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Cotton On Group is set to unleash increasingly trend-focused designs as part of efforts to further conquer international markets.

Coveted space

For many brands, department store representation is the pinnacle of success.

The loyalty club

Duchamp lobbied for the creation of one all-encompassing fashion trade fair for Australia.

E Briefs

Gap Australia has backed its retail entry into the local market with an online consumer campaign.

The writing on the wall was long apparent to Ed Hardy Australia clients in the lead up to its voluntary administration, it has been revealed.

In the fourth quarter of 2005, real estate provider CBRE reported that rents in Oxford Street, Paddington, and in Double Bay had dropped disproportionately to other precincts since the start of the year.

We’ve given you the lowdown on key trends and players luring buyers to Fashion Exposed.

The autumn/winter 2011 instalment of Fashion Exposed will take place in Melbourne from August 29 to 31.

Ragtrader founder and columnist Fraser McEwing offers a controversial take on the legal drama surrounding department store David Jones and a former employee.

Australasian footwear retailer Kumfs has rebranded in a bid to capture a more fashion-oriented market.

New wave

Melbourne’s Chapel Street has long been a hot spot for independent boutiques and Australian retail brands, but Leasing Information Services Victorian Distributor Amos Fischmann says international names are currently searching for space on the strip.

New laws affecting retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers of consumer goods are set to commence on January 1, 2011. Middletons Lawyers’ Jo Daniels and Lauren Traugott investigate.

LIFEwithBIRD has capitalised on its relationship with the creative director of Calvin Klein to build bridges with key department store buyers in the US.

There are some labels that never miss the chance to exhibit at Fashion Exposed.

The Australian arm of eyewear giant Luxottica Group has ramped up its aggressive assault on the market.

When the first instalment of Fashion Exposed took place in Melbourne 10 years ago, the exhibition hall was surrounded by security vehicles, mounted police units and rioters along nearby Clarendon Street.