NATIONAL: Peak industry body the Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of Australia (TFIA) will stage a series of workshops aimed at showing apparel businesses how to trade through the global financial crisis.

NATIONAL: Fashion businesses with a turnover of less than $2 million look set to benefit from an extra tax break on spending.

NATIONAL: The union representing the textile clothing and footwear (TCF) industry has accused the government of spending more money conducting a review on the industry than it will securing its future.

SYDNEY: Leon Henry is the latest designer label to cross the ditch into food and hospitality.

BRISBANE: The receivers in control of New Zealand-based clothing manufacturing company Lane Walker Rudkin (LWR) have put the business up for sale.

SYDNEY: Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire which ravaged a Darlinghurst clothing retailer last night.

NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch-based clothing retailer Postie Plus has ended the third quarter with a 7.3 per cent growth in sales.

SYDNEY: Sportswear retailer Foot Locker has ramped up its public relations campaign as it prepares to launch its largest Australian store to date.

NATIONAL: Shares in Pacific Brands have entered a trading halt on both sides of the Tasman as the Victorian-based business plans to sell new shares to raise $256 million and reduce debt.

Skins is rapidly shaping up as the L'enfante terrible of the Australian fashion scene after being accused of being "emotionally bankrupt".

A seemingly inadvertent move into bridalwear and a new retail presence in Queensland have got Akira Isogawa wondering if the downturn is just a myth.

Industry is preparing for a dramatically altered trading landscape following a free trade agreement (FTA) between Australasia and the ASEAN countries.

Stephen Tierney, the chief bean counter at troubled apparel group Pacific Brands hands in his notice after 20 years at the company.

Former One Teaspoon national sales manager and Grab wholesale manager Aine McCourt can now add store owner to her growing list of achievements.

A new "mini department store" is set to up the ante among Sydney's high-end menswear retailers.

Officially I am still waiting to be stimulated by Kevin Rudd. Unofficially I have been doing a little stimulation of my own.