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General Industry News
Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
Quiksilver this week laid out a three-year plan to boost profit by dumping poorly performing brands and stores.
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Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
Myer Holdings is planning its biggest stocktake sale yet following a sharp downturn in consumer confidence levels.
Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
Global fashion e-tailer, ASOS, has teamed up with a handful of Australian fashion bloggers to launch "State of Fashion", a digital competition to find Australia's most "stylish state".
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Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
The rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne has come to the fore in recent times as foreign brands debate where to set up shop on Australian shores. However, according to one expert, the only factor in brands’ decision making is retail space.
Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
The deadline for Australian fashion designers to apply for the DHL Express Fashion Export Scholarship Program is Friday 31 May.
Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
A speaker and author on consumer behaviour has identified marketing to the ‘diamond collective’ and their mothers as a potential ‘retail rescue’ for fashion brands.
Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
An insight into the 2013 Westfield Study Tour will be presented by IdeaWorks CEO Jon Bird at Future Summit, hosted by the Australian Shop and Office Fitting Industry Association (ASOFIA) in June.
Released: Monday, 20 May 2013
Fashion labels with their finger on the pulse could probably do worse than turning back the clock almost a century to the unique styles of the roaring 1920s. The fashion of the Jazz Age is undergoing a renaissance, following the release of Baz Luhrmann's movie The Great Gatsby.
Released: Monday, 20 May 2013
An exhibition of work by Aboriginal artist Jimmy Pike will be on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney later this year with his creations also the inspiration for the new Desert Designs clothing label.
Released: Monday, 20 May 2013
The Council of Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia (TFIA) has expressed a mixed response to the recent Federal Budget claiming it does little to support the major challenges facing the industry.
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Released: Monday, 20 May 2013
A forum into design thinking, to be staged during the Vivid Festival in Sydney, is aimed at businesses interested in a new way of thinking to tackle persistent challenges in today’s marketplace.
Released: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Seven Indigenous artists with strong links to the Wiradjuri country of Central Western New South Wales have been chosen to attend a custom designed textile training workshop at the Textile & Fashion Hub in Richmond, Melbourne.
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Released: Thursday, 16 May 2013
The Australian fashion industry is expected to be among the sectors most impacted by lost sales as a result of Federal Budget announcements that take money out of the retail economy.
Released: Thursday, 16 May 2013
The Federal Government’s commitment to assisting outworkers in the clothing industry has been further reinforced by a decision announced this week in the Federal Budget.
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Released: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Quality fashion is enjoying a renewed strength in the current market, according to Diana Gibbs Collection managing director Diana Gibbs.
Released: Monday, 13 May 2013
High end designer Lisa Ho has appointed administrators to her beleaguered business. The company entered administration less than a month after it abandoned a bid to raise funding via a public listing on the National Stock Exchange in favour of pursuing a private equity investment.
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Released: Monday, 13 May 2013
The gown worn to the recent TV Week Logie Awards by TV and radio presenter Amanda Keller proved a four-week full-time project for designer Magdalena Duma.
Released: Monday, 13 May 2013
An education campaign to better inform the Australian fashion industry about its obligations under Schedule F of the Modern Award has been proposed by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO).
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Released: Monday, 13 May 2013
Designer Morgan Marks will open a second store in Perth while continuing her strategy not to sell to pureplay online retailers to give consumers a reason to go to the label’s bricks-and-mortar stockists.
Marketing News
Released: Thursday, 16 May 2013
US fashion brand Club Monaco has teamed-up with Tumblr to launch the world's first interactive fashion lookbook. The initiative is being promoted as establishing Club Monaco as the first fashion company to evolve a traditional marketing tool into a visually-driven social media platform.
Product Innovation/Trends
Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
Unsightly underarm sweat patches could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new fabric developed at the University of California, Davis. Instead of simply soaking up sweat like conventional fabrics, the new fabric is threaded with tiny channels that pull the sweat from one side to the other where it forms into droplets that drain away.
Released: Monday, 20 May 2013
German viscose fibre manufacturer Kelheim Fibres will use its presence at Techtextil to showcase its latest developments in the field of technical textiles.
Released: Monday, 13 May 2013
Canadian brand Glow Bug Cloth Diapers has unveiled its new invention for cloth diapers, the 360 Degree Gusset. The new diapers feature an internal elastic gusset that runs around the perimeter of the lining of the diaper.
Technical News
Released: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Eurostop, a leading supplier to the fashion, footwear and lifestyle sectors has launched the latest Microsoft Windows 8 omni-channel version of its e-pos system. Eurostop e-pos can be used for standalone shops, concessions and franchises and can easily be integrated with the e-rmis head office system for larger users.
Released: Thursday, 16 May 2013
UK - A technology funding challenge has been launched for the UK fashion industry. IC tomorrow, a Technology Strategy Board programme, has launched a £120,000 competition to award new digital marketing ideas in the fashion industry.
Overseas News
Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
The ILO is preparing to name Cambodian garment factories failing to comply with local safety requirements. The International Labour Organisation says Cambodian garment factories refusing to comply with safety requirements have one last chance before they are named and shamed.
Released: Thursday, 23 May 2013
A delegation from the US, headed by Under Secretary Wendy R Sherman, will visit Bangladesh from May 26-28, 2013, for the Second U.S.-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue, according to a statement released by the US Embassy.
Released: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Labour activists and manufacturers in Bangladesh have welcomed plans by foreign retailers to improve safety standards at garment factories.
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Released: Monday, 13 May 2013
The Indigenous Maori Fashion Apparel Board (IMFAB) is promoting the use of traditional Maori designs and New Zealand merino to create a distinct point of difference for the country’s industry.
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