Mike Ashley may more than double the size of his Sports Direct retail empire in Britain by 2011, and to open sizeable chains in Asia and Europe or the US, if he pushes ahead with a £2bn flotation. A decision on whether to float the business, in which Ashley would retain a 50 per cent […]
The Adidas Group reached a profit of 14%, GBP 394,52 million over fiscal year 2007. Over the same period of time, Reebok’s gains dropped with 5%. In 2007 the Group’s benefits went up with 2% to GBP 7,38 billion. The increase is fairly large, especially considering the fact the World Cup in 2006 stimulated the […]
Men’s magazine FHM will be introducing a men’s market-first, ‘travel size’ edition from Spring 2008. The travel size FHM will be a proportionately scaled down version of the regular issue with the same content and advertising, designed specifically for readers who prefer a more portable FHM experience. The new travel-format will be added to FHM’s […]
Over the weekend H&M’s latest collaboration collection by Roberto Cavalli was presented to the international press at a gala event in Rome’s Salone delle Fontane. Stars from the music- and movie business, as well as fashionista’s came to celebrate new collection with Roberto Cavalli in Italian rock’n roll style. ‘Roberto Cavalli is one of my […]
Innovative trends and directional designs are the main theme of next season’s Prêt-à-Porter Paris (PAPP). Taking place from 30th January to 2nd February, Halls 3 and 7 of the fair will be fully dedicated to the new fashion attitudes of the moment. PAPP will identify the main currents that the economic crisis has already initiated […]
Wow, let us compose ourselves. Have you seen the new Kate Moss campaign for Topshop? We know we wrote about the New York store opening only yesterday but when Topshop released the images of Kate wearing her new collection we nearly fainted on our Manolo stilettos. Described as a winning collection by her boss Philip […]
Online hosiery e-tailer mytights.com reported positive results since its launch earlier this year. Peerius, a company specialising in technology for online fashion e-tailers, designed a new patent-pending technology capturing visitor browsing behaviour and purchase history to make recommendations from the e-tailers catalogue about other products that visitors would also be highly interested in purchasing. The […]
The first quarter results of fashion brand Benetton went up with 3,4% to 465 million. Its net income rises to 29 million euro with +8.6%. So far the fashion group’s results are in line with their full year forecast. The growth of the first quarter was influenced by new delivery schedules for the spring and […]
Charming, educational dress-up dolls Sis and Bro added to collection Getting dressed is no easy matter for most three-year-olds. Mastery of this skill, which helps them achieve more independence and is often accompanied by protests of ‘want to do it myself’, can cause quite a lot of hassle in the mornings, testing both the parents’ […]
Jewellery and fashion go hand in studded glove, but diamonds are arguably no longer a girls best friend. Profits at De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, saw its sales slide in the company’s “most difficult” economic trading environment in decades. In the first six months of 2009, it made a profit of $3m (£1.8m), […]