High Street King, Inditex profit rise, PPR invests, Top luxury buyers, Carolina Herrera

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Sir Philip Green by Ben Gurr | Source: The Times

Topshop’s Sir Philip Green: How he became king of the High Street (BBC News) “The moment Sir Philip Green finally ‘arrived’ was in the year 2000, when he bought the dowdy British Home Stores chain for £200m and rebranded it BHS. According to Stuart Lansley, his restless mind had spotted a beguiling new way to make money from the High Street…” Spain’s Inditex posts 27 pct rise in nine-month

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Week in Review | Saillard’s new genre, Design and Development basics, Market reassurance, Yang Li

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Week in Review December 3-7

The Creative Class | Olivier Saillard, Curator (The Creative Class) “No curator has succeeded in capturing the imagination of the international fashion community quite like Olivier Saillard, director of the Musée Galliera, whose convention-defying, contemporary performance-presentations are one of the highlights of Paris Fashion Week” The Basics | Part 5 – Design and Development (Education) “Everything you create

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Topshop to sell stake, Bracing for 2013, Co-Creation potential, Ferragamo’s legacy, CR sells out

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Topshop Oxford Street store | Source: EKM Power Shop

Green nears Topshop stake sale (FT) “Sir Philip Green, the retail entrepreneur, is close to selling a 25 per cent stake in Topshop and Topman to a US private equity investor, in a move that could value the two jewels in the crown of his Arcadia retail empire at about £1bn.” European luxury goods makers braced for tough new year (Reuters) “European luxury goods makers knocked back predictions of a boost to sales

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Digital effect, Jaeger’s future, ASOS invests in Covetique, Pop-up revolution, Kate Phelan

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"Dog'' from Nick Knight's Photo/Paintings | Source: IHT

In a Click, a Vivid Fashion Garden (IHT) “The effects of this digital age seem to reverberate beyond computers and smartphones… In the fashion world, it may take a sophisticated designer to work those patterns of burning bright blooms into something stylish and wearable, yet the actual process is just another computer click. The floral effects are rarely just sketched, more probably manipulated. The British designer

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CEO Talk | Jane Shepherdson, Chief Executive Officer, Whistles

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Jane Shepherdson | Photo: Courtesy of Whistles

In our latest CEO Talk, Jane Shepherdson speaks exclusively to BoF about Whistles’ latest trading statement and shares her plans for the future of the business. LONDON, United Kingdom — Perhaps it’s not surprising that, in her spare time, Jane Shepherdson does flying trapeze in Hoxton, smack in the heart of achingly hip East London. Right from her earliest days in the fashion industry, Shepherdson has been known for taking

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