SYDNEY: Noni B has blamed low consumer confidence and poor weather as reasons for an expected profit drop in the first half of the current financial year.

SYDNEY: RMIT fashion design graduate Laura Wade has scooped a prestigious prize, comprising a fully sponsored six-month internship in New York.

NATIONAL: Pacific Brands has scored a $150 million contract as the prime vendor to supply clothing, footwear and personnel support items to the New Zealand Defence Force.

SYDNEY: M Webster Holdings has issued a corrective notice to consumers admitting it may have been misleading with false statements regarding refunds.

SYDNEY: Ugg Australia is shaking up its product offer for winter 2011 in a bid to reposition the perception of the brand.

SYDNEY: The organisers of Fashion Exposed are set to launch a brand new fashion trade fair to cater exclusively for luxe brands.

NATIONAL: Fashion retailers David Lawrence, Jigsaw and Marcs have been forced to pay infringement notices after the national consumer watchdog conducted an investigation into their refund policies.

NATIONAL: Australian Fashion Week (AFW) founder Simon Lock has been announced as the recipient of an award which has been bestowed on the likes of Akira Isogawa, Carla Zampatti and Easton Pearson.

NATIONAL: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) looks set to reauthorise a code which protects outworkers in the Australian textile, clothing and footwear industry.

SYDNEY: The company which has created corporate uniforms for high-end establishments such as Medina, Crowne Plaza Canberra and numerous hotels worldwide has collapsed.

NATIONAL: A billboard promoting Calvin Klein Jeans was among the most complained about advertisements in 2010.

GOLD COAST: Billabong has dropped its profit expectations for the first half of the current financial year, reflecting slow pre Christmas trade.

PERTH: Rip Curl has acquired 15 Perth-based stores as part of efforts to capitalise on Western Australia's "exciting future".

SYDNEY: RCG Corporation has launched the first Australian flagship store for the Merrell lifestyle brand, amid sales growth across the company.

NATIONAL: Waterford Crystal is claiming a world-first in its collaboration with Australian couture designer Alex Perry.

NATIONAL: An executive with experience at General Pants, Best & Less, Canterbury and Pacific Brands is set to become the new CEO and director of Country Road.