2010
Creating a buzz on the QT
Online private shopping clubs are a relatively new phenomenon in UK e-commerce, but the sector looks ready to explode. This despite the fact that conventional online wisdom would suggest that the model really shouldn't work. But, as Calum MacLeod found out in conversation with the founders of Secretsales.com, conventional wisdom ain't what it used to be...
01 December 2010Fashion coming apart at the seams
Just as the British Fashion Council makes a case for Government support, the cuts have come. Josephine Collins takes us through the ins and outs of the funding issues that will have an impact on the UK fashion industry.
13 November 2010A good, old fashioned get together
Wool Week garnered the support of some 50 retailers and brands. As the idea rolls out internationally, Josephine Collins looks at the somewhat old-fashioned but not out-dated concept.
16 October 2010Fashion shopping in Brits’ DNA?
In the era of austerity consumers may feel financially under pressure and cautious. But, says Josephine Collins, spending on fashion remains a key part of the British lifestyle. With spending cuts rapidly heading our way, can we remain weapons of mass consumption?
18 September 2010Fashionably social
Social media is no longer a scary dark art for teenagers only. Despite an initially slow uptake, fashion retailers and brands are now at the forefront of integrating their marketing across new media, as Josephine Collins reports.
14 August 2010Fashion – a serious business
Does fashion really maketh the woman? This was the issue under serious debate in a forum last month. It was a real battle of the intellects and passions ran high but who was destined to come out on top? Josephine Collins takes us through it.
01 July 2010Chasing fashion’s holy grail
Despite the demographic realities of high unemployment, low budgets and a penchant for cheap fashion among young people, mainstream retailers cannot stop themselves pursuing this chimeric market, says Josephine Collins.
01 June 2010HMV fleshes out a future in fashion
With the internet devouring trade for many high street entertainment retailers, it is a case of evolve or face extinction. And so HMV is set to throw its hat, t-shirt and handbag into fashion ring, as Josephine Collins reports.
01 May 2010
