For her new fashion label, young British actress Sienna Miller hosted a private launch party together with her sister Savannah at the Londsdale pub in Westbourne Grove on Thursday, September 30th. Together with Savannah, Sienna designed a fashion collection of eighty pieces. The name Twenty8Twelve is based on the date of births of the two…
Amazon is the UK’s most popular online retailer, according to a study by IMRG-Hitwise, topping the list of the 50 most used online retailers in the country, which include Argos and Test in second and third place respectively. While most firms stayed in the same position as last year, IMRG stated the biggest risers in…
Online fashion retailer ASOS revealed sales soared 118% year-on-year in the nine weeks to 16 January. The AIM-listed company also reported sales for the 42 weeks to 16 January were up 108%. Chief Executive, Nick Robertson, said: “We have had another great Christmas. Sales, visitors, conversion and average basket value were all at record levels…
All geographical areas of the Bulgari Group, registered an overall slowdown in sales due to the worldwide crisis of the financial markets and its impact on the demand for goods and services sales dropped. Europe, in particular, posted a 5% growth in the quarter (Italy –5%) and a 6% growth in the first nine months…
Internet retailer Yoox will go public in the first half of 2009 and appointed Eidos Partners as its financial advisor. Last year Eidos Partners were the financial advisor to Yoox in relation to the planned stock market quotation (IPO) in the Milan Stock Exchange. Eidos Partners is the leading advisor on IPO’s in Italy having…
Click:casioak case London largest shopping centre, Westfield, is about to open with with 5 anchor stores and over 265 specialty shops. Beneath a spectacular, undulating glass roof, Westfield London will accommodate some of the world’s finest brands. The Village consists of approximately 20.000 sqm arranged across three levels, setting a new standard by offering London’s…
New York fashion week continued on during the most brutal winter day New York has seen all season. Designers weren’t letting the weather get in the way of them putting their tirelessly sewn collections on display, however. The theme for this Sunday must have a face off of what designer was going to present the…
JJB Sports has said it is continuing to finalise arrangements to raise £100m through selling more shares. The company had delayed the fundraising whilst its board investigated rumours about executive chairman Sir David Jones’ personal financial affairs. But the board said it was satisfied there was no truth in the reports. JJB added that it…
Paris Fashion Week began on Wednesday, launching days of menswear shows that will build up to the Haute Couture main event — all of it under high security imposed since the Islamist attacks in the French capital this month. Big-name brands Valentino, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Dior are to send out their Autumn-Winter men’s collections…
Graduate Fashion Week showcased more than 1,000 fashion student and graduates and to give you insight into the very best of the emerging talent, FashionUnited attended the university catwalk shows and went through design portfolios to bring you some of the next generation of fashion designers you need to watch out for. One of the…