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6 March 2010
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Alberta Ferretti
Autumn 10 -
Alex Feechan
Hawick Knitwear has launched a luxury cashmere brand called Clan Douglas Cashmere Studio -
Alexon to raise capital to speed recovery
Alexon Group has announced plans to raise £20.3m to accelerate its turnaround plan. -
Ambers of Amersham
Chosen by Lisa Williams, UK sales manager at mainstream womenswear brand Emreco -
Artificial brights
Spring 11 -
Axle grows kidswear business via link-ups
Jersey mini-chain Axle has ramped up its kidswear offer with the opening of a multi-brand concession in independent department store Voisins and a Mamas & Papas shop-in-shop in its Axle Junior store. -
Blacks Leisure starts store expansion
Blacks Leisure, the outdoors specialist, has begun a store rollout programme which it said is the next phase in the company’s turnaround plan. -
Blacks poised to seek deadline for Ashley bid
Blacks Leisure, the outdoor specialist is likely to ask the Takeover Panel to issue a ‘put up or shut up’ notice to tycoon Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct following the latter’s disclosure that it is considering a takeover of its rival. -
Bottega Veneta
Autumn 10 -
Burberry files lawsuit against TK Maxx parent
Burberry has filed a trademark lawsuit against TK Maxx parent company TJX Companies, accusing the US retailer of selling counterfeit goods at its US fascias. -
Carnaby Street swings in celebration
Retail and fashion’s finest - including (from left) Simon Quayle, director of property firm Shaftesbury, Professor Frances Corner, head of London College of Fashion, and British Fashion Council chairman Harold Tillman - gathered last week to celebrate 50 years of London’s swinging Carnaby Street with an exhibition and book launch. -
Carolyn Massey
Autumn 10 -
Christopher Shannon
Autumn 10 -
Clothing and footwear sales grow in February
Clothing and footwear sales growth continued in February after the sector benefitted from posptoned January sales. -
Council grant inspires Boo to double up
Young fashion indie Boo has opened a second store after strong sales in the first year of trading at its Mexborough store in South Yorkshire. -
Dawson International targets UK growth as 2009 sales fall
Cashmere manufacturer Dawson International has outlined plans to sign up UK agents in a bid to grow the UK wholesale business for its Kinross and John Laing brands. -
Desert Sun
Spring 11 -
Dolce & Gabbana
Autumn 10 -
Dry and papery touch
Spring 11 -
DSquared
Autumn 10 -
Dune appoints marketing boss
The Dune Group has appointed the former international head of marketing at lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur to the new role of head of marketing. -
Emanuel Ungaro drops Lindsay Lohan
Luxury fashion house Emanuel Ungaro is understood to have dropped actress Lindsay Lohan as artistic adviser after just one collection. -
Emporio Armani
Autumn 10 -
Erdem Moralioglu
He may be inspired by disaster movies, but the Canadian-born designer has become one of London Fashion Week’s biggest recent success stories thanks to his fresh ideas and commercial sensibility -
Footwear focus
Autumn 10 -
Fred Perry collaborates with Amy Winehouse
Fred Perry has collaborated with pop star Amy Winehouse on a 17-piece clothing and accessories collection. -
George launches 100-day returns policy
George at Asda has launched a 100-day returns policy as it seeks to step up the competition on rival chains Primark, Tesco and Marks & Spencer. -
Gieves & Hawkes shakes up senior management team
Gieves & Hawkes chief executive Steven Walton has left the Savile Row men’s tailoring business. -
Giorgio Armani
Autumn 10 -
Gucci
Autumn 10 -
Highlight shades
Spring 11 -
Investor closes in on Liberty
Marco Capello, the former managing director of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, is poised to buy iconic London department store Liberty via his investment fund BlueGem Capital Partners. -
IPO to value SuperGroup at £395m
SuperGroup is expected to say this week that its IPO share price will be 500p, valuing the young fashion business at £395m. -
Iridescent shine
Spring 11 -
James Long
Autumn 10 -
Jil Sander
Autumn 10 -
John Lewis commercial director takes on 'bricks and clicks'
John Lewis has charged commercial director Andrea O’Donnell with overseeing retail development, format development and retail implementation at the department store chain. -
John Lewis defies bad weather with 14.8% sales uplift
Department store chain John Lewis posted a 14.8% sales increase last week to £50.4m, when sales of fashion were strong. -
John Lewis staff poised for 14% bonus
Staff at the John Lewis Partnership, which owns the eponymous department store, are expected to receive around 14% of their annual salary when the retailer reveals strong full-year profits this week. -
John Lewis warns of challenging 2010
John Lewis saw profits climb 15% to £165.9m for the year ended January 30, but the department store warned that the second half of 2010 was likely to bring more challenging trading conditions. -
John Studley
Store manager of men’s young fashion indie Oi Polloi in Manchester Brands include Acne, Edwin, Folk, Fred Perry, Lee, Levi’s, Norse Projects, Oliver Spencer, Ralph Lauren -
JW Anderson
Autumn 10 -
Kidswear indicator, 0-4 year-olds, March 6 2010
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from kidswear retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect 0-4 year-olds by clicking on the PDF. -
Kidswear indicator, 5-12 year-olds, March 6 2010
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from kidswear retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect 5-12 year-olds by clicking on the PDF. -
LFW designers to open outlet store
London Fashion Week designers including Erdem, PPQ and House of Holland are to open a collective pop-up shop at Bicester Village. -
Marmalade toasts rise in footfall after relocation
Footfall at contemporary womenswear indie Marmalade has increased more than threefold since it moved to a new, more central location in Axminster, Devon, and rethought its brand mix to target a younger customer. -
Matalan founder to pay himself £250m dividend
Matalan founder John Hargreaves is set to pay himself a £250m dividend as part of refinancing plans at the value chain. -
Melange and denim looks
Spring 11 -
Micam hailed a success
The organisers of international footwear tradeshow Micam hailed this season’s edition a success and “one of the first signals of the long-awaited recovery”. -
Moschino
Autumn 10 -
N Brown launches two plus-size brands
N Brown, the internet and homeshopping group has launched two plus-size brands: a menswear line called Williams & Brown and a womenswear collection called That’s My Style. -
Nautical sports
Spring 11 -
New George at Asda MD to push online
Newly promoted George at Asda managing director Andrew Moore is expected to drive multichannel and international growth at the supermarket brand when he takes up his position next month. -
No successor lined up for Alexander McQueen as final collection unveiled
Alexander McQueen chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd has said that the label has not begun looking for a successor to the late designer as McQueen’s final collection was shown yesterday at a private showroom in Paris. -
Off the record, March 6, 2010
The inside track on the parties and gossip for the week. -
Olsen
The contemporary womenswear brand is rejuvenating its range to enhance its appeal in the UK and RoI. -
Olsen sets sights on younger shoppers
Mainstream womenswear brand Olsen is in talks with department store John Lewis to open a raft of concessions as part of a wider retail push for the brand. -
Paris Fashion Week: 1950s pin-ups at Louis Vuitton
The 1950’s pin-up girl is back for autumn 10 at the iconic French label Louis Vuitton -
Paris Fashion Week: Balmain and Nina Ricci provide high-impact glamour
After the storming success of Balmain’s autumn 09 collection which helped spawn the sequin and shoulder trend of the season it was always going to be interesting to see how the label would take new direction from the formula that worked so well. -
Paris Fashion Week: Celine, John Galliano
Celine and John Galliano demonstrated the spectrum of Paris fashion over the weekend, from minimalist tailoring to eccentric nomad warrior-women. -
Paris Fashion Week: Chanel
Chanel treated Paris to a no expenses spared show yesterday featuring a sculpted iceberg which took the elaborate nature of Chanel’s catwalk settings to new heights. -
Paris Fashion Week: Stella McCartney, Yves Saint Laurent
Grown-up dressing at Stella McCartney and Yves Saint Laurent saw the clean and tailored look that has dominated the Paris catwalks continue. -
Pavers in merger deal with Shoe-shop.com
Stuart Paver, owner and managing director of Pavers Shoes, has acquired 100% of Shoe-shop.com, the etail business he co-founded, and plans to merge it with mid-market footwear chain Pavers to become a global multichannel footwear retailer. -
Prada
Autumn 10 -
Pre-tax profits soar at Henleys
Young fashion business Henleys has reported a leap in pre-tax profits from £65,000 to £4.7m in the year to March 31, 2009. -
Raise your voice with a blog
Retailers should take advantage of the rising influence of blogs to build a dialogue with their customers. -
Rethink value in ethical terms, says Terry Green
Tesco clothing boss Terry Green has warned that the fashion industry faces a “new value equation” and urged retailers to embrace ethical and sustainable issues. -
Rippled surfaces
Spring 11 -
River Island makes a grab for kidswear
River Island is to take on rival Next and capitalise on the demise of Adams with the launch of a mini-me kidswear range across selected stores next month. -
Roberto Cavalli
Autumn 10 -
Shirt shades
Spring 11 -
Shop vacancies on the rise
Shop vacancies rose in the three months to January 31, with more than one in ten shops on the high street lying empty. -
Signs of spring fail to point to sales uplift for retailers
Retailers remain cautious about trading prospects in March as shopping patterns continued to be volatile in 2010. -
Slow sales increase fears of a double dip
We may have seen the first blue sky of 2010 this week but spring has certainly not yet sprung for the fashion sector. -
Stockists unmoved by axing of Ugg distributor
Stockists of the highly lucrative sheepskin boot brand Ugg Australia were largely unconcerned that US parent company Deckers had axed its eight-year long UK and Republic of Ireland distribution agreement with AMG Footwear this week in favour of selling the brand direct. -
SuperGroup to expand and launch marketing campaign after IPO
SuperGroup will use the £125m expected to be raised by its flotation to open 20 stores and launch a marketing campaign, founder Julian Dunkerton has said. -
Target tie-up unveiled by Liberty
Liberty will launch its collaboration with US value giant Target on March 12. -
Tesco's Terry Green replaced by Richard Jones
Tesco chief executive of clothing Terry Green has handed over the reins of the grocer’s UK fashion business to Tesco’s head of non-food Richard Jones. -
The 82nd Academy Awards: The best and worst dressed
The Oscars, famous for the glitterati’s choice of dress as much as the coveted awards themselves, didn’t disappoint with ruffles and frills aplenty. -
The return of fur and loathing
Real fur is back with a vengeance in autumn 10 collections, posing an ethical buying dilemma for retailers -
The weekend newspaper round up: March 6 to 7, 2010
A round up of the best fashion business stories from the weekend’s newspapers. -
Tim Soar
Autumn 10 -
Toast, Cheltenham
Contemporary womenswear retailer Toast has just seven standalone stores, with the latest opening on Valentine’s Day in the posh part of Cheltenham. -
Tommy Hilfiger could open European market to Phillips-Van Heusen
The potential acquisition of luxury label Tommy Hilfiger by fashion group Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH) could open up European markets for PVH, according to JP Morgan Equity Research. -
Topman Design
Autumn 10 -
Turning online fashion into a man’s world
It’s been one year since we launched menswear at My-Wardrobe for spring 09, after identifying a gap in the online market for accessible luxury designer fashion for the male consumer. -
Unified footwear shows a forward step for UK
It’s exhibition time, and again UK footwear companies are faced with a bewildering choice of trade shows at home and abroad. In the UK alone, there is Pure London and Moda, each with their own niches and markets, and priced very differently, plus secondary shows such as the Kensington Shoe Event. -
Versace
Autumn 10 -
Versus
Autumn 10 -
Video: Primark founder Arthur Ryan collects outstanding achievement award
Famously private Primark founder Arthur Ryan stepped into the limelight last night at the Oracle Retail Week Awards. -
Washed preppy
Spring 11 -
Watery colours
Spring 11 -
Whistles posts £5m loss
Whistles reported a pre-tax loss of £5.1m for the year ended January 31, 2009 - its first 12 months under the leadership of former Topshop boss Jane Shepherdson. -
www.apc.fr
Premium French denim label APC is known for its clean, basic but on-trend men’s and women’s clothing and accessories, and since its launch in the late 1980s has become a popular label among UK independents.
