A fashionable read Luxury online retailer Le Black Book is continuing its Sydney public relations blitz.

Forget the headaches of home renovation. Try opening a store halfway across the globe. Assia Benmedjdoub delves behind the scenes of Hussy's move into Indonesia.

Four industry groups. Three interested parties. One Vision. Assia Benmedjdoub delves behind the scenes of a revolutionary textile, clothing and footwear proposal.

Australian designers are among the most enthusiastic exporters in the world. But domestically its speed to market that defines the good, the bad and the ugly, as Tim Harcourt discovers.

Forecasting aficionados will be aware that at any given moment we are in the throes of some 'mega trend' or other. A mega trend is not, as you might assume, a fashion for wearing anything enormous, but a huge, wobbly, zeitgeisty type phenomenon that pervades people's psyches and every aspect of their lives, as well as lasting quite a long time.

<p>MELBOURNE:Department store Myer has resumed business today following a fire which started in a lift shaft at its central Melbourne store yesterday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of around 2000 people. An emergency operation involving 60 fire fighters was launched after the blaze ignited in the shaft running between the upper levels of the Bourke Street Mall store just before 3.30pm.</p>

<p>MELBOURNE: European luxury house Bulgari is preparing to ramp up its Australian retail presence. The accessory specialist will launch a new Melbourne flagship store measuring 400 square metres and boasting 10 external showcases. The development will see Bulgari relocate its current Melbourne store to 123 Collins Street this spring, with the new location set to be over six times the size of its predecessor. </p>

NATIONAL: An unnamed uniform supplier has been forced to take back 14,000 items of 'protective' clothing after employees of an energy company fell ill from wearing the apparel. Queensland headquartered Ergon Energy said as many as 178 staff suffered allergic reactions to the newly issued uniforms, with symptoms including rashes and vomiting.

NATIONAL: Gold Coast-headquartered surfwear brand Billabong has failed in its attempt to block a trade mark being registered by a competitor brand.

Puma at Doncaster MELBOURNE: Puma has opened a concept store in the newly renovated Westfield Doncaster shopping precinct. The

NATIONAL: Australian fashion importers struggling to cope with current fuel surcharge levies could be hit with additional costs at the loading dock, logistics experts have warned.

I was recently afforded the opportunity to stand in judgement of some of the country's best and brightest fashion student graduates. And what a daunting task it proved to be.

NATIONAL: One in three textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) manufacturing businesses will not see out their first year, new data has shown.

NATIONAL: One in three textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) manufacturing businesses will not see out their first year, new data has shown.

BRC plea UNITED KINGDOM: The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, to lobby for a cut in the costs faced by retailers, and to help restore consumer confidence.

February, winter stocks arrive in store it's 40 degrees or more. East May, and the weather is still warm.