Hello everybody!
25% increase in user sessions in just
one week! The portal for the fashion industry www.fashioncapital.co.uk is flying.
Many thanks for all the pictures
feedback too; the fashion shots from the event Profile have certainly attracted
interest and last week we received a 53% hit rate from American users. This is fantastic news for you out
there. American press and buyers
could be looking for the latest hot British designer – get your on-line boutique
live now.
War man
Do American
buyers want YOUR collection?
You may have also noticed the Google
banner ads appearing again, the click through rates have been excellent and
enforces the commerciality of the portal too.
We have just started working on
Getting it Right First Time with Croydon College. This is a LEGI (Croydon Enterprise)
and Equals funded project whereby we work with 2nd year fashion
students to show how NOT to go into business in the real world. It’s a huge project whereby the students
are designing and producing T-shirts to be sold in our sister company boutique;
Fashion-Enter in Croydon’s Centrale Shopping Centre.
This initiative is also open to
all new business start-ups too.
Finally a quick hello to the dedicated team at Cockpit Arts; Vanessa
Swan, Ellen O'hara and Jessica Dick. I am working there today and
am looking forward to meeting the talented fashion and accesory
designers.
By Friday you will see the start of
our multi media section on the home page for all your DVD’s or CD of you, your
collection, your fashions reviews & views we will play them to over 68,000
users for you!!
Please send them in to Vanessa
Camelia Creative Manager – 28 Station Approach Hayes – Bromley – BR2
7EH.
Extra News from
FashionCapital...
Don’t forget to check out our Winter
Design Competition An absolute must for new creative talents to
gain exposure on a global scale.
On the news front, Becky
Lyon discusses hot topic of the moment – the wearing of the hijab and other
religious symbols.
Elsewhere, Ellen
Grace Jones questions the rise in celebrity designers.
Meanwhile JoJo Iles checks out the
world of retail; are we gearing up for a profitable
Christmas? Retail Talk
And, grey
may not be the new black but you can always add a dash of mustard
link:
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forums.
Until next week.
Jenny Holloway
