Business

High Street retailer Saba is backing its recent push into multichannel retailing with an expanded product offer for autumn/winter 2011.

Fashion retail giant Noni B is preparing to shake up its classic womenswear offering, with an exclusive designer line launching into 130 stores from April.

Briefs

Hallenstein Glasson Holding is bracing for a net profit fall of between 13 and 18 per cent for the half-year to February 1.

David Jones will boost its next order of Camilla stock by 20 per cent as the label’s founder works to secure an “exclusive” deal with a high-end international retailer.

Independents Day

Ragtrader recently reported on the aftermath of Queensland’s flood disaster for major fashion retailers.

The impact of the rising Australian dollar, sales declines during the global financial crisis and late supplier deliveries were among the factors that pushed stalwart fashion label Covers into voluntary administration.

E-Briefs

The federal government will host an online retail forum next month encouraging businesses to explore e-tail.

Why do designer goods cost what they do?

Errine Adaptive Clothing is setting out to change a parliamentary bill to lift the goods and services tax on disability clothing in Australia.

Project Sunshine

It’s the television show which unearths emerging Australian design talent.

Turning the tables

As the dust settles over Under the table’s deed of company arrangement by which it will continue to trade, some ongoing issues have emerged.

Hello New York

Fourteen emerging Australian fashion and jewellery designers took part in a recent G'Day USA trade event in New York.

Gucci Australia has vowed to reconsider its television advertising time slots, following complaints over a racy campaign promoting its Gucci Guilty fragrance.

Space age smalls

A new wave of engineered underwear is hitting our shores, from bras that adapt to body temperature to shirts that correct posture.

It's a booming market and yet one fraught with controversy for brands and retailers.