Tesco triumph
Of every £8 spent by British shoppers in any shop, anywhere, £1 of it will be making its way to Tesco. Tesco will sell £30 billion of goods this year…
Lacoste’s trophy
French sporting label Lacoste announced last week that it had signed up tennis star Andy Roddick onto the team of sponsored sportsmen and women. Although the Lacoste refused to disclose…
Beales In Takeover Bid
Department store group Beales has received a potential takeover approach from an unnamed bidder. The 12-store group confirmed the approach in a statement to the stock exchange following movements in…
Hi-Tec back to tennis
British footwear brand Hi-Tech is returning to tennis with production of a new range of tennis shoes and a partnership deal with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). According to the…
Indian Fashion Week
The first woman to head up the Fashion Design Council of India, Rathi Vinay Jay, has big plans for India's fashion industry. Jay revealed that more fashion-related events were going…
Do men need accessories?
Do men really want to get into the habit of owning the latest bag? Or, as fashion editors lovingly like to label it, the 'manbag?' The craze for accessories seems…
RFID held back by sceptics
According to US retail giant Wal-Mart and other leading retailers, the replacement of barcodes with radio-sensitive identity tags is being thwarted by a general scepticism amongst suppliers. RFID allows retailers…
London Fashion Week schedule a mystery
Anyone who is trying to plan around the hectic schedule of London Fashion Week will have to be patient as delays to the schedule mean designers have not been allocated…
On/Off is on again
During London Fashion Week the official show and exhibition schedule co-exists with the On/Off shows at London's Royal Academy of Arts, which plays host to a myriad of designers including…
Juicy goes Couture
Californian casual women's wear label Juicy Couture will be launching its first couture line, appropriately named Couture Couture, in the spring of 2006. The line will consist of 20 designer…
India number 2 on sourcing list
India is second on the list of the most preferred alternative to China as a sourcing destination for retailers and clothing companies, a study by the Confederation of Indian Industry…
Less fraud in online transactions
In a study involving 160 online UK retailers, figures from CyberSource's second annual UK fraud survey show that while the issue remains unsolved, modern security tools can make the problem…