have been out and about on the streets of London shooting our spring 13 footwear and accessories special. -
Footwear and clothing brightest spots in cool July
Footwear was the strongest performing fashion retail sector in July, although clothing also showed growth. -
Forever 21 expands Oxford Street store
US-based fast fashion retailer Forever 21 has expanded its Oxford Street flagship by a further 6,300 sq ft. -
Frencheye launches womenswear collection
Tailoring brand Frencheye is launching its first womenswear collection as part of a major expansion this summer. -
Going off on one(sie) – it’s 2012’s most unattractive fashion trend
Geordie Shore and The Only Way is Essex have a lot to answer for -
Harrods profits up by 15% despite tough economy
Department store Harrods achieved a 15% rise in profit last year as it defied the economic gloom. -
IMAGE GALLERY: D&G opens first UK airport store
Luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana has opened its first ever UK airport store at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 -
IMAGE GALLERY: Figleaves new Boudoir range
Lingerie etailer Figleaves is to increase its own brand offer with the launch of its new Boudoir range, set to launch in September. -
IMAGE GALLERY: Juicy Couture opens London flagship
Young fashion brand Juicy Couture has opened the doors of its relocated flagship store on London’s Regent Street, in time for the start of London’s Olympic Games. -
Italian young fashion brand set for UK invasion
Italian young fashion chain Brandy Melville is poised to open its first store in the UK. -
Lane Crawford poaches John Lewis and Burberry directors
Luxury Asian department store Lane Crawford has raided British companies John Lewis and Burberry for two new key hires. -
Link-up with Brantano sees jobs slashed at Jones Bootmaker HQ
Jones Bootmaker is to make 75% of its head office staff redundant after merging its back-office functions with out-of-town footwear retailer Brantano. -
Little Mistress prepares for international charge
Women’s young fashion brand Little Mistress plans to significantly ramp up its international business over the next three years by expanding into new territories. -
LondonEdge shakes up layout
Streetwear tradeshow LondonEdge is to axe its LondonCentral area next season and will instead have two distinct sections to help distinguish the different types of brands at the show. -
Melissa, Covent Garden
What is it about Brazil that its mass-market footwear always seems to be made from an artificial material? -
Missguided employs design team
Young fashion etailer Missguided has employed its own design team for the first time for autumn 12 as it aims to develop its in-house product offer. -
Next reveals new strategy to boost "mature" directory business
Next plans to drive further growth in its directory business by improving customer service in the UK and increasing its marketing internationally, acknowledging that arm is becoming “mature”. -
Next: Analyst reaction
As Next improves its full-year profit guidance following a strong first half performance driven by its directory business, Drapers takes a look at what city analysts make of the retailer’s second quarter results. -
Next’s product success lays down a marker for M&S
Three weeks ago we were in the midst of the media storm surrounding the poor results posted by Marks & Spencer within its general merchandising division (6.8% down in the three months to the end of June). -
Off the record, August 4 2012
There were cocktails at London Textile Fair, music by Twenty8Twelve and a Kiwi birthday bash -
On the job - Katy Brown
In the first of a new series, James Knowles spends a day with Oasis’s multichannel editor -
Q&A: Matthew Murphy, co-founder of b store and Other
With news this week of the closure of iconic indie and brand b store, Drapers’ Ana Santi caught up with co-founder Matthew Murphy to learn about his new retail venture called Other -
Rihanna fashion show to hit screens this month
A TV series in which Rihanna and a host of top designers uncover Britain’s hottest new fashion talent will debut on Sky Living on August 14. -
Romeo falls for Joyce’s charms
Directional luxury retailer Joyce, which has stores in the Far East, Paris and Milan, has persuaded influential designer Romeo Gigli to come back to create an exclusive autumn 12 collection after he ducked out of the industry in 2004. -
Room for one more social network in your life?
Yesterday I was at Hackney House’s Fashion Day and got the chance to see some innovative, independent fashion businesses, all based in Hackney and covering a range of education and training, as well as design, manufacturing and free business support. -
Saint Laurent Paris – what’s in a name?
A few weeks ago it was announced that Yves Saint Laurent’s new creative director Hedi Slimane was changing the label’s ready to wear name to Saint Laurent Paris. -
Sanita picks Daisy for trend-led push
Danish comfort footwear brand Sanita will introduce a more trend-led sub-brand for spring 13, which its UK distributor hopes will secure at least 10 stockists in its first season. -
Shutting-up shop
As Olympic fever grips the nation, fashion retailers with stores in London have told Drapers that footfall has been down as the public at large have stayed away from central London to avoid the expected crowds and predicted transport chaos. -
Tesco to launch loungewear range with Kelly Holmes
Tesco has launched a range of loungewear and leisure clothing, designed in collaboration with double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes. -
This week’s hero - IDA
Pointing the way to the most important products, people, stories and shows in fashion right now. -
Three of the best - Brands to see at Pure london
Leading womenswear trade show Pure London takes place next month (August 19 to 21), so now is the time to start planning your trip. -
To B Store or not to B Store
The influential indie is dead, long live the influential indie -
Trendwatch - prints match up
The print and pattern trend will carry on into spring 13, but matchy-matchy sets are the new way to work it. -
UK buyers torn over Pitti and LCM clash
Menswear exhibitions risk footfall declines as London Collections: Men is pitted against Florence show. -
Vince Camuto sets out international expansion plans
US-based premium footwear brand Vince Camuto, which is distributed by Kurt Geiger here in the UK, plans to expand the business to more than 100 overseas doors in 2013. -
Wendy Malem
The director of the Centre for Fashion Enterprise tells Graeme Moran about its role nurturing UK designers. -
West End to launch campaign to tempt shoppers back to London
Retailers in the West End of London are reported to be preparing an emergency advertising campaign in order to try and tempt shoppers back to London after the Olympics. -
What are the spring 13 menswear trends?
Industry insider’s share their thoughts. -
When virtual isn’t reality...
Sales are soaring and businesses growing, yet etailers are still grappling with the problem of merchandising online. -
Writing a new chapter
Wil Beedle is keen to spread the gospel that All Saints is back on track in his first interview since becoming chief creative director. -
Yoox and PPR form joint ecommerce venture
Italian etailer Yoox has formed a joint-venture agreement with French luxury group PPR to help accelerate the development of its luxury brands online.
