Leisurewear brand Line 7 was brought to its knees by increasing commodity prices and a failure to safeguard itself against foreign currency fluctuations, receivers of the embattled company have found.

Beginners luck appeared thin on the ground at Fashion Exposed in Melbourne, with a number of fresh labels claiming sales for the autumn/winter 2010 season were slower than anticipated.

“I don’t know how I’m going to face the wife tonight.”

RCG Corporation, THE company in charge of The Athlete’s Foot Australia, has embarked on an aggressive strategy to dominate retail and wholesale distribution in the comfort and lifestyle footwear sectors.

State of Georgia has been voluntarily wound up.

From LA to Sydney, Melissa Harris Jewellery has flourished for 20 years in a saturated industry.

Target has revamped its women's apparel and lingerie offerings with feel-good consumer sentiment at the forefront of its plans.

Even though the duty rate on clothing will drop to 10 per cent next year, customers who have nurtured Bangladesh are unlikely to go running back to the chinese juggernaut.

Beware: The notorious Bra Boys are taking on new territory and are heading to a surf store near you.

The team at Cooper St takes Ragtrader behind the scenes at its pre-dawn campaign shoot for the spring summer collection, covering three separate locations all before 7am.

You wouldn’t know it from my ageless photo below but a lot has changed in the McEldowney House of Porter since last time we spoke.

Every edition Ragtrader talks to a previously featured business to chart its development in the intervening years. This week Melinda Oliver talks to jewellery designer Sophie Kyron.

An attempt by the Fijian apparel industry to promote itself as the manufacturing hub of choice has been overshadowed by the country’s expulsion from the Commonwealth.

Sometimes people call me Mother Kitten.

More than 250,000 holiday makers each year can’t be wrong: Noosa is one of the most beautiful holiday destinations on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

High street retailer Country Road will continue with its current creative direction despite the resignation of chief executive Ian Moir.