PARIS: Australian designer Collette Dinnigan will use her Paris Fashion Week showcase to launch a fresh assault on the European and Asian markets.

SYDNEY: Staff employed at three of Sydney's most popular retail precincts have been put on notice after mystery shoppers found room for improvement in the way they dressed and the manner with which they approached customers.

SYDNEY: Jewellery designer Lisa Marinucci has taken her wholesaling  business to the next level.

BRISBANE: Queensland milliner Ann Maree Willett has set a new international record.

SYDNEY: Luxury US-based jewellery brand Tiffany & Co has denied it intends ramping up its Australian presence despite appointing a Sydney-based public relations firm.

NATIONAL: Discount department store Target has broken with tradition for the next instalment of its 'Designers for Target' program.

<p>MELBOURNE: Revelations that funding for a national sizing survey has stalled have raised fears Australia will be marginalised as other countries standardise their systems.</p>

MELBOURNE: The recently established division of wool branding specialist The Merino Company (TMC), has introduced a splash of European style to the southern hemisphere.

SYDNEY: The hands that embroidered garments for Princess Diana, the Queen and other members of the British Royal family are set to touch down in Australia later this year.&nbsp;

<p>NATIONAL: Urbanwear retailer Armani Exchange has added a new product category to its menswear collection. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

SYDNEY: Recently launched denim label Finn has responded in kind to consumers turning the market inside out in their search for novelty.

NATIONAL: Urbanwear retailer Armani Exchange has added a new product category to its menswear collection.

NSW launch SYDNEY: Sydney's Lord Mayor Clover Moore is today (September 21) expected to launch a new educational initiative focusing on the business side of the fashion industry.

SYDNEY: Australian womenswear designer Daniel Avakian has an unusual resume.

NEW ZEALAND: Offshore competition has forced Auckland-based fashion designer Doris de Pont to close her doors after more than two decades in business.

A divided industry lags the world in international corporate and social responsibility (CSR), with smaller companies the worst offenders, a new report has concluded.