Fast fashion powerhouse Zara will launch into Melbourne’s CBD next year as part of a national rollout strategy, its local property management firm has revealed.

SYDNEY: David Jones has reported "relatively flat" trade in the first quarter of 2010/11, in accordance with its earlier guidance.

SYDNEY: Westfield's online shopping mall has launched, with 50 initial retailers currently operating through the new portal.

SYDNEY: Westfield's online shopping mall has launched, with 50 initial retailers currently operating through the new portal.

SYDNEY: Sarah Murdoch is sharing her duties as a Bonds ambassador this season, with the winner and runner up from Australia's Next Top Model 2010.

SYDNEY: A former designer for Australian label Kirrily Johnston has branched out to launch her own label, called The Eleventh Hour.

ADELAIDE: An emerging designer with sights set on building his own label won a coveted award at the 2010 Adelaide Fashion Festival.

ADELAIDE: An emerging designer with sights set on building his own label won a coveted award at the 2010 Adelaide Fashion Festival.

NATIONAL: Sydney's Queen Victoria Building (QVB) and Melbourne's Chadstone shopping centre have taken home gold in the International Council of Shopping Centres' (ICSC) regional awards.

NATIONAL: Puma will unleash viral videos and underground parties upon Sydney and Melbourne as part of a global push to promote its lifestyle apparel.

MELBOURNE: The first Zara store in Melbourne may open ahead of the Sydney Westfield site, according to the Australian Centre for Retail Studies (ACRS).

AUCKLAND: New Zealand Fashion Festival (NZFF) will return for a second year in 2011, organisers have confirmed.

MELBOURNE: Value store Dimmeys is facing legal action for allegedly breaching rules regarding the supply of children's dressing gowns.

MELBOURNE: Myer's total sales for the first quarter of 2010/11 were down 1.53 per cent on the prior corresponding period, with a key category hit by price deflation.

SYDNEY: Pink Zebra is branching out from its core business as a mixed label retailer to offer fashion travel experiences for women to the US.

NATIONAL: Fashion businesses keen to learn more about the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) can do so at upcoming information sessions.