Team Sky are delighted to announce the launch of our partnership with new official clothing provider Rapha Performance Roadwear. As part of a four-year agreement, Rapha have developed a full collection of top-end, high-performance racing and training kit and off-bike dress for both riders and staff. The Rapha offering will also extend to the best selection of riding and fan wear for supporters of Team Sky, with the full range officially launching on Rapha’s global online store and at selec

When Maria Gore took over the reins of online children’s boutique Shop For Tots, she was armed with an action plan to ensure that she can successfully juggle her duties both as mum of four and as owner of a vibrant business. She recently introduced new brands to the shop’s current collection of products for newborn and children, one of her first projects as the new owner. The gorgeous finds are now offered along with existing items that include baby and children’s clothes, Australia-made fash

InnStyle, a wholesale fine linens supplier for bed, bath and dining for the innkeeping industry, is proud to be participating at the 2013 Innkeeping Show, January 28-31, at the all new Tropicana in Las Vegas. The Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII) hosts this Innkeeping Conference & Trade Show, which is the most important conference and trade show in the innkeeping industry. The focus for the annual conference is to bring each innkeeper in attendance the very be

Gap Inc. is buying multi-store luxury boutique Intermix to the tune of $130 million, according to Women’s Wear Daily. The two companies have been in talks for at least a month; with Intermix looking to expand it’s reach and Gap looking for an opening in the luxury market. The pairing will likely be beneficial for both companies. Gap will be upping its fashion credibility by investing in a highly fashionable store. Intermix will have a major retailer behind it, with the resources and expertise t

Photography by Steven Meisel for Prada It’s been a couple of months since we first feasted on Prada’s Spring 2013 collection, but any weariness of those toe sock/thong shoes has all been washed away with the just-released spring campaign. Simply put, Prada’s Spring 2013 collection was a whole lotta Japan-meets-sixties look, and it seems that streamlined styling was the name of the game for the Steven Meisel-shot advertising images. The modeling A-list amongst its stars include Raquel Zimm

Photography by Willy Vanderperre for Christian Dior hristian Dior‘s first ready-to-wear ad campaign under the direction of Raf Simons hit the web this week. And while the images are different from what Dior has done in the past, they are just as eye-catching as Simons’ Spring 2013 runway collection that debuted at Paris Fashion Week last fall. Photographed by Willy Vanderperre, the campaign has all the Raf Simons hallmarks: understated but with a sense of surreal-ness. Opting to part with Jo

In Punjab, ginning factories got 8.35 million bales, down 13% and in Sindh, the ginning units received 3.24 million bales, up 35%. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Cotton farmers have so far supplied 11.5 million bales to ginning factories in the current season, which is 3.4% less than the same period of last year, indicating a slowdown in arrival of cotton in the market. According to a fortnightly report on cotton production issued by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA), ginning factori

The domestic cotton production data released by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) here on Thursday shows that the country has reaped less cotton by now this season, as compared to last year. As per the statistics, ginners received around 11,586,730 bales of seed cotton (phutti) by January 1, which is 3.7 percent or 445,440 bales less than the cotton arrived by same time last season. Of the new arrival, textile mills have procured around 9,735,806 bales of cotton till January 1, whi

BangladeshBank (BB) extended the time limit by one month for textile millers to submit applications seeking cash incentive. The central bank in a directive issued Wednesday said the owners of the textile mills would be allowed to submit applications for cash incentive in 30 days from the "issuing date of this circular". Responding to a request of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), BB on November 2, 2011, announced that all spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing sections of texti