Category: News

Sportswear giant Puma AG saw second quarter earnings fall 14.9 percent to €50 million due to high marketing costs during the World Cup this summer. “Puma Q2 profit drops”

Luxury fashion house Chanel is opening its first freestanding store in Moscow this summer. The new boutique will be located at 14 Stolechnikov Pereoulok. The “Chanel opens first Moscow store”

Bulgari SpA reported revenues for the second quarter up 16.3 percent to €243.9 million. The company said new products and sales growth in Japan has “Bulgari Q2 double-digit growth”

Now in its third year, Fashion Fringe, the developing body for discovering and nurturing young British design talent, held its show at London ‘s City “Gavin Douglas wins Fashion Fringe”

Emap, the publishing company responsible for fashion magazines such as Pop and Grazia, announced its chief executive Tom Moloney has quit the company with immediate “Emap publisher quits”

A Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show will make a cameo appearance in the next film by Cédric Klapsich, maker of “The Spanish Apartment” and its “Jean Paul Gaultier in film”

John Galliano has been sued for using the creative works of another artist for his own collections. The British designer used replicas of a renowned “John Galliano sued for copyright infringement”

Fred Allard has been appointed new creative director of the Nine West footwear and accessories divisions. He will oversee the direction of the footwear, handbag “New designer for Nine West”

Sainbury’s Tu fashion brand is on track to gain a 1 percent share of the British clothing market before the end of the year. The “Sainbury’s Tu gains market share”

British accessory designer John Chapman is to launch a new bag collection available on the company’s website. The company is best known for its traditional “John Chapman launches collections online”