Fashion & Cosmetics

Issey Miyake Continues To Lead The Way With Technology-Driven Designs and Ventures

🕔7/19/2011 5:30:35 PM

(Global Fashion Wire) - Issey Miyake- a brand synonymous with origami-like structures that transform the body into avant garde sculptures, pleats please fabric and the forbearers of innovative technology. For decades under the eye of its namesake designer the label has blurred the lines between fashion and art with his array of technology-driven clothing designs and ventures. This mission is now in the hands of the current creative director Dai Fujiwara.

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Li & Fung (HKG:0494) Research Centre Releases China's Retail Market Report For 2011

🕔7/18/2011 1:56:39 PM

(Global Fashion Wire) - With the fiscal year ending just weeks ago Li & Fung (HKG:0494) (PINK:LFUGY) Research Centre have released their latest report documenting China's retail market growth over the last twelve months. It discusses the latest retail sales data and strategic analysis of the competitive landscape recognizing the growing sectors and the markets most recent developments at a national level.

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Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GPS): Banana Republic Bring 'Mad Men' Look to the Forefront

🕔6/23/2011 11:38:59 AM

(Global Fashion Wire) - Banana Republic, owned by specialty retailer Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GPS), will be launching a capsule collection of 'Mad Men' men and women's fashions during August this year, marking another year of collaboration with the iconic AMC show. The collection, consisting of 65 pieces will entail clothing and accessories such as; suits, dresses, ties, sweaters, hats, skirts, coats and blouses, all influenced by the 'Mad Men' series.

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PPR Group (EPA:PP) Sustainability Initiative PPR HOME To Set New Standard In Luxury, Sport, Lifestyle and Retail Sectors

🕔3/24/2011 5:21:05 PM

(Global Fashion Wire) - After more than ten years of implementation of its environmental and social efforts across its global brands, PPR (EPA:PP) (PINK:PPRUF) announced an ambitious and multi-tiered new sustainability initiative on Monday in Paris. By moving beyond the traditional Corporate Social Responsibility model, the group launched PPR HOME and is setting a new standard in sustainability and business practice in the Luxury, Sport & Lifestyle and Retail sectors.

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Australian Apparel Company Gazal Corporation (ASX:GZL) Announces A 25% Increase in Half Year Profit

🕔2/23/2011 6:05:34 PM

(Global Fashion Wire) - Gazal Corporation Limited (ASX:GZL) today announced an after-tax profit for the half year ended 31st December, 2010 of A$6.5 million, an increase of 25% compared to the previous corresponding period. Pre-tax profit for the half year was A$9.5 million, an increase of 26% exceeding the guidance provided to the market in late October 2010 for pre-tax profit to be approximately between 10 to 20% above the corresponding period for the previous year.

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Hugo Boss (ETR:BOS3) Acquires Moss Bros (LON:MOSB) UK Franchise Store Operations

🕔2/8/2011 4:17:41 PM

(Global Fashion Wire) - The international fashion group HUGO BOSS (ETR:BOS3) has reached an agreement with its most important franchise partner in the United Kingdom Moss Bros (LON:MOSB) to acquire 15 monobrand stores and related assets. The transaction will take effect on April 1, 2011. The buyout includes the Regent Street store in the capital and the recently opened locations in London's New Bond Street and Manchester's New Cathedral Street.

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Myer (ASX:MYR) Forms Strategic Retail Alliance With The Purchase of 65 Percent Stake in Sass and Bide

🕔2/7/2011 3:08:59 PM

Myer Holdings Limited (ASX:MYR) today announced that it will acquire a 65 percent stake in sass & bide ("sass & bide"), one of Australia's most respected and successful women's fashion brands, for A$42.25 million. Myer will have exclusive department store rights to distribute this iconic, designer brand, as well as benefiting from the expansion of both sass & bide's standalone store network, and its domestic and international wholesale businesses.

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