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Australian Department Store David Jones Collapses After Almost 200 Years

The template of vast stores with dozens of fashion brands, beauty products and other accessories succumbed as the digital era drove shoppers to cheaper, nimbler online rivals.

Beauty

The Festival Where Haircutting Is a Spectator Sport

At Sydney’s Hair festival, professionals from the hair industry put their locks on show — and jostle for a view of the live cutting competition.

Global Markets

Inside Australia’s Fashion Brain Drain

The country’s manufacturing capacity is fast disappearing, with only 3 percent of all garments sold in Australia made onshore.

Global Markets

Luxury’s New Australian Boomtown: Brisbane

With tourism thriving, millionaire numbers climbing and the Olympics on the horizon, brands are turning their attention to the Queensland capital as major retail developments get underway.

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Luxury

Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo Paired for Blockbuster Exhibition

The two era-defining avant-garde fashion designers will be the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia.

Global Markets

‘A True Trailblazer’: Designer Perri Cutten Remembered for Her Enduring Mark on Australian Fashion

Cutten launched her eponymous label in 1981, representing ‘ambition and success’, and remains one of David Jones’s most beloved brands today.

Global Markets

Meet Australia’s ‘Fashion Billionaires’

The fashion business has contributed to the fortunes of many of the nation’s wealthiest moguls, merchants and investors, including a few who are more famous for their mining and property portfolios.

Beauty

Conservation Experts Sound the Alarm Over Australian Sandalwood

Used in countless luxury fragrances, sandalwood is a coveted ingredient for beauty companies, but researchers worry the native tree population in Australia is on the brink of extinction.

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Global Markets

Luxury Brands Flock to the ‘Most Remote City in the World’

Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co are among the brands expanding in Perth, Australia in a bid to tap its mining, oil and gas wealth and newfound status as a travel hub.

Global Markets

How Mecca Dominates the Australian Beauty Market

The Melbourne-based multi-brand retailer has kept both local and international competitors at bay with a regional store footprint four times larger than Sephora’s.

Global Markets

Australia’s ‘Quiet Giants’ Go Global

Accessible luxury and advanced contemporary brands in the US and Europe can expect greater competition from Australian labels expanding overseas like Camilla, Aje and Rebecca Vallance.

Global Markets

How Much Will Luxury Benefit From Australia’s Reopening?

Wealthy tourists are key to the recovery of the Australian luxury market but analysts predict that the sector won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until next year.