John Galliano’s dismissal from the house of Dior rocked the global fashion industry. Could it happen here? Martin Alden asks.

A growing number of Australian fashion brands are working directly with bloggers to boost sales and awareness. Pippa Chambers reports on the surprising outcomes.

NATIONAL: A new sleepwear label is being launched at the end of the month by family-run Australian business the Bennett Apparel Group.

SYDNEY: Despite intense promotion and a strong label lineup, many exhibitors claim fledgling trade fair The Wearer’s Right (TWR) failed to deliver on the bottom line at its Sydney debut last month.

BRISBANE: Changes to the Queensland Clothing Outworker Code could be made, following feedback from people in the industry who begrudge filling in the ‘time-consuming’ forms.

In a world where everything is getting faster, smarter and slicker by the minute, one local company is also innovating the retail front. Daniela Aroche reports. 

SYDNEY:The retail heavyweights who rescued collapsed womenswear chain Brown Sugar have revealed their plans for the company - and hunger for further acquisitions in the sector.

DESPITE SOME HIGH-PROFILE APPAREL BUSINESSES COLLAPSING AND OTHERS WITH REVELATIONS OF SINKING PROFITS, IT IS NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM ACROSS THE SECTOR. PIPPA CHAMBERS LOOKS AT HOW ONE RETAIL GIANT IS PUTTING ITS BEST FOOT FORWARD.

Italian menswear label 7camicie has launched in Sydney and aims to take Australian styling up another notch. Daniela Aroche explores the flagship store concept.

Fashion Retailer Sportsgirl has been forced to axe the exclusive online launch of its final designer collaboration for 2011, Ragtrader can exclusively reveal.

SYDNEY: Busby Holdings’ managing director Simon Nankervis has revealed he will relocate to the US to take up an executive position at American Eagle Outfitters Limited, once he steps down from his role in November.

MELBOURNE: ‘Excessive’ spending by directors and large unpaid superannuation amounts helped push Satch Clothing over the brink and into liquidation.

SYDNEY: One of the most powerful women in upmarket multi-brand retailing has gathered a team of industry heavyweights for the re-launch of mycatwalk.com.

American brand Converse has kicked off a triple-barrelled strategy for the local market, launching its first flagship store, an exclusive apparel line and extending wholesale opportunities to other retailers.

Sydney-based womenswear retail chain Seduce has been successful in a trademark battle against a New Zealand supplier trading under the same name.

Women's active wear label Lorna Jane is set to break into the US, with five stores planned for the initial retail rollout next year.