Italian slump, Valentino endures, Luxury’s brighter future, Gilt Groupe’s Jetsetter, +J launches at Uniqlo

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Missoni A/W 2010 ad campaign | Source: Missoni

Italy’s Fashion Houses See No Early Recovery From Sales Slump (Bloomberg) “Italy’s fashion industry will take years to recover after the biggest sales decline in at least two decades, according to the country’s designers, who criticized the government for not doing enough to assist them.” Valentino Owners Say Company Will Survive Recession (New York Times) “The finances of the Valentino fashion house will

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Footwear players want EU protection, Retailers look to Spring, Holiday optimism, Moss Bros loss, Gap founder dies

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Pile of shoes | Source: e-boost consulting

Italian and Spanish footwear manufacturers to fight for EU protection (Drapers) “Anti-dumping measures have been in place since 2006 to protect the European Union’s footwear manufacturers from import surges. A decision to maintain tariffs, amounting to 16.5 percent on Chinese footwear and 10 percent on shoes from Vietnam and strongly opposed by UK retailers, would be likely to worsen East-West trade relations.”

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Patriotic buying, Japan gets thrifty, New fashion world order, Mass retail helps, Mario Testino talks

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A/W 2009, by Burberry, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney

Patriotic buying in turbulent economic times (FT) “They say a crisis can unite the most unlikely of characters, so when a cantankerous tycoon and a leggy It-girl both lend their celebrity quotient to helping the economy, it shouldn’t raise too many eyebrows.” Once Slave to Luxury, Japan Catches Thrift Bug (New York Times) “Not long ago, many Japanese bought so many $100 melons and $1,000 handbags that this was the

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Pringle’s new fairytale, Creative commerciality, Fashion’s Night Out, London’s homecoming, Burberry gets social

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Norma Kamali for Walmart, courtesy of Walmart.jpg

A lady from Chanel who wants to drive Pringle off the golf course (Guardian) “American Mary-Adair Macaire aims to restore the struggling Scottish knitwear firm’s name for elegance.” From the Garage to the Runway (WSJ) “Little more than a year ago, 27-year-old Hannah Marshall spent most days at a garage in rural Essex, two hours outside London, working in a makeshift studio to create tight, sexy-sinister

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Jil Sander’s Uniqlo, China’s next step, Contemporary craze, Burberry’s Stacey Cartwright, Cheap goes chic

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Jil Sander for Uniqlo, courtesy of Uniqlo

Jil Sander’s new range for Uniqlo (Guardian) “Jil Sander has been off the fashion scene for a while, but now the queen of understatement is taking on a new project – high-class design for the masses – with the Japanese brand Uniqlo.” China Inc: Not just a maker but new owner of fashion (Reuters) “After decades of Made-in-China garments, China’s fashion industry is keen to move on from being just a mass

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