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US broadline retailer Sears has announced its collaboration with UK fashion brand French Connection as "a major step forward", with a major advertising push now planned.

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In the fickle world of fashion, brands fall in and out of style with alarming regularity. Driven by the relentless quest for what's new, different or improved, shoppers are erratic in their loyalties - and labels that fail to keep up are quick to fall off the fashion radar.

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In the fickle world of fashion, brands fall in and out of style with alarming regularity. Driven by the relentless quest for what's new, different or improved, shoppers are erratic in their loyalties - and labels that fail to keep up are quick to fall off the fashion radar.

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A scathing report published yesterday (7 October) has criticised leading British brands and high street retailers for failing to pay a living wage to the workers making their garments – and says most have no plans in place to raise wages to acceptable levels in the near future.

Online fashion retailer Asos seems to be coasting through the retail slump with two main selling points - Internet and celebrity. Joe Ayling interviews Asos CEO Nick Robertson to find out more.

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Paul Charron, chief executive officer of Liz Claiborne Inc, believes that clothing suppliers will increasingly move towards a hybrid model where they are both manufacturer and retailer. In an exclusive interview with just-style, Charron discusses crucial industry issues, including retail consolidation and the need for wholesalers to develop lifestyle brands to deal with low-price competition.

French Connection  has entered into an agreement to sell its premium lifestyle brand Toast to Danish apparel company Bestseller in a move which is expected to generate about GBP13.9m (US$19.6m) for the British fashion retailer and will help it return to profitability.

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French Connection Group has revealed it received an unsolicited takeover approach from a third party in the US last year as the British fashion retailer said it is "very close" to returning to profitability.

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British fashion retailer French Connection Group says it is moving in the right direction as its losses narrow in the first half of year, but admits there is still much to do as one analyst warns it must engage with lapsed customers to fend off competition from the likes of Zara and Asos.

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Three investors in French Connection Group are calling on the troubled British fashion retailer to shake-up its boardroom and replace two directors, and also consider a potential sale of the business.

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Troubled British fashion retailer French Connection Group has booked what it called a "disappointing" first-half, after an improved performance in its retail business was offset by tougher trading in wholesale and licensing.

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French Connection needs to make its product more consistent in design and quality, one analyst has said, after the troubled fashion retailer recorded an annual loss of GBP4.7m (US$6.7m). 

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UK fashion retailer French Connection has announced the departure of its finance chief, Adam Castleton, just months after issuing a profit warning.

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UK fashion retailer French Connection has seen its share price decline 18% this morning (24 April) after warning its full-year performance will be below market expectations.

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French Connection and Foot Locker have become the latest firms to be named and shamed under a new scheme by the UK Government for paying workers less than the minimum wage.

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Fashion retail business French Connection cut its full-year operating loss, but saw retail sales tumble by 12% on the back of store closures.

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Online fashion retailer Boohoo has become the latest retailer to ban the use of angora in its products following pressure from animal rights group PETA.

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Value fashion retailer Primark has achieved like-for-like sales below the expectations of its parent company, as unusually warmer weather hurt revenues.

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French fashion brand Lacoste has become the latest company to end the use of angora in its future clothing and accessories collections.

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French Connection has delivered a "mixed" trading update, with its share price rising despite posting a decline in like-for-like sales in the UK and Europe for the 17 weeks to 22 November.

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UK apparel and accessories retailer Monsoon Accessorize has become the latest company to end the use of angora in its future clothing and accessories collections.

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French Connection has become the latest firm to impose a ban on the use on angora from its future collections following pressure from animal rights group PETA.

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Richard Grainer has left UK fashion retailer French Connection, where he was director of retail buying and merchandising, to take up a position at Michael Kors.

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French Connection has narrowed its loss in the first half as initiatives to turnaround the UK fashion apparel retailer continue to gain traction but remain a "work-in-progress".

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UK apparel lifestyle brand Ted Baker has told just-style it has no plans to boycott wool, despite calls to from an animal rights group, which exposed a series of violations in the industry.

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UK value fashion retailer Primark has launched an investigation following the release of video footage exposing a series of violations in the wool industry.

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Retailers and consumers are being urged by animal rights activists to boycott wool products after an investigation is said to have exposed a series of violations in the industry.

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Online retail giant Amazon is to merge its standalone online shoe and accessories store with its current UK fashion offering in a bid to strengthen its fashion division.

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UK fashion retailer French Connection has said it is "on the right path", after booking first-quarter like-for-like sales growth, driven by product improvements and less discounting.