NATIONAL: Plus-size designer label Damn You Alexis has not ruled out a move into the boutique market, following its decision to launch exclusively through its own online store.

NATIONAL: Target has revealed the best selling items in its current Stella McCartney for Target range.

SYDNEY: Supre is set to highlight its commitment to local manufacturing, with a city centre event featuring a group of 'Aussie Maids'.

GOLD COAST: Billabong has announced it has completed the acquisition of Surf Dive 'n' Ski and Jetty Surf retail stores from the General Pants Group.

SYDNEY: DKNY Jeans will mark the launch of its first Australian flagship store by staging a 'New York City experience' for Sydney consumers.

NATIONAL: David Jones is continuing its support of Dannii Minogue's fashion line, stocking the designer collection for a second season.

MELBOURNE: Myer has revealed improved customer service and a reduction in shrinkage are among its primary focuses for the 2011 financial year.

BRISBANE: Lingerie brand Daniel Hechter has launched a bid to become more competitive in the Australian market.

SYDNEY: The school responsible for training designers Dion Lee, Nicky Zimmermann and Akira Isogawa has unveiled a sneak peak of graduate work that will appear in its forthcoming parade.

Men's and women's fashion retailer Fletcher Jones is undergoing a major store and design revamp leading into the next calendar year.

Australian retail giant Cotton On has been put on the back foot by a boutique fashion business in New Zealand.

A new babies and toddlers e-commerce website has been launched by the team behind fashion public relations firm Spice & Soul PR.

As the editor of a publication which operates to daily, weekly and fortnightly deadlines, I thought I understood the virtues of good pace.

Ethical manufacturing, sizing and bankruptcy – nothing was off limits at a recent industry seminar in Sydney.

It’s no secret, in spite of devastating price cutting, that the clearance of 2010 winter garments has been very poor.

Fashion Palette took to Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal for two days last month, hosting a range of seminars and designer catwalk shows. ‘Just In Focus Photography’ captured the official launch party.