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Leave it to Prada to always find the cool. Following its much praised menswear ads and runway show starring Gary Oldman, Garett Hedlund, Willem Dafoe and Jamie Bell last fall, the brand has captured three of this year’s buzziest actors in its latest campaign for Fall 2013. The ads star Christoph Waltz, the two-time Tarantino Oscar winner (most recently for his comically twisted role as Dr. King Shultz in Django Unchained), Ben Whishaw, a rising British actor, and Ezra Miller, the baby-faced brea

Mulberry Spring/Summer 2013 Campaign | Source: Mulberry Mulberry Group Plc said creative director Emma Hill wants to leave the British luxury-goods maker after six years, sending the shares down the most in two months. The timing of Hill’s departure is under discussion and has yet to be finalized, Somerset, England-based Mulberry said today in a statement. No reason was given for why the designer wishes to quit the maker of 2,500-pound ($3,880) ostrich leather bags. Mulberry fell 9.1 pe

Prada A/W 2013 | Photo: Sonny Vandevelde Prada SpA, an Italian maker of $3,500 pony-skin totes, said it will focus on cost control as it opens more stores after first-quarter profit rose 14 percent in “uncertain” market conditions. Net income rose to 138.2 million euros ($183.5 million) in the three months through April, Milan-based Prada said today in a statement. Analysts expected profit of 141 million euros, according to the median of seven estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue climb

For the third quarter, Asos, in its trading statement for the months ended May 31, 2013 said that its retail sales grew over 45 percent year-on-year, with UK witnessing more than 39 percent growth and its international operations rising over 48 percent. International sales saw 67 percent of total rise with retail gross margin up 10 bps compared to prior year. Company also unveiled a dedicated Russian website. Commented Nick Robertson, CEO, “I am pleased to report another strong trading period f

H&M Group total sales in May 2013, including VAT in local currencies increased by 9 percent compared to the same month the previous year. Sales in comparable units were flat. Comparable units comprise the stores and the internet and catalogue sales countries that have been in operation for at least a financial year. In the second quarter of 2013, during period March 1 to May 31, sales including VAT increased by 5 percent in local currencies. Sales in comparable units decreased by 4 percent.

Guess, the casual denim fashion business famous for its triangle-logo jeans, is to re-enter the Japanese market. The company pulled out of Japan eight years ago, but will begin selling jeans and other clothing as it plans to open a directly managed store in Tokyo. Guess aims to have 40 Japanese locations over the next three years, totalling 6 billion yen in revenue over the next five years. Itochu Corp acquired import and sales rights to Guess merchandise in 1994, but sales of most items have

Vietnam exported US$750 million worth of footwear products in May, bringing the commodity’s export turnovers in the first five months of the year to more than $3.1 billion. Export turnovers rose 11.4 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso). Footwear manufacturers have stable orders, and are signing contracts with new importers, the association said. The footwear sector will greatly benefit from the Trans-Pacific P

The readymade garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh is now under constant watch of the United States and the European Union as the government and the stakeholders in the country are trying to address the labour issues to retain its growing stake in the world apparel market, industry sources said. The sector has come under watch following the deadly collapse of Rana Plaza at Savar in April last that killed some 1,129 workers and maimed scores others, hardly five months after a devastating fire at

(State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp will take in 84,000 barrels per day (bpd) from Saudi Arabia, more than double the 40,000 bpd it normally buys.) Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is selling more crude to India in July as two refiners have asked for additional cargoes, industry and company sources familiar with the plan said, in part to make up for a loss of supplies from Iran. Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL.NS) and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL.NS) stopped buying Iranian c