Levi Strauss & Co. has announced sandblasted product will disappear from Australian shelves from next winter.

Local textile producer Technical Fabric Services is on the cusp of releasing a fabric made 50 per cent from milk.

Retail property giant Westfield will cannibalise its existing customer base with the launch of its new Pitt Street development, a Paddington property powerhouse and competitor has claimed.

Womenswear retailer Katies will increase its store network to 200 national locations over the next five years, with a massive refurbishment program also scheduled for 2011.

With e-commerce divisions becoming standard practice for independent designers and retailers, it is important to set terms and conditions to prevent issues.

Oroton Group records an 18 per cent jump in net profit for the financial year to July 31, despite slower sales for its Polo Ralph Lauren division.

Last month, Fashion Group International (Sydney) hosted a business seminar on new employment laws for the industry.

Seven years after it disappeared from Rebel Sport stores nationally, streetwear label Prizefighter is back with an exclusive Myer deal.

Independent retailer Quick Brown Fox has commenced wholesaling its own line of accessories.

Veteran Australian designer Sally Smith has stepped away from traditional retail and wholesale to embrace what she calls “a bit of a retail revolution”.

Seduce is set to launch into the UK market in association with one of the country’s largest retail groups, Next.

Two investors who ploughed millions of dollars into the local arm of SMP International are set to recoup some of their losses, after a Supreme Court judge ruled they were the victims of “duplicitous” conduct.

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Emerging accessories designer Sacha Alagich has scored the biggest break of her career, securing distribution with one of the largest specialty retailers in Australia.

The next chapter in a long-running and complex dispute between Ugg Australia and a group of counterfeit operators has ended with multiple prison sentences for “one of the worse cases of contempt” before the Federal Court.

MELBOURNE: Antz Pantz is stepping up its department store presence, with its first foray into Myer stores nationally this month.