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After a tough year in retail, Is there light at the end of the tunnel for fashion retailers in 2012? IBISWorld senior analyst Asher Tan crunches the digits.

MELBOURNE: The former owner of apparel chain T-Bar is investing heavily in his second fashion venture, Who is Hue, after selling the T-Bar business to retail giant Cotton On.

Dene Rogers became managing director of Target Australia on November 2, 2011. Assia Benmedjdoub looks at the man who will take Target to 300 stores this year.

SYDNEY: IMG Fashion has taken full ownership of the event it acquired in 2005, moving Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia under a full global management team for the first time.

Rhodes & Beckett might have saved its iconic competitor Baubridge & Kay from extinction - but the same cannot be said for the latter’s sourcing division.

UK department store House of Fraser will be increasing its online apparel offering to Australia this year, now the best selling country for international orders on its main site.

The online sphere presents both big opportunities and challenges for retail. Here, online expert Martin Newman offers an introduction to launching into e-commerce.

Local e-shopping club operator Apac Sale Group has confirmed plans to launch another site in South East Asia, following a Thailand launch in November.

In these current, dubious economic times, issues connected with business failure are an unfortunate reality. Even if you are travelling fine, chances are some of your customers, suppliers and business partners probably aren’t. Michael Forrest advi...

As the hunger for fresh fibres and fabrics verges on insatiable, the nation’s designers are doing their best to stay one step ahead to keep consumers content, Pippa Chambers discovers.