Ebay’s luxury foray, UK textile boost, Coach wins counterfeit case, Art of individuality, Fashion florist

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Xiu.com screen shot | Source: Xiu.com

Ebay makes renewed foray into China (FT) “Ebay is to make a renewed push into China via a partnership with xiu.com, a local online retailer of luxury goods. The US group plans to focus on importing high-end western goods at discount prices, taking advantage of a growing desire for such items in China, but without wading into the fierce competition of the domestic market.” Cable backs plan to boost textile industry (FT)

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Mulberry’s future, J.C. Penney backtracks, The Nonconformist, Philosophy’s Ratabesi, Vogue salute

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Mulberry Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: Mulberry

Mulberry looks to have its future sewn up (FT) “Bruno Guillon says that what he likes best about British design is its ‘relaxed confidence’. In the coming months, the Mulberry chief executive will need plenty of that himself as the UK-based maker of upmarket handbags grapples with the effects on the fashion industry of global economic weakness.” J.C. Penney ‘Backtracking’ With Discounts, Deutsche Says

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PVH buys Warnaco, China boost, Glorified showrooms, London Collections Men, Bloggers cash in

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Tommy Hilfiger Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: Tommy Hilfiger

PVH Consolidates Calvin Klein With $2.9 Billion Warnaco Buy (Bloomberg) “PVH the owner of the Tommy Hilfiger brand, agreed to buy Warnaco Group in a $2.9 billion transaction, creating a company with $8 billion in sales and bringing all Calvin Klein-branded apparel under one roof.” China Luxury Sales to Get Boost After Leadership Change (Bloomberg) “Luxury companies are betting that Chinese shoppers who are buying

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Sandy’s price tag, SPFW kicks off, Being Jack Dorsey, The Fancy’s $26m round, Chinese talent

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Jack Dorsey by Art Streiber | Source: Wired

Awaiting the Storm’s Price Tag (NY Times) “Even as businesses struggled on Monday to gauge and contain the damage from Hurricane Sandy’s slow move up the East Coast, economists played down the likely long-term effects. The recovery after the storm, they said, could actually pump up growth temporarily in a few sectors, like construction and retail sales, when cleanup begins in earnest in a few days.” Simplicity and Order

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Mellon moves, Holt Renfrew’s new chain, Cowboy to couture, Wool at the top, Antoine Arnault

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Tamara Mellon by Denny Chitis | Source: NY Times

Tamara Mellon’s Next Step (NY Times) “Last November, when Tamara Mellon suddenly left Jimmy Choo, the shoe company she helped build into a global juggernaut, taking with her a reported payout of roughly $135 million, she did so without much explanation. The only thing close to an official statement was a message, sent out to her roughly 12,000 followers on Twitter, thanking them for their support and signing off with,

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