Category: News

Luxury goods brand Louis Vuitton is renewing its contract with marketing, commerce and service software supplier Art Technology Group. The brand continues to enhance its “Vuitton renews software contract”

Asda yesterday revealed sales in the third quarter were “essentially flat”. The group’s owner, the United States’ Wal-Mart, also admitted that Asda had failed to “Asda reports flat sales”

US clothing chain Gap has announced it has embarked on its first-ever franchise deal in Asia. It has signed an agreement with leading Singaporean retailer “Gap’s first franchise deal in Asia”

John Galliano never forsakes creativity for practicality on his catwalk events, and this week sent out models in skirts splashed with fake blood and painted “Galliano in Dior revolution”

British high street retailers are losing out on market share in plus-size clothing worth £3.5 billion, according to research from Worldpanel Fashion, a division of “High street loses plus-size market share”

Apparel brand Esprit has employed Geac’s Product Lifecycle Management solution software, which it claims has fuelled growth plans and development capability. The software will be “Esprit employs Geac to grow business”

Levi’s will include jeans made with 100% organic cotton in its fall 2006 collection. Organic cotton will be used in select new and popular men’s “Levi’s to sell organic jeans”

Brit stunner Keira Knightly has been offered a spot as the face of Coco Mademoiselle perfume, replacing Kate “China White” Moss. The actress has signed “Keira Knightly faces off for Chanel”

Italian luxury footwear brand Car Shoe has opened a flagship in Milan , making this its second outlet after the one in Capri . The “Car Shoe opens second flagship”

High-street stores are having to battle harder than ever for shopper’s business – particularly with consumers tightening the purse strings under threat of rising household “John Lewis king of the high street”