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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 19:10

H&M Says Garments Made in Cambodian Factory Without Approval

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Hennes & Mauritz AB, Europe’s second-biggest clothing retailer, said some H&M garments were produced without its knowledge or approval at a factory in Cambodia where workers were injured in a partial building collapse this week.

A supplier of the Stockholm-based company placed two minor orders...

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 18:25

Op-Ed | Why Are We Ruining Our Best Young Fashion Companies?

NEW YORK, United States — We are ruining potentially wonderful companies out of sheer ignorance of the fashion industry and a lack of understanding of how technology will impact it. We are overcapitalising companies and forcing unnatural, unsupported expansion — and by we, I mean investors and the entrepreneurs who take too much of our...

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 15:27

BoF Exclusive | Olivier Theyskens Speaks to Dorian Grinspan, Founder of Out of Order Magazine

NEW HAVEN, United States — Whilst matriculating as a third year history major at Yale and finding himself with “not a lot to do,” 20-year-old Dorian Grinspan, a Paris native and part-time model, founded Out of Order, a highly atypical student fashion magazine now stocked...

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 12:59

Wool School Names Winners

Sweater designs from 15 students will be manufactured for Wool Week in October.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:45

Westfield in talks to sell US malls

Westfield Group, the global mall operator, is in talks to sell seven US shopping centres.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:45

M&S clothing sales disappoint

Marks and Spencer has reported a big fall in profits, despite rising sales across the group. The issue, as is well known, is it's clothing offer. Sales of general merchandise, which includes clothing, fell 4.1 percent in the year.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:24

Gap Willing to Sign Bangladesh Safety Accord, If Tweaked

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Gap Inc’s chairman and CEO said on Tuesday the U.S. retailer was ready to sign a global accord designed to prevent another deadly disaster in Bangladesh’s garment industry, provided there were some “very minor accommodations.”

A series of incidents at factories has...

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:16

Saks Surges After New York Post Reports It’s Considering Sale

NEW YORK, United States — Saks Inc. surged in late trading after the New York Post reported the department-store chain hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to help it explore alternatives, including a possible sale.

The shares rose 16 percent to $15.85 at 4:14 p.m. in New York after gaining 11 percent during regular trading....

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:22

Fendi to host Karl Lagerfeld exhibit

Fendi is to host a tribute to Karl Lagerfeld during couture week in Paris with an exhibition

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:01

Paco Rabanne’s artistic director exits

Paco Rabanne’s artistic director of womenswear,

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