SYDNEY: The Queen Victoria Building in central Sydney has emerged from a $48million, six year restoration as a vision of its original beauty.

NATIONAL: Australian fashion businesses will shortly be offered more assistance to protect their intellectual property.

NATIONAL: Animal rights activists have vowed to step up their campaign against Australian wool, following reports wool growers would continue sheep mulesing after 2010.

SYDNEY: Leather accessories brand Scala has been appointed as the new distributor for American handbag brand Nicole Lee.

NATIONAL: Australian wool suppliers could lose valuable market share to their international competitors, following an announcement the industry was unlikely to meet the 2010 mulesing deadline.

PERTH: Atlas South Sea Pearl has announced it will be implementing a new marketing agreement to allow for more flexibility to sell its pearls through expanded wholesale markets.

NATIONAL: High Street retailer Country Road will welcome a new chief financial officer and company secretary in October.

MELBOURNE: Eight independent Australian and New Zealand fashion labels including Akira, Toni Maticevski and Zambesi will feature in a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.

NATIONAL: High Street retailer Country Road expects profits to soar by up to 56 per cent for the 2009 financial year.

NATIONAL: Regional shopping centre Centro Roselands has enlisted a city slicker to drive its latest marketing campaign.

WELLINGTON: Womenswear label Twenty-Seven Names has encountered another battle on its road to Air New Zealand Fashion Week (ANZFW).

MELBOURNE: New South Wales designer Claudia Chabo's hopes of showing at Rosemount Sydney Fashion Week (RAFW) are now over.

SYDNEY: Sydney printing firm Publisher Textiles has proved it can foot it with the big boys when it comes to business best practice.

BRISBANE: Some of the country's best emerging design talent have put themselves into the firing line in an attempt to secure free boutique space.

NATIONAL: Australian sportswear brand Running Bare has outplayed its international competitors in the supplier stakes.

NATIONAL: High-profile footwear brand Steve Madden has been placed in administration - the third major casualty for the sector this year.