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Zara launches online boutique
Inditex has launched the first online boutique for its best-selling brand Zara. The long-awaited website will begin in Spain, the UK, Portugal, Italy, Germany and France – six countries that are among the most important of the company’s 76 markets.   more



Lanvin for H&M
H&M has revealed its next collaboration will be with French luxury label Lanvin. The H&M line   more



Karl Lagerfeld for Hogan
Karl Lagerfeld is collaborating with Italian luxury label Hogan, best known for its footwear of   more



Acne x Candy Magazine
Acne has teamed up with transvestite publication Candy Magazine for a series of three shirts, available in denim and silk. The capsule range pieces are named after characters in 80s soap opera Dynasty, and called Alexis,   more



Heat and discounts warm sales
On Thursday, U.S. retailers posted sales that beat modest expectations in August as consumers   more



Photographer Corinne Day dies
British Fashion photographer Corinne Day has died, aged 45. Day is best know for her work of Kate Mas, whose raw, documentary-style images helped sky-rocket Moss to fame in the early nineties. Day had been suffering from a brain tumor,   more



Apparel market to reach $600 Billion by 2015
Yesterdays Index did not move, keeping its previous day position   more







French Sole turns 21
French Sole, world famous for its sumputous ballet flats is about to celebrate its 21st birthday. French Sole started out as a mail order company and now supplies to over 500 retail outlets across the world. For nearly 21 years classic ballet flats have   more



Lacoste appoints creative director
Lacoste has appointed Portuguese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista as its new creative director.   more



Hugo Boss to expedite shop floor fashion
German Fashion House Hugo Boss is taking cue from the high street, aiming to cut the time it takes to bring its collections to the shop floor. Shoppers have a voracious appetite for new products introduced to store shelves regularly. The well-known high street   more



Index up thanks to European impulse
The FashionUnited Top 100 Index delighted its followers   more



Cautious spending for brand conscious Chinese
Western companies are increasingly counting on China to deliver growth not available elsewhere, but the country’s consumers remain reluctant when it comes to spending, according to a survey of consumer attitudes published by the Economist   more







Jobless rates tumble stock markets
The FashionUnited Top 100 loyally resembled Thursday’s U.S. stocks behavior: first bounced   more



Imports from Asia warm apparel stocks
Wednesdays FashionUnited Top 100 Index was 1014.2 down   more



Serfontaine Appoints Alex Jansen as European CEO
Serfontaine, the original premium denim innovator, is pleased   more



Disappointing summer sales weak the Index
After a hike on Monday, the FashionUnited Top 100   more



60-seconds with...Lil' London
Lil' London, UK singer, rapper, songwriter and budding actress. Best known for lending vocals   more



Retailer's performance monitored as recovery signal
Yesterday was one of those days fashion business showed   more



Markets aware of American Apparel
The FashionUnited Top 100 Index keeps climbing up this week as it close yesterday in   more





A&F to close 60 stores
Upscale teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is to close 60 stores in the wake of falling share prices and its focus on expanding internationally. The Ohio-based company this season lowered prices to compete with brands such as American Eagle   more



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