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July 15 (Reuters) – Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz (HMb.ST) reported on Thursday sales at its established stores rose 9 percent in June year-on-year.
Total sales were up 20 percent.
The figures compared with an average forecast for a drop of 9.6 percent at stores operating for more than one financial year and a 21 percent rise in total sales.
June 24 (Reuters) – Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz (HMb.ST) posted second-quarter pretax profit roughly in line with forecasts on Thursday while cold weather hit same-store sales in May.
Cyclical Consumer Goods
Pretax profit in the company’s second quarter — which runs from March to June — was 7.0 billion Swedish crowns ($905 million) versus a mean forecast of 7.1 billion in a Reuters poll of 20 analysts.
May sales in comparable units fell by 4.0 percent compared to the same month last year.
Patna (Bihar), May 18 (ANI): In the wake of a two-day shutdown call of Maoists in five states, the Railway authorities have tightened its security measures here.
Maoists have called for a two-day shutdown beginning today in the five states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and Chhattisgarh, to protest the anti-Maoist operations by paramilitary forces.
Railway Protection Forces (RPF) personnel have been deployed at the railway station, to check the railway tracks with metal detectors to avoid any untoward incident.
“We along with the forces are checking for explosives at the Patna Junction. We are checking cars as well. We are also checking the railway property like engines. We are on high alert. Every corner of the station has forces deployed with metal detectors,” said A.M. Sharma, Sub Inspector, RPF, Patna.
The passengers appeared pleased with the security arrangements, but asserted that it should remain in the similar fashion throughout the year.
“On orders of Railways Minister Mamta Banerjee, every coach of the trains is being checked. People are very happy to see the kind of investigation and security arrangements,” said Binod Kumar, a passenger.
“But the main thing is that the kind of Maoist alertness now should be maintained. We strongly demand that,” he added. (ANI)
London, May 18 (ANI): Sarah Jessica Parker made a nip-flash when she recently came out in New York, making what many would call a ‘fashion understatement’.
Parker was recently snapped with a smuggler look, reports the Mirror.
She was wearing a hat that shrieked bad hair day and a pink cardie.
Her nude top and bag made her look like she”s topless, with a bag-shaped cyst on her side.
However, diverting the attention from her thrown together look was her nipples peeking out of her outfit. (ANI)
London, May 18 (ANI): Going green took on a new meaning altogether when a bride decided to wear a wedding dress made of bubble wrap.
Rachael Robinson was a proud bride as she walked down the aisle in a wedding dress made of bubble wrap.
The gown was made from recycled materials including 13ft of bubble wrap when she married Duncan Turner, 32, at Stamford Register Office, Lincolnshire.
“There was quite a lot of popping as I walked up the aisle. I was nervous but having the bubbles to pop at hand really helped,” Times Online quoted Rachael as saying.
Rachael, 30, a primary school teacher, of the nearby village of Toft, had the dress made for her by parents of pupils for a recyclable materials fashion show. (ANI)
New York, May 11 (ANI): Hope Dworaczyk has been named the Playboy”s Playmate of the Year.
The hottie was Playboy”s April 2009 covergirl too. She also hosts ‘Inside Fashion’ for E! in Canada.
Dworaczyk used to stay in Chelsea before she moved to Los Angeles.
“I lived in Chelsea for a while before I moved to Los Angeles. I guess you could say it was a pretty safe neighborhood for me,” the New York Post quoted her as saying. (ANI)
Melbourne, May 10 (ANI): A Melbourne-based designer has created boots for people with larger calves and ankles.
Research shows that more than 60 percent of Aussie women aged 15 to 55 have trouble, or know someone who has difficulty, finding boots to fit their legs.
Amanda Bennetts faced the same problem before she began designing boots for “cankles”.
“Originally I thought I was the only one with chunky calves, but when I mentioned it to a few of my friends, they too had the same problem,” the Herald Sun quoted Bennetts, as saying.
She added: “I felt a lot better knowing I wasn”t the only one.”
She started making boots and sold them at markets.
The market stall soon developed into Bennetts Boots, the only wide calf boot specialist Down Under.
These boots are five to 15cm wider than the average boot.
Bennetts said: “We don”t take a common boot, put a strip of elastic in it and call it wide calf.
“After a day on your feet, the elastic hurts and you look like you have big calves.”
Bennetts” boots are made of high-end soft quality leather and are available in a range of colours.
They comprise three calf widths to elongate the leg and full-length zips ensure they are easy to slip on and off.
They also have an anti-smell, anti-sweat lining and extra cushioning in the sole.
Bennetts said: “Fashion is about individuality and expressing yourself through your personal style and every woman deserves exclusive designs, which is why we limit the number of boots we make in every style.” (ANI)
London, May 5 (ANI): The shell suit has been voted the worst style crime of the Eighties, according to a new poll.
More than three quarters of women quizzed said that the brightly coloured tracksuit should be banned.
It pipped spandex leggings, the perm, day glow make-up and fingerless lace gloves in the poll of fashion disasters from the decade by Galaxy Counters, reports The Daily Express.
The poll also found more than a third of women do not want to see the return of another Eighties monstrosity, stirrup trousers. (ANI)
London, May 5 (ANI): Victoria Beckham is the most glamorous celebrity, according to a new poll.
Posh, 36, pipped pregnant X Factor judge Dannii Minogue, 38, to land the crown.
Max Factor compiled the Top 20 table to mark the launch of its Vibrant Curve Effect Lip Gloss, reports The Mirror.
A spokesman for Max Factor, which carried out the research, said: “Victoria has been gracing the fashion pages for years now.”
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie came third in the poll of 3,000 women. (ANI)
London, April 28(ANI): ‘Twilight’ fans can now buy a ring for their partners, similar to the one Edward Cullen presents to Bella Swan in the vampire tale.
The ring, as described by author Stephenie Meyer, has been made into a real gem for the second sequel to the vampire romance franchise.
Also, it will be available in 14-karat white or yellow gold, for the fans, reports the Daily Express.
Meyer has co-designed the ring with jewellers at the Infinite Jewelry Co.
It is priced at 1,250 pounds, however a fashion version can be bought for 22 pounds. (ANI)
Islamabad, Apr 26(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders have expressed their fears about some conspiracy or ‘something extra-constitutional’ being hatched by certain elements belonging to the Army and intelligence agencies.
Raising concerns about the conspiracy, PML-N spokesman and senior leader Ahsan Iqbal has said that a third force wants a clash between the judiciary and parliament.
Iqbal did not name the third force precisely in the same fashion, as Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has repeatedly done in recent months, The News reports.
According to another PML-N leader, the Army is trying to pitch the judiciary against parliament and for this purpose it is using certain elements in the media.
The leader, however, did not have anything concrete to support his argument.
After the recent bloody riots in Abbottabad and Hazara, another PML-N leader had voiced his doubts that some intelligence agencies had played tricks to trigger violence in the area. (ANI)
Islamabad, Apr 26(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders have expressed their fears about some conspiracy or ‘something extra-constitutional’ being hatched by certain elements belonging to the Army and intelligence agencies.
Raising concerns about the conspiracy, PML-N spokesman and senior leader Ahsan Iqbal has said that a third force wants a clash between the judiciary and parliament.
Iqbal did not name the third force precisely in the same fashion, as Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has repeatedly done in recent months, The News reports.
According to another PML-N leader, the Army is trying to pitch the judiciary against parliament and for this purpose it is using certain elements in the media.
The leader, however, did not have anything concrete to support his argument.
After the recent bloody riots in Abbottabad and Hazara, another PML-N leader had voiced his doubts that some intelligence agencies had played tricks to trigger violence in the area. (ANI)
The U.S. Republican National Committee had a top-level staff shake-up on Monday after revelations that it spent $2,000 to entertain potential contributors at a sex-themed nightclub.
Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Ken McKay resigned his post, becoming the second and highest-level staff departure since the furore erupted, according to Politico, a news organization that covers U.S. politics.
The controversy gripping the RNC comes as the party is hoping to grab control of the U.S. Congress from President Barack Obama’s Democrats in November congressional elections.
Republican control of the House of Representatives and Senate would reduce Obama’s ability to get his initiatives through Congress. But the leadership issues in the RNC are threatening to distract Republicans at a pivotal time.
“The members of the Republican National Committee entrusted myself and every staffer to lead the loyal opposition against the destructive Obama agenda, build a stronger Republican party and win elections,” RNC Chairman Michael Steele said in a statement.
“This is a role I take with the utmost seriousness. With this in mind, I want to do everything in my power to ensure that the committee uses all its resources in the best possible fashion,” Steele said, adding that he had appointed a former campaign aide, Mike Leavitt, his new chief of staff.
Steele, who was not at the RNC-paid outing at a bondage-themed nightclub in West Hollywood, has been criticized over his stewardship of the organization.
Some prominent Republicans have stepped up criticism of the RNC under Steele as it is working to build cash reserves for the November mid-term congressional elections.
(Reporting by Tabassum Zakaria; Editing by Will Dunham)
Melbourne, April 4 (ANI): Australian Minister for Youth and Sports Kate Ellis is sporting a new look for her campaign aimed at improving young women’s body image – she slips into a tight leather dress and eight-inch heels.
Ellis, 32, has posed for Grazia mag in her strappy stilettos and two skin-tight outfits.
The snaps show Ellis strutting on a sports-field and athletics track in Adelaide and have appeared alongside an article on readers’ attitudes to their bodies.
“I’m nervous; I haven’t seen the photographs,” News.com.au quoted Ellis as saying.
She added: “That’s an issue we’ve been working really hard on, and if by wearing an outfit I probably wouldn’t ordinarily choose I can help fashion magazines to promote a healthy body image and raise awareness amongst their readers, that must be a good thing.
“I want women to be able to read their fashion magazines if they so choose, and still have self-esteem and confidence at the other end of it. This is about working with the industry.” (ANI)
London, Mar 24 (ANI): Victoria Beckham was left with a lump in her throat when she could not kiss injured hubby David goodbye at Heathrow airport, owing security issues and flights from different terminals.
The celebrity couple could not be together at airport as injured Becks, 34, jetted to Los Angeles, while Posh changed planes in London on her way from California to a fashion launch in Moscow.
The 35-year-old former Spice Girl could only talk by phone to David, who was returning home to Los Angeles after recuperating at their mansion in Hertfordshire following ankle surgery.
“It was upsetting for them both. Victoria burst into tears when she realised they wouldn”t even be able to say ”hi” at the airport,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.
“This is the life they lead – their jobs mean they have to travel all over the world at short notice,” added the insider.
The couple will be reunited when Posh flies home on Friday. (ANI)
London, March 23 (ANI): Mariah Carey has reportedly scrapped the release of her new album Angels Advocate.
The star was previously slated to unveil the remix record on February 23 but the date was delayed until March 30.
And now, a report on fan news site MariahJournal.com claims the plans have been shelved, The Daily Star reported.
The article said: “(We are) able to confirm that the Angels Advocate album, a Remixed edition of Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel will not be released. According to Mariah”s management, the album will not be put out in the regular album fashion but they are working on releasing some singles off the album. ”It won”t go to waste,” we were assured.”
A statement, said to be from Carey”s management, added: “We are looking to go possibly to another studio album or Christmas album. The decision hasn”t been totally made yet. It”s a creative process that cannot be rushed.” (ANI)
Victoria is six wickets away from securing its second successive Sheffield Shield title against Queensland, on the final day at the MCG on Sunday.
After resuming at 29 without loss, the Bulls lost openers Wade Townsend and Ryan Broad inside the first six overs of the day to be reeling at 2 for 48 chasing an insurmountable 640.
At lunch, Queensland was 4 for 118 with Lee Carseldine standing firm on 53 and Chris Hartley unbeaten on 2.
Townsend (19) was brought unstuck by Bryce McGain, who landed a wildly-turning off break in the rough outside the left-hander’s off-stump which shot back into the stumps.
Darren Pattinson got his second scalp of the match when he tempted Broad (14) into playing at an outswinging delivery outside his off-stump.
The ball found the edge of Broad’s blade and flew to Matthew Wade for an easy catch.
Carseldine and Chris Lynn righted the ship for awhile but their 62-run stand was ended by McGain, who bowled Lynn for 21.
Bulls skipper Chris Simpson again failed to have an impact, falling for a seven-ball duck in the same fashion as Broad.
Byron Bay’s Marty Mayberry has started in his paralympic campaign in disasterous fashion.
The 24-year-old was the 8th fastest down the mountain in this morning’s slalom skiing competition, but missed a gate and was disqualified.
That means he forfeits his place in the second run which is just beginning.
Mayberry will compete in four other events throughout the week, including his preferred Super G and downhill races.
London, Mar 8 (ANI): John Terry led Chelsea into the Football Association Cup semi-finals and defiantly showed off his captain’s armband.
His decisive goal against Stoke earned a last-four tie with Aston Villa, who beat Reading 4-2 after a hattrick from John Carew.
Terry has been a target for opposition fans since losing the England captaincy due to the Bridgegate Affair.
He thanked the Blues for their support last night, appearing to compare it with a lack of backing in the Three Lions set-up, The Sun reports.
“The armband means a lot. Chelsea have been very supportive, the players as well. It has been a good week, good to get away with England, play well and then come back here and prepare for this game,” Terry said.
Chelsea’s assistant boss Ray Wilkins hopes that rival supporters will now call a halt to jeering Terry.
Wilkins said: “He is an exceptional captain. He leads these players on the pitch in fantastic fashion. I would like to think it would stop the abuse. It’s served its course.” (ANI)
London, Mar 8 (ANI): Chelsea tightened their grip on the Football Association Cup and warned Aston Villa they are not about to let go.
The holders entered the semi-finals with a 2-0 victory over Stoke. An impressive performance from Carlo Ancelotti’s side saw them clinch a Wembley date with Aston Villa.
Chelsea’s assistant boss Ray Wilkins praised his team as they made it to a ninth FA Cup semi-final in 17 years.
“There’s a feeling among these players that they own this competition. There’s immense pride in every game they play. They’re a group of winners. We never get beat because we don”t put the effort in. Again today they showed a terrific will to win,” The Sun quoted Wilkins, as saying.
“We class the FA Cup as a massive competition. The elation in the dressing room after last season was magnificent. The FA Cup is high on our list. Another game at Wembley is a huge incentive,” he said.
Wilkins praised his skipper Johyn Terry, and said: “He’s an exceptional captain and we’re delighted to have him on board. He leads these players on the pitch in fantastic fashion and scored the second goal, which was a great goal. This was another superb performance from him.”
Wilkins also made a point of saying that he is certain Joe Cole – who is out of contract in the summer – has a future at the club. (ANI)
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