VRG GRL's Cale Suesskow, The Iconic's Joshua Nunan and Country Road Group's Steven Cook on the calls reshaping how fashion buys and sells.

For the buyers, the value this year sat in discovery rather than volume.

Gary Bigeni, Van Brussell and Viceta Wang discuss their market insights with ragtrader.com.au.

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Margin, not sales, decide reporting round

Ragtrader analyses what the reporting round says about where Australian fashion retail heads into Black Friday.

Demand is not the constraint. What has narrowed is the brief.

Incu, Salomon join in Sydney CBD collaboration

Incu CEO Doug Low called this collaboration a full-circle moment.

Rip Curl reunites with Abrand Jeans

The range will be available from the Abrand Jeans website and select retailers, including General Pants, Rip Curl and Surf, Dive and Ski.  

Politix signs on Thanasi Kokkinakis for spring campaign

Spring is a good time to have a bit more fun with what you wear,” Kokkinakis says.

Haigh’s taps Paolo Sebastian for gift range

"The opportunity to collaborate is such an honour," Paolo Sebastian founder Paul Vasileff said.

KMD faces stark recovery test, analysts reveal

UBS research shows the Rip Curl and Kathmandu parent is "getting back on track", but the road ahead won't be easy.

JD Sports flags "softening" ANZ sentiment as APAC outperforms

The company's APAC region is managed by Australian apparel and retail veteran Hilton Seskin.

Victorian stores face 263 crimes a day, figures reveal

The figures include a record 37,398 steal-from-a-retail-store offences, equivalent to 102 every day.

Lew’s Premier Retail fields sales and earnings slips

"We remained focused on executing our growth strategies," Premier chairman Solomon Lew says.

Retail body targets ultra-cheap platform safety gaps 

"Product safety cannot stop at the border," ARC CEO Chris Rodwell says.

Country Road Group rejects sell-off rumours

This comes amid tough trading conditions and heightened M&A activity in the fashion sector in recent weeks.