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Fashion chain Witchery launched its 2012 White Shirt campaign this week, the fifth instalment since the brand started supporting the cause to raise funds and awareness for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF).

A vintage fashion hub in Sydney will launch monthly retail events and a style service in a bid to keep up with shoppers' demands and showcase its wares.

Local womenswear label Mela Purdie has opened up about cuts to its wholesale base, a new strategy to streamline the business, and why it's backing its new brand to turnover budgets of over $1 million from its first drop.

Tips from the top

Island Pacific has provided operational solutions for the likes of Alice McCall, Anthea Crawford, Bardot, Autograph, Millers, Nautica, Surfection, Rebel, Marcs and Karen Millen. Marketing manager David Tyc offers an insight into etail best practice.

Menswear retailer David Cooper has marked 30 years as proprietor of The Coachman, proving the resilience of independent retailers in a tough trading climate.

High-tech high heel lovers are being urged to try out a new mobile phone application created by fashion shoe specialists PeepToe.

Apparel group Gazal has posted a 9.2 per cent sales increase and a 9.5 per cent lift in after-tax profit for the six months to December 31, 2011.

Department store David Jones has today announced a dip in sales, despite its apparel sections showing 'positive growth'.

Flash shoe sales, Facebook discounts and a new website are all part of footwear retailer Windsor Smith's new online venture.

Lee a London hit

Womenswear designer Dion Lee has put federal government funding to good use, garnering rave reviews for his London Fashion Week debut.

Iconic designers Leona Edmiston and Charlie Brown will join Jayson Brunsdon at Myer Sydney City tomorrow to celebrate the launch of his debut Home Collection for the department store.

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, has today launched a new guide to help textile and clothing manufacturers comply with their legal obligations to workers.

BEM in liquidation

The company behind womenswear chain, Barkins, has officially gone into liquidation and it is 'unlikely' that any creditors or staff will be repaid.

Industry bodies across the country are banding together to inform retailers about the challenging business landscape and how to adapt their operations to stay ahead and survive.

RCG Corporation has reported a record half year profit despite declining sales for its footwear brands The Athlete's Foot (TAF) and Super Shoestore (SSS).

A home-grown Perth designer who recently collaborated with Sportsgirl has now been head-hunted by a designer from a top American fashion store.