TK Maxx has bucked the current downbeat trend among high street retailers to post higher sales and profits on the back of a raft of new openings.

Online fashion retailer Boohoo said its sales for the year will be higher than previously expected after they soared during the summer.

Internet-based fashion group Boohoo has bought the online businesses of fashion chains Karen Millen and Coast, leaving a question mark over the fate of the two retailers’ stores and concessions in Britain.

The rain definitely played spoilsport when Mary and David O’Keeffe were married in St Finbarr’s Oratory, Gougane Barra nearly four decades ago. Despite exchanging vows in a church located in one of the most photogenic locations imaginable, you’d never guess it from their wedding album which is filled with indoor shots only.

One woman, four personal shoppers. Roisin Burke puts four department store experts to the test as she hunts for the perfect festive party outfit.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to the dancer who’s adorning billboards for a campaign shouting Strong is Beautiful

Karen Millen is to hike shop prices by 5% this year as the retailer faces soaring costs following the collapse of the Brexit-hit pound, with the company also embarking on a strategic review.

Raise a glass to this season's intoxicating hue, says Annmarie O'Connor.

The Irish arm of fashion retailer, Karen Millen narrowed its losses sharply last year to €100,000 as it emerged from examinership.

Debenhams, Britain’s second-largest department store group, expects to announce a new CEO to succeed Michael Sharp, in the next few weeks.

Signs of the re-emergence of the commercial property sector which have been evident in Dublin are finally beginning to appear in other regions as the pace of provincial transactions starts to gather pace.

Introducing “The Modernisers” – five, key high street pieces for summer guaranteed to bring your wardrobe bang up to date. Rachel Marie Walsh reports.

Name: Orlagh Winters

SIOBHAN RYAN’S classmates and college friends remind her that she always wanted to be a broadcast meteorologist.

Improved access to the examinership process has seen a near-50% rise in the number of jobs saved in SMEs this year, according to new data.

The Karen Millen ladies fashion chain and two associated companies, employing 300, have been given High Court protection to allow them try to trade out their financial difficulties.

Karen Millen have been teasing us for weeks with the mystery red-headed beauty of their AW14 campaign and, just when we thought we were about to burst, they finally revealed the new face of the brand – and it’s none other than Sophie Turner.

The lengthy legal battle between British fashion company Karen Millen and Dunnes Stores over the copying of designs has concluded with the dismissal by the Supreme Court of Dunnes’ appeal in the case.

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There was bad news for people who like designer clothing at Dunnes Stores prices as the European Court of Justice yesterday ruled on a long-running case.

There is bad news for Dunnes Stores from the highest court in Europe.

Fashion fracas

The Irish arm of fashion retailer Karen Millen said yesterday it is has negotiated slightly improved lease terms on some outlets.

This week we meet Ailish McEvoy and Jazmine Byas.

Name: Nyssa Daunt

Name: Kate Lawlor

We're on the street in Cork and Dublin this week to see what threads you're wearing.

Walking into Punchestown racecourse yesterday afternoon, it felt a little like turning up for the afters at a wedding — you know there are good times to come, but that the main event has been and gone.

We meet Niamh Sullivan, 31, and Marguerite Tierney, 30.

Name: Suzanne Jackson

Dunnes Stores has launched a Supreme Court appeal in a legal row with fashion company Karen Millen over the protection of fashion designs.

It was one of the signature deals of the boom.

The directors of the loss-making Irish arm of fashion retailer Karen Millen must produce a viable business plan to ensure continued support for the business from its parent firm.

Name: Ciara O’Connell

A Galway-based financial payments company has been bought for €170m by Exponent Private Equity following six months of negotiations.

PRE-tax losses narrowed at the Irish arm of fashion retailer, Karen Millen to €300,000 last year, new figures show.

Having loans in NAMA is no reason for some Irish developers to stop building, especially on foreign shores, writes John Hearne

AURORA FASHIONS – the company behind leading retailers Karen Millen, Oasis, Coast and Warehouse – has reported a 5% like-for-like sales increase in the first half of its financial year, to the end of July.

IRISH online shoppers are paying more for the same items than are on sale in British retailers.

The “vast majority” of the 2,300 jobs at UK high street fashion retailer Principles are expected to go, sources said today.

The Icelandic investment group that owns a host of retailers including Hamleys today denied it was looking at placing its UK business into administration.

DUNNES Stores is to appeal a High Court ruling ordering it to stop copying designs for women’s clothing which a British fashion company claims it originated.

CLARE-BORN broadcaster Des Lynam joined pop princess Kylie Minogue, veteran chat show host Michael Parkinson and actress Julie Walters on Queen Elizabeth’s new year’s honours list published yesterday.

A BRITISH clothing company has won its High Court action alleging Dunnes Stores breached European regulations by copying a woman’s shirt and top. Dunnes will have to account to the Karen Millen (KM) chain for profits made on sales of the copied garments, which were sold through its Savida range.

A spokeswoman for Dunnes Stores said the company was not making any comment on the judgment that ruled the company had copied a design belonging to British fashion design label Karen Millen.

One of Britain’s most exclusive clothing chains won a landmark case today after it claimed Dunnes Stores copied its design.

Icelandic investment group Baugur today confirmed it was considering a possible offer for high street retailer Moss Bros.

Icelandic investment group Baugur is understood to be considering launching a £40m (€55m) takeover bid for retailer Moss Bros.

I READ the article by Vivion Kilfeather on the court case between Karen Millen and Dunnes Stores (October 5).