Money matters
SYDNEY: The Council of Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia has joined with Fashion Group International and the Department of State and Regional Development to host a seminar all about finance.
SYDNEY: Double Bay-based designer Julie Lantry has signed a deal with British retailing giant Topshop for a range of lingerie, sleepwear and loungewear. The range, dubbed Bulb for Topshop, will be stocked exclusively in the retailer's flagship store on London's Oxford Street.
The range will include silk pieces, including bow-tie knickers, slips, camisoles with matching shorts and a kimono-style robe in printed satin. It will be available in-store from May. For more: 02 9328 5900.
Online fun
MELBOURNE: Australian brand Fun Fashion Accessories has launched a new wholesale website that functions like an online catalogue. Trade customers throughout the country can log in to the secure service, view the brand's latest products and order instantly. All orders are reconfirmed to ensure security with additional login names and passwords required to access the website. Updated every fortnight, the site offers fashion jewellery, belts, scarves, handbags socks and footless tights.
Indian on offer
MELBOURNE: A vibrant range of Indian textiles, designs and jewellery will be on show as part of an upcoming promotional fair being staged in Melbourne later this month. Staged at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, the event will see more than 120 companies exhibit with a view to encourage Australian-based importers, agents and retailers interested in contract manufacturing a chance to meet with Indian suppliers. The fair runs from March 29 to April 1. Entry is free. For more: auexhibitions.com.au
Target spot on
NATIONAL: Apparel discount store Target experienced almost unprecedented interest in its website in the week prior to the launch of the Stella McCartney range for Target earlier this month. Figures from web monitoring service Hitwise showed the brand saw an increase in market share of more than 210 per cent among all Australian websites visited by Australian Internet users between March 3 and March 12. The figures showed more than 32 per cent of visitors to the site - target.com.au - were aged between 25 and 34 years.