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Model Call: Hannah Noble
May 14th, 2013Hi! If you're interested in Models, we highly recommend you to subscribe to wwd where you have a section for Models. Here's the one for this week. Hannah Noble When she was 16, Hannah Noble was discovered while hanging out at a local mall...
» MOREThe Met Gala: Punk Out
May 7th, 2013Since 1948 the Metropolitan Museum has been home to the Met Gala, a celebration of the museum’s annual opening of its fashion exhibit at the Costume Institute. Hosted by Vogue, the Met Gala is...
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Lottusse's Event at Miami Falls
May 3rd, 2013Yesterday, Lottusse celebrated it's Opening in Miami Falls! The event was a complete success, -hostesses, catering, dj, fashion, gifts...-, although it was a very rainy day in that area, people still didn't want to...
» MORESocial Network 'A Small World' to Relaunch
May 1st, 2013AFTER ALL: A Small World, the invite-only social network of choice for the jet set, is in the midst this spring of pivoting toward a more service-centric business model as a private travel and lifestyle club. To mark the coming...
» MORECongratulations to Ehrensperger, Pronovias New Chief Executive
April 29th, 2013Ehrensperger, will be the new Chief Executive from July, 1st in the Barcelona Based bridal manufacturer. Swiss national, Ehrensperger has a strong background in luxury retail, according to Pronovias. This includes stints at Levi Strauss, Chopard and more recently, Swarovski, where Ehrensperger...
» MOREE.l.f. Cosmetics Opens First Flagship
April 26th, 2013Eyes, Lips and Face (E.l.f) Cosmetics has open it's first Flagship store in Greenwich Village -NYC-. E.l.f. Cosmetics was founded by Joseph Shamah and Scott Vincent Borba in June 2004. The duo originally met at a party in 2002; Shamah was a 23-year-old New...
» MORELancome and Alber Elbaz join forces
April 26th, 2013Lancome and Alber Elbaz have joined forces to create a limited-edition makeup collection -focusing on eye related products - that will come out worldwide on June 15. Alber designed the packaging of the brand's mascaras and paletes, adding details such as stars, hearts, dots...
» MOREDior in Beijing
April 26th, 2013BEIJING — Dior Homme staged its first runway show outside of Paris on Thursday in Beijing, bringing the elegance and futuristic glamour of its 2013 ready-to-wear collection to an airy art space in the Chinese capital. The show...
» MOREAustralia FW
April 24th, 2013SYDNEY — Australian Fashion Week has a new look. Wrapping up in Sydney on April 12, three weeks ahead of its regular time slot, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia’s spring 2013 edition was staged at the event’s first new venue in a...
» MOREKrakoff will exit Coach in six months
April 24th, 2013One of the most storied duos in American fash-ion is parting ways as, after 16 years at Coach Inc.,Reed Krakoff will step down in June 2014 as presi-dent and executive creative director in order tofocus...
» MOREPomellato Maps
April 24th, 2013"Pomellato is one of the few brands that has remained mono-thematic for many years, with a focus on jewelry, compared with its competitors", said the company’s chief executive officer, Andrea Morante, a high-profile entrepreneur-cum-investment banker, who remains a minority ...
» MOREBrazil Fashion Week
April 19th, 2013Brazil Fashion Week is becoming more and more popular, we must admit that they count with great supermodels, who everyone is willing to see, but the fashion industry is growing amazingly too. Every year more and more people from this industry attend this...
» MORELanvin in Hong Kong
April 19th, 2013Lanvin has just open a Flagship store in Hong Kong located in the City's Central district. Lanvin has already more boutiques in this city than does in Paris... Like many other boutiques in densely packed Hong Kong, Lanvin’s new store is tucked away...
» MORECalzedonia is expanding
April 19th, 2013It's time to be optimistic, or at least that's what Sandro Veronesi believes. There are currently 3,300 Calzedonia and Intimissimi stores in 30 countries, and the goal is to reach 3,700 by the end of 2013. The new openings are focused abroad, where...
» MOREKate Middleton Fave Issa Collaborating with Banana Republic
April 12th, 2013Issa, the designer label that Kate Middleton put on the map, and London – based is collaborating with Banana Republic on a 40- piece collection that will be available in select stores on August 6th. The collection will include clothing and accessories ranging in...
» MORECongratulations to Eva Chen
April 12th, 2013Congratulations to Eva Chen for her new position on Lucky’s Magazine! Eva Chen, former Teen Vogue beauty and health director has been hired by Anna Wintour to help with several projects on Lucky’s Magazine. It's only been three weeks since Anna Wintour took on her...
» MOREYSL to Expand Beauty Offerings in China
April 12th, 2013The Chinese are expected to become the number-one consumers worldwide of brands owned by L’Oréal’s Luxe division by 2015. L’Oréal’s Luxe division will launch Yves Saint Laurent’s Beauté cosmetics line to China in May, in an Isetan department store in Shanghai, in its latest...
» MOREAll Saints To Expand
April 10th, 2013All Saints is returning to Expansion Mode. One week ago, opened new stores in Beverly Hills and Toronto. While opening is also creating an “immersed multimedia experience”, with the 5,500-square-foot store opened in California. There is a stage for live performances and a VIP area...
» MOREBurberry's Flagship to became a scenery for Music Bands
April 10th, 2013Burberry's Regent Flagship store in London is Kicking off Live Music Series! The connection the brand has with music is getting closer and closer.The first band to be playing in the flagship will be Kaiser Chiefs "Everyday I love you less and less, Ruby,...
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Century 21 Expands
April 8th, 2013Century 21 Department Store is a legendary New York City retailer offering top designer merchandise at incredibly low prices. For over 50 years, C21 has kept stylish shoppers dressed in the biggest...
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Which is the most American department Store?
April 8th, 20134th of July is not that far away... Stores are planning and developing all their strategies to became the most American one... Already, we could all guest the American Icons - Ralph Lauren, Calvin...
» MOREJack Will to Expand in the US
April 5th, 2013Jack Wills is a mid-range British clothing brand aimed at university students. The fashion label uses the brand and registered trademark "Jack Wills – University Outfitters" to reflect the inspiration behind the brand. The original Jack Wills store opened in Salcombe,...
» MOREChanel exhibition in Milan
April 5th, 2013After traveling from Tokyo to Berlin, "The little black Jacket" exhibition is now in Milan! No one from the art world wanted to miss the exhibition held in Rotonda della Besanal, - Vanessa Paradis, Carole Bouquet, Elizabeth Olsen, Ennio Capasa, Neil Barrett, Anna Zegna,...
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Sprinkles Cupcakes planning to expand
April 4th, 2013Sprinkles Cupcakes has retained GPL Retail Solutions to assist with their expansion plan! Since Sprinkles Cupcakes opened the world's first cupcake bakery in Beverly Hills, their freshly baked treats have inspired long lines of...
» MORECONFIRMED YSL ROCK STAR CAMPAIGN!
April 3rd, 2013Last Friday, we started talking about the possibility of Marilyn Manson been the new star for the upcoming SAINT LAURENT add campaign.... I'm confident to say that this has been confirmed! But this time MM won't be alone as he will have to...
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Nicola Formichetti leaves Mugler
April 2nd, 2013'Hope you all enjoyed our journey together. but now its time to move on!!” - Nicola tweeted today. After two years of a great journey at the French Fashion house, the creative director and...
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Spa and Store all in One. Natura Bisse
April 2nd, 2013NATURA BISSÉ, is willing to expand their combination spa-store, in result of the great success is having in their HK spa, recently opened at the upscale Pacific Place Mall. In these spa, clients...
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Designing and Entertaining. Welcome back Yamamoto
April 2nd, 2013Kansai Yamamoto is back! The designer, best known from dressing Daviv Bowie 40 years ago, has decided coming back to the fashion industry . He showed last Friday his late collection on a theater...
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Danielle Sherman to be the new designer for Edun
April 1st, 2013Edun has announced that Danielle Sherman will be since today it's new designer. Edun was founded by Ali Hewson & Bono in 2005, it is a global fashion brand bringing about positive change through...
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Mercedes Benz Fashion Week - Russia
April 1st, 2013It has came a long way since 2000, first year when Russia celebrated it's Fashion Week and counted with just 20 designers.Since last year Russia Fashion week has joined forces with Mercedes-Benz Fashion...
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Alma Bag new campaign
April 1st, 2013This season is not that much about the Speedy nor the Nerverfull Bag in Louis Vuitton, but for the Alma. Tha Alma Bag created by Gaston-Louis Vuitton in 1943, was originally dubbed the ...
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Ebay projects Growth
March 29th, 2013EBay Inc. is projecting in the next three years revenues to grow more than 50%. E Bay is developing a new interface that will connect consumers anytime, anywhere. Consumption attitude it's changing everyday and...
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Be Jeweled: By Vera Wang
March 29th, 2013Vera Wang is launching a new fragrance this April exclusively in Kohl's. The name for this fragrance was chosen due to the passion the designer has for jewelery, she feels so close to this...
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Marilyn Manson for Saint Lurent Menswear?
March 29th, 2013It seems Marilyn Manson has been the last wish for one of the most prestigious haute couture houses in the world.... Or maybe that's what Heidi Slimane evidenced when Nicola Formichetti -photographer- posted a...
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H&M's Monki Launches First Paris Store
March 28th, 2013H&M's quirky brand is opened since yesterday in Paris, at 96 Rue de Provence. The opening was celebrated with a disco-party, dj's and many guests in a surrealistic decor.Monki means "the strange Forgotten Forest, the...
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'Chanel Culture' Headed for Paris
March 28th, 2013Chanel is moving back to her beloved Paris for a Month From May the 5th until June the 5th, 'The Chanel Culture' exhibition will be presented at the Palais the Tokyo, with a special...
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Redefining the Modern Man
March 28th, 2013Men's wear Summit This year’s Men’s Wear Summit examined the trends, technologies and trailblazers impacting today’s fashion consumer. Some of the participants: Thom Brown, Eric Jennings, Nickelson Wooster, Humberto Leon, Scott Schuman.... Check here the...
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Different Landscapes at the New Emilie Jean's Store
March 28th, 2013A new store has been opened today, in the East Village -Manhattan. But this is not just "another"... Emilie Jean's store is not only a space to BUY different and unique items, Emilie Jean's...
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Stella McCartney Awarded an OBE
March 27th, 2013Stella McCartney, Fashion and British designer was yesterday awarded by Queen Elizabeth II in the Buckingham Palace, with an Order of the British Empire. This has not been the only merit she has received...
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The Swatch Group Ltd acquires U.S. luxury jeweler Harry Winston
March 27th, 2013After months of dealing The Swatch Group Ltd acquires U.S luxury jeweler Harry Winston. The Swatch Group is the number one manufacturer of finished watches in the world. It produces nearly all of the...
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Net-a-porter Adds Beauty to Offering
March 26th, 2013Net-a-porter is adding another leg. Having already expanded into men’s wear and the off-price market in addition to its core women’s wear, the global e-tailer is now moving into beauty with the...
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La Vie en Rose: Karlie Kloss Stars in Moda Operandi's Flower-Filled Spring 2013 Ads
March 26th, 2013Florals? For Spring? Absolutely. In Moda Operandi's Spring 2013 campaign, Karlie Kloss dons some of the season's prettiest flowery pieces, from an array of designers that includes Thom Browne, Rodarte, Suno, and Katie...
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Inside the Karl Lagerfeld Edition of Monaco's Annual Rose Ball
March 26th, 2013Princesses and supermodels alike celebrated Monaco's annual Rose Ball this weekend, helped along by a little creative direction from The Kaiser himself. At the request of Monaco's Princess Caroline, Lagerfeld...
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Tous Unveils Spring Campaign
March 26th, 2013Puppy Love: Tous knows a thing or two about bliss. The Spanish accessories firm has tapped Mario Sorrenti to shoot its spring campaign, centered around the idea of “happiness and well-being,” with help...
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Victoria Beckham Launches Ecommerce
March 26th, 2013Shopping for Victoria Beckham's clothing and accessories just got easier. The designer today unveiled a redesigned website that allows customers from all over the world to shop online. While the previous incarnation of VictoriaBeckham.com...
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Kardashians Enter Skin Care With Tanning Line
March 26th, 2013Kim, Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian may be building a beauty empire, but they’re the first ones to admit their experimental styles have led them to try a few questionable looks over...
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Moleskine Opens First U.S. Retail Store in New York City
March 25th, 2013It seems like every famous or aspiring writer has owned a Moleskine notebook at some point, and with good reason—not only do they look cool, but the sturdy-bound pads can make it...
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H&M Report Reveals Global Factory List
March 25th, 2013At least one fast-fashion retailer is heading toward total transparency about its sourcing. As the fashion industry continues to suffer a black eye over tragic factory fires in Bangladesh and unsafe working conditions in...
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Dior Opens Boutique in Dallas
March 21st, 2013Christian Dior is returning to Dallas’ Highland Park Village with the official opening of a full-line women’s boutique Thursday. The 3,742-square-foot store features four salons devoted to a category of product each, i.e....
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Lululemon Profits Rise
March 21st, 2013Lululemon Athletica Inc. posted double-digit gains in fourth-quarter profits and revenues. For the three months ended Feb. 3, net income rose 48.8 percent to $109.4 million, or 75 cents a diluted share, from $73.5...
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Hermès FY Net Leaps 24.6%
March 21st, 2013PARIS — Hermès International said net profits shot up 24.6 percent last year thanks to robust demand for its leather goods, silk scarves and perfumes. The luxury firm said net income totaled 740...
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Bulgari Taps Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
March 21st, 2013CARLA’S TURN: Bulgari has tapped Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to front its haute joaillerie ad campaign, which will break in the second half of the year, according to sources. This will be the...
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Marion Cotillard Fronts for Lady Dior Campaign
March 21st, 2013MADE MARION: Dior’s new look under couturier Raf Simons — modern and sleek — now extends to the Lady Dior campaign. Wearing looks from the pre-fall collection and bathed in colorful, dramatic lighting,...
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Beyoncé Goes Beachy for H&M
March 21st, 2013HOT TOPIC: It’s still wintry in Sweden, but that country’s most famous retailer, H&M, tapped Beyoncé to heat up its summer advertising push. The recording artist is to appear in...
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Façonnable's Next Stage
March 20th, 2013NICE, France — Façonnable is planning to celebrate the opening of its new boutique in Bellevue, Wash., today as it unveils the new course of the brand under artistic director Julian...
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Tibi's Sneakers Are Exactly What You Need For Spring
March 20th, 2013With just one day until the official start of Spring, Tibi just released an irresistibly cool exclusive sneaker collaboration with Converse and Vans. The seven-piece collection features the classic styles we're used to, but...
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The Moment We've Been Waiting For: Matthew Williamson Launches Leather Handbags
March 20th, 2013Entering a new product category can be a big task for any designer, but Matthew Williamson let his customers guide the design of the leather handbags he's introducing for Fall 2013. "Listening to my...
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Asos.com Sales Jump 36.7% in Q2
March 20th, 2013LONDON — Asos.com, the British online fashion retailer, said group revenues climbed 36.7 percent to 190.3 million pounds, or $302.6 million, in the three months to Feb. 28. Dollar figures have been...
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Kate Moss Takes on Sushi Shop
March 20th, 2013SUSHI FAN: A flurry of French actors and actresses including Virginie Ledoyen, Audrey Dana, Marina Foïs and Zabou Breitman were among guests at the Parisian cabaret La Nouvelle Eve on Tuesday...
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David Bowie Exhibit Set to Bow in London
March 19th, 2013GIRLS MEETS BOY?: When the who’s who of London comes together on Wednesday night for the opening of “David Bowie Is,” the Victoria & Albert’s retrospective of Bowie’s career, the...
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The Art & Science of Shopping: Walkable Urbanism and the Department Store
March 19th, 2013I grew up in what Chris Leinberger calls Driveable Sub-urbanism. That label pretty much describes the entire state of NJ actually. The development of a light rail system from Hoboken to...
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HUNGRY AND THIRSTY
March 19th, 2013Marvin Traub Associates is branching out. The business development agency founded by the late retailer has launched a consumer food and beverage division that will be headed by newly appointed managing director J....
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Craig Leavitt Sees $4B Future for Kate Spade
March 18th, 2013Kate Spade is ready for its shot at the big time. Craig Leavitt, chief executive officer, told analysts at an investment meeting Friday that the fun and quirky brand is charting aggressive growth...
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Freemans to Open Tokyo Flagship
March 18th, 2013Freemans Sporting Club is headed east — Far East. The trendy New York City-based retailer will open a flagship in Tokyo next month and two additional stores in Japan over the next...
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Because Dogs Make Everything More Fun: Acne Partners With Wegman
March 18th, 2013William Wegman, the photographer best known for his surreal images of Weimaraners, has partnered with Acne for a seven-photo "portfolio" starring the elegant pooches. Modeling shoes, hats, and printed suits from the Spring...
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Goodbye Boots, Hello Spring: The Best Shoes From This Season's Runways
March 18th, 2013Warm weather will be here before you know it, and that can only mean one thing: it's time to start thinking Spring. Thankfully, the season's runways were filled with every type...
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Charlotte Stockdale Gives Jo Malone's Red Roses Fragrance a Makeover
March 18th, 2013CHARLOTTE'S CORNER: The first physical fruits of Charlotte Stockdale’s endeavors since she joined Jo Malone London as style editor in January last year will arrive exclusively at Selfridges and the...
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n Vogue: the First Lady Chooses Reed Krakoff For Magazine's April Cover
March 18th, 2013The rumors were true: Vogue today revealed that First Lady Michelle Obama is indeed the star of its April cover and, as suspected, she's wearing a Reed Krakoff dress selected from her personal...
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It's Official: Karlie Kloss Is a Victoria's Secret Angel
March 18th, 2013Karlie Kloss has finally gotten her wings. The model is now a bona fide Victoria's Secret Angel, and she put her halo on display this week at the brand's Spring 2013...
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Karl Lagerfeld Shoots Cara Delevingne for Melissa Magazine
March 18th, 2013PAPER OR PLASTIC?: Melissa, the Brazilian jelly-shoe giant, is also a mammoth publisher. Its in-house magazine, Plastic Dreams, boasts a circulation of 300,000 in Brazil, plus 70,000 copies abroad. Its ninth...
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Small labels lure big bucks in fashion's latest trend
March 15th, 2013PARIS - Christophe Lemaire has spent the past three years designing dresses for Hermes. Now he wants to develop his own brand and ride a wave of investor interest in new labels which have the potential to become global brands. He's...
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Thom Browne Opens Tokyo Flagship
March 14th, 2013TOKYO — Thom Browne is about to open his first freestanding store outside the U.S., appropriately enough in the home country of his label’s majority shareholder, Cross Co. The brand’s Tokyo flagship,...
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Monoprix Deal Reviewed by Competition Authority
March 14th, 2013PARIS — The French Competition Authority is taking a closer look at a deal inked by French department store group Galeries Lafayette and French retail group Casino, which would give sole control of...
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Michelle Obama Praises Wal-Mart's Veterans Pledge
March 14th, 2013PRAISING WAL-MART’S VETERANS PLEDGE: First Lady Michelle Obama, more accustomed to championing Seventh Avenue designers than discount retailers, has turned her praise on retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Obama, who...
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The Most Fashionable Female Musicians Making Music Right Now
March 14th, 2013Fashion and music have always gone hand in hand, but it's been a while since that intersection has felt as exciting as it does right now: Hedi Slimane sent a pack...
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Nominees, Honorees Set for 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards
March 14th, 2013NEW YORK — The 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards are starting to shape up with the unveiling of the nominees and special honorees for the June 3 event. Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang and...
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Karl Lagerfeld Revs Up Bal de la Rose
March 14th, 2013NOW AND THEN: Giving a familiar theme — La Belle Epoque — a new spin, Karl Lagerfeld chose “Belle et Pop” as the theme for the Bal de la Rose du...
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Alicia Keys Teams With Designers for World Tour Wardrobe
March 14th, 2013ALL KEYED UP: Alicia Keys, whose Set the World on Fire tour kicked off last week in Seattle, is keeping her signature streamlined look on stage with help from...
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Eyes Turn to J.C. Penney's Joe Fresh Launch
March 13th, 2013The mammoth launch of Joe Fresh shops inside 681 J.C. Penney stores simultaneously Friday is taking on greater significance than either party would have imagined last July when the deal was...
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Inditex Net Leaps 22%
March 13th, 2013PARIS — Spain’s Inditex SA, Europe’s largest clothing retailer, reported net profits rose 22 percent in 2012 to 2.36 billion euros, or $2.96 billion. Net sales rose 16 percent to 15.95 ...
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Louis Vuitton's Fall 2013 Collection Already Has a Short Film
March 12th, 2013What were the models in Louis Vuitton's Fall 2013 show doing before the runway spectacle got started? Some of them were being filmed by James Lima for a short film that casts...
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The Iconic Chanel Jacket
March 12th, 2013The Chanel jacket might have risen to worldwide acclaim in 1954, but its timeless nature owes much to the reason it was created: freedom of movement. In a new film released by...
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Carine Roitfeld Takes the Stylish Set to Shangri-La
March 12th, 2013To celebrate the second issue of her magazine CR Fashion Book, Carine Roitfeld invited a bevy of industry figureheads and celebrities to a party at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris. Karl...
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& Other Stories Makes London Debut
March 12th, 2013SWEDE SHOP: The first of Hennes & Mauritz’s & Other Stories shops has opened its doors in London, and the new retail brand has a couple of surprises up...
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Fashion Investors Eyeing Bigger Deals
March 12th, 2013The megadeal might be back. The steadily tepid economy has aligned with low interest rates and a strong stock market to raise the prospects that there could be big, multibillion-dollar deals...
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Rihanna to Wear Custom Givenchy Couture on Tour
March 11th, 2013HAUTE PERFORMANCE: Riccardo Tisci has become a go-to guy for haute stage costumes. Rihanna kicked off her Diamonds World Tour Friday night in Buffalo in a custom Givenchy couture. A floor-sweeping ruffled...
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Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2013
March 8th, 2013Check back daily for the latest collections from L.A. Fashion Week. 8000 Nerves: Every decade and style was well represented in the collection, which made clubbing in Eastern Europe look much...
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La Rinascente Buys Danish Store Illum
March 8th, 2013MILAN — Italy’s La Rinascente is exiting the country's borders for the first time through the acquisition of Copenhagen, Denmark-based store Illum. “We are expanding our format, not our brand,” said...
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Target: The Value of Innovation
March 8th, 2013Target is rewriting the rules of big-box beauty retailing. Shoppers aren’t customers, they’re guests. Instead of shelf talkers, well-dressed young women wearing aprons, called concierges and armed with an iPad...
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Adidas Swings to Loss in Q4
March 7th, 2013PARIS — Shares in Adidas Group rose 0.8 percent in mid-day trading on the Frankfurt stock exchange as an upbeat sales forecast overshadowed a swing to losses in the fourth quarter. The net...
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Gap Inc. February Comps Up 3%
March 7th, 2013Trading in shares of Gap Inc. was briefly halted this morning after someone let slip the retailer’s February sales results before their intended release this afternoon. The company’s total comparable-store sales rose...
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Miu Miu Fall 2013
March 7th, 2013Miuccia Prada is typically less outspoken about the fashion fatigue induced by producing two major collections per season than, say, her pal Marc Jacobs, who has taken to wearing his pajamas around...
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Elie Saab Fall 2013
March 7th, 2013Elegant, chic and ultrasexy are all words Elie Saab is well-versed in. While each could describe the numerous red-carpet-ready dresses with pretty embellishments that the designer showed for fall, it was...
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Louis Vuitton Fall 2013
March 7th, 2013There’s grunge and there’s grunge. Deep into his contract negotiations with Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs chose to revisit the theme that years ago catapulted him from must-see wunderkind status into legendary ...
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The Sunday Times Style Magazine Best Dressed List campaign
March 6th, 2013This weekend The Sunday Times Style Magazine will reveal its annual Best Dressed List, backed by a print, outdoor and digital campaign via Grey, London. The ads feature Kate Moss as Queen Elizabeth, Victoria...
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Hermès Events Celebrate Temporary Miami Home
March 6th, 2013MIAMI — Hermès hopped down to Florida for a party-filled winter weekend. Its first order of business was orchestrating the final details for the move from Bal Harbour to a temporary store...
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Las Vegas Trade Shows: The Trends
March 6th, 2013LAS VEGAS — Trends inched along rather than bounded forward at the women’s apparel and accessories trade shows here, where buyers and vendors are still playing it safe as the hobbling...
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Valentino Fall 2013
March 6th, 2013Intimacy and desire are often Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s key talking points when discussing their designs for Valentino. “It’s an intimate point of view,” said Chiuri during a ...
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Vionnet Fall 2013
March 6th, 2013“A vision of modern femininity delineated in bold, confident brushstrokes.” That’s how the Vionnet show notes described its fall collection, which was billed as the brand’s first fashion show on the...
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Alexander McQueen Fall 2013
March 6th, 2013Hallelujah! That word applies not just to the ecclesiastical motif of Sarah Burton’s exquisite Alexander McQueen presentation, but to what a designer can do with 10 looks and a thought in...
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Hermès Fall 2013
March 6th, 2013Christophe Lemaire’s fall collection for Hermès could not have been more on message with the invincible, ever-booming luxury behemoth’s ultratony branding, unless, perhaps, it was wrapped up in an orange box....
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Chanel RTW Fall 2013
March 5th, 2013Many aspire; few achieve. World domination, that is. The living legend of Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel continues to grow, ever fascinating and in constant motion. We can’t keep up. We see...
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Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Fall 2013
March 5th, 2013Pre-Raphaelite art, most notably Millais’ famous “Ophelia” painting, got some play at JC de Castelbajac for fall. Designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac used the visual as a print on a...
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MaxMara Atelier Fall 2013
March 5th, 2013Now in its fourth season, MaxMara Atelier’s capsule coat collection featured mixed materials for a luxurious urban vibe. Designed by Max Mara Group fashion director Laura Lusuardi, the 12-piece lineup went...
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Emanuel Ungaro Fall 2013
March 5th, 2013Under new ownership (Aeffe by way of Asim Abdullah) and new creative direction (Fausto Puglisi), the undead label of Emanuel Ungaro is starting over again for fall with a genuine sense...
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Stella McCartney Fall 2013
March 5th, 2013One of the many high points of fashion — and even this deep into the season, there are gleeful moments — is finding something fresh in the familiar. Gender play, girls-will-be-boys,...
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Saint Laurent Fall 2013
March 5th, 2013What is Hedi Slimane’s mandate at Saint Laurent? Without a clear understanding of purpose, it’s difficult to review his fall collection in a lucid way. Typically, when a designer takes over a...
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Highly recommended brand: Melody Maker INC
March 4th, 2013Melody Maker – the apparel collection – is fashion-inspired reincarnation of Melody Maker – the legendary weekly magazine, touted as a written authority on everything music during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The...
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DKNY Opens Pop-up in NYC
March 4th, 2013NEW YORK — Looking to build off the success it has had with a similar project in Los Angeles, DKNY has opened a pop-up concept shop in the Flatiron District here...
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Japan Stores See Higher Sales in Feb.
March 4th, 2013TOKYO — Japanese retailers saw sales increase in February, a factor companies attributed to a variety of factors including a successful Valentine's Day sales season. Fast Retailing said Monday that comps at its...
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Highly recommended brand: Melody Maker INC
March 4th, 2013Melody Maker – the apparel collection – is fashion-inspired reincarnation of Melody Maker – the legendary weekly magazine, touted as a written authority on everything music during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The...
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Acne Fall 2013
March 4th, 2013Showing his women’s Acne collection for the first time on the Paris schedule, Jonny Johansson brought that sense of crackling energy that everyone claims to feel in London, where Acne usually...
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Celine RTW Fall 2013
March 4th, 2013In the Celine collection she showed on Sunday, Phoebe Philo took a decidedly feminine turn without sacrificing a bit of the no-nonsense chic that has made her such a star. It was as...
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Givenchy RTW Fall 2013
March 4th, 2013Riccardo Tisci staged a show to remember Sunday night, upping his production to theater quality with a major front row and a headlining act. Antony Hegarty, the transgendered English singer known for his...
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Loewe Fall 2013
March 4th, 2013Stuart Vevers made full use of Loewe’s leather know-how in his collection for the Spanish house, which featured outfits made from napa stiff enough to stand up on its own. It...
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CHLOE
March 4th, 2013Let’s assume that the average designer customer is a grown woman and that the average grown woman doesn’t want to dress like a little girl. That presents a challenge to the...
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Givenchy RTW Fall 2013
March 4th, 2013Riccardo Tisci staged a show to remember Sunday night, upping his production to theater quality with a major front row and a headlining act. Antony Hegarty, the transgendered English singer known for his...
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André Leon Talley is the new Numero Russia editor at large.
March 1st, 2013André Leon Talley better get used to hearing that phrase, since he’s just joined Numéro Russia as editor at large. The first issue of the magazine is slated to be published this month. That’s...
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Shiseido Eliminates Most Animal Testing
March 1st, 2013Shiseido has eliminated most of its animal testing practices ahead of the European Union ban on the import and sale of animal-tested cosmetics products and ingredients in the European Union that goes into...
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Nina Ricci RTW Fall 2013
March 1st, 2013A ballerina’s life — job requirements include a preternatural grace, delicate poise and being pretty. All three attributes could also comprise Peter Copping’s mission statement at Nina Ricci. It’s plain to see what...
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Lanvin RTW Fall 2013
March 1st, 2013“Help.” “Cool.” Those two words — telegraphed via flamboyant message necklaces — bookended Alber Elbaz’s brilliant Lanvin collection on Thursday night. The first came on a girl wearing a black dress; the second,...
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Karl Lagerfeld Fall 2013
February 28th, 2013Starting with the fall collection, the designer decided to unite his masstige Karl range and the more upscale Karl Lagerfeld Paris line under one label called — you guessed it —...
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Karl Lagerfeld's Retail Push
February 28th, 2013PARIS — Thrusting his signature brand back onto the global retail stage, Karl Lagerfeld has created a sleek, high-tech showcase in Paris for his creative output, from clothing and accessories ...
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Balenciaga RTW Fall 2013
February 28th, 2013“People are like, ‘How are you going to do the next one? Aren’t you so drained?’” Wang said, repeating a question he’s heard often since presenting his fall collection in New...
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Gareth Pugh RTW Fall 2013
February 28th, 2013Leave it to Gareth Pugh to amplify the melancholia that has been hanging over the fall collections so far. He boarded up the windows of the grandiose Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, letting an...
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Rochas Fall 2013
February 28th, 2013Marco Zanini embraced the cozy textural mood that had Milan and some of New York cuddled up in sturdy yet soft fabrics earlier this season. It was an easy fit for...
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Mugler RTW Fall 2013
February 28th, 2013Cue the jet engines on the soundtrack. Creative director Nicola Formichetti and designer Sebastien Peigne approached their fall collection as if they were charged with wardrobe duty on the set of a sci-fi...
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H&M Rocks the House With Paris Fashion Show
February 28th, 2013HOUSE PARTY: The hottest ticket at Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday night was not some up-and-coming designer, but fast fashion stalwart H&M. Guests jostled to enter the Musée Rodin, where the Swedish retailer had...
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Leathers, Knitwear Top Fall Lists at Coterie
February 27th, 2013NEW YORK — Cool fall days were on the minds of retailers and exhibitors, who were busy writing fall orders at Coterie, which ran Sunday through Tuesday at the Jacob K....
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Marilyn Monroe RTW Hits Macy's
February 27th, 2013From an Armani dress at the Academy Awards that Jessica Chastain said made her feel like Marilyn Monroe to a fictitious Broadway musical about her life on NBC’s “Smash,” the...
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Luxe Retailers Look to the Web for Growth
February 27th, 2013The outlook for the high-end consumer might have dimmed some, but luxe retailers have found their guiding light in the Web. Saks Inc. and Neiman Marcus Inc. weighed in with quarterly results Tuesday....
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Fashion's Night Out on Hiatus in U.S
February 27th, 2013NEW YORK — Say goodbye to free cocktails, designer and celebrity sightings — and late-night shopping — this September, at least in the U.S. After four years, Fashion’s Night Out will go...
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Milan Trends Prove Challenging for Buyers
February 26th, 2013A smorgasbord of trends — from punk to ladylike — and a surfeit of heavy fabrics and somber colors made buying the Italian collections a challenge, retailers said. “This is certainly the...
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New York Lingerie Fashion Week
February 26th, 2013The first Lingerie Fashion Week dedicated exclusively to the intimate apparel industry was held last weekend Feb. 22 and 23 in New York. The event at the Metropolitan Pavilion featured up-and-coming brands in formal...
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Heidi Klum Ramps Up New Balance Partnership
February 26th, 2013KLUM WORKING IT ALL OUT: Anyone who follows Heidi Klum on Twitter or in the tabloids knows that she is not one to sit idle. Now the “Project Runway” host is ramping...
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L'Oréal Paris Relaunches Web Site
February 26th, 2013L’Oréal Paris is putting the consumer first with a revamped Web site. With the goal of targeting the user’s personal online experience, the beauty brand unveiled the updated site earlier this month. It...
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Neiman Marcus Profits Rise
February 26th, 2013Neiman Marcus Inc. today reported net earnings of $40.4 million for its second quarter ended Jan. 26, versus $40.09 million for the year ago quarter. Excluding the $9.4 million after-tax loss on...
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Macy's Bullish Despite Profits Fall
February 26th, 2013Macy’s Inc., continuing to show momentum, reported that fourth-quarter earnings per diluted share rose 5.3 percent to $1.83 versus $1.74 in the year-ago period and said it expects another strong ...
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Ruffian Launching Nail Polish With Birchbox
February 26th, 2013Ruffian is entering the nail polish category, and asking consumers for help with nailing down its debut shades. Launching in partnership with Birchbox, the Ruffian Nail Lacquer Collection will begin...
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Spanish Designers Show
February 26th, 2013MADRID - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, with a budget of about $4 million, ran Feb. 18 to 22 in the fairgrounds here. The five-day event featured 42 runway shows, including...
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Parsons Expands Presence in Greenwich Village
February 25th, 2013NEW YORK — Parsons The New School for Design will soon be completely integrated into the Greenwich Village campus. The School of Fashion, which has been located in both Greenwich Village...
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On the Red Carpet at the Oscars
February 25th, 2013It was a glamour fest at the Academy Awards on Sunday as the A-List donned its finest for the cameras and one another. Jessica Chastain was one of the first to...
» MOREEuropean Markets Advance
February 22nd, 2013LONDON — European markets advanced in mid-morning trading today. The CAC 40 in Paris was leading the way, up 1.3 percent to 3,671.50 points, followed by the FTSE MIB in Milan, which grew 0.9 percent to 16,153.86. The FTSE 100 in London...
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Matches Names Chief Operating Officer
February 22nd, 2013LONDON — The London-based retailer Matches has named Ulric Jerome chief operations officer to help drive the global growth of Matchesfashion.com. He has also joined the company’s board of directors. Jerome...
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Abercrombie & Fitch Profits Climb
February 22nd, 2013Abercrombie & Fitch Co.’s fourth-quarter income more than tripled on improving net sales bolstered by its international business, the New Albany, Ohio-based teen retailer said Friday morning. Abercrombie posted a profit of $157.2...
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Blumarine Fall 2013
February 22nd, 2013For fall, Anna Molinari continued to work toward reviving the softer, prettier romance of Blumarine’s heyday, and while there were some appealing looks in this lineup, it’s still a work in...
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Dsquared2 Fall 2013
February 22nd, 2013It wouldn’t be a DSquared2 show without a theatrical set, and for fall, Dean and Dan Caten re-created a wartime jazz club replete with a model acting as a smoky singer...
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Max Mara Fall 2013
February 22nd, 2013Is there anything as reassuring as a teddy bear? It came to mind from the first exit — a pileup of oversize camel coats in a thick, pile fabric. Indeed, roomy, bathrobelike...
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Etro Fall 2013
February 22nd, 2013“My inspiration was a woman who respects her tradition, culture and heritage, but who customizes it according to the digital era,” Veronica Etro said before her show on Friday. She might...
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Prada RTW Fall 2013
February 22nd, 2013Miuccia Prada delivered a masterpiece on Thursday evening, a cinematic reverie that offered a little retro, major glamour and a bounty of some of the most exquisite clothes we’ll see anywhere this season....
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Chloé Prototype Opens in New York
February 21st, 2013NEW YORK — On the eve of its 60th anniversary celebration, Chloé today is opening a 2,100-square-foot store at 93 Greene Street in SoHo here. Designed in creamy shades of white,...
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Prada Said Eyeing Milan Café
February 21st, 2013CAFÉ SOCIETY: Could Prada Group wind up owning one of Milan’s most fashionable and famous coffee houses? The Italian firm declined to comment on speculation that it is poised to acquire...
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ERDEM LFW F/W 2013-14
February 21st, 2013ERDEM MORALIOGLU is in a darker mood for autumn/winter 2013-14 and it's one that very much suits him, though we'll admit it was quite the surprise - for this is...
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Spanish Designer EMILIO DE LA MORENA LFW F/W 2013-14
February 21st, 2013Away from the flamenco frills and pleated layers of last season, his autumn/winter 2013-14 collection took on a more serious sensibility. Precision-cut tailoring and angular silhouettes took centre stage in the form of long...
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Nordstrom Profits Climb 20%
February 21st, 2013Nordstrom Inc., achieving double-digit growth for the third consecutive year, a 20 percent increase in fourth quarter earnings to $284 million from $236 million a year earlier. The retailer reported a 26 percent increase in earnings per diluted share of $1.40...
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Milan Fashion Week Max Mara RTW Fall 2013
February 21st, 2013Is there anything as reassuring as a teddy bear? They came to mind from the first exit — a pileup of oversize camel coats in a thick, pile fabric. Indeed, roomy, bathrobe-like toppers in...
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Alberta Ferretti RTW Fall 2013
February 21st, 2013“Sensuality,” “very feminine” and “a little fragile” was how Alberta Ferretti described her collection backstage preshow. The designer was making a deliberate point here, homing on what she felt was “authentic” to her...
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Christopher Kane Fall 2013 London
February 21st, 2013With his former boss at Versus, Donatella Versace, and new majority shareholder, PPR honcho François-Henri Pinault, looking on, Christopher Kane proved he has plenty of ideas, perhaps even too many, to...
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3x1 Takes First Steps at Wholesale
February 20th, 2013NEW YORK — Scott Morrison’s bespoke and custom-made denim brand 3x1 is making the move into wholesale. The company, founded as a two-story, 7,300-square-foot jeans store and production facility at 15 Mercer...
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Asia to Surpass North America in E-commerce: Study
February 20th, 2013GENEVA — The biggest emerging Asian countries — China, India and Indonesia — are projected to register faster growth in Internet retail sales this year than all other markets worldwide, a report...
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Fay
February 20th, 2013In their latest runway outing for this Tod’s Group brand, Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi set up a literary café scene to parade their spunky, collegiate-style collection. Cue the micro...
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GUCCI
February 20th, 2013Milan fashion is about the fusion of pragmatism and panache. If by describing in her program notes “the perfection of couture lines applied to ready-to-wear” Frida Giannini overstated the luxe factor...
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Andres Sarda.
February 20th, 2013En la pasada edición de Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, Andrés Sardá fue una de las bajas más comentadas. El adelanto de fechas hizo que la compañía viese inviable poder estar presente en...
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David Delfin. A white Expression
February 20th, 2013Máxima expectación y concurrido ‘front row’ para el desfile de Davidelfin. El diseñador David Delfín, uno de los que más cuidado pone en sus presentaciones, tuvo que luchar para que todo estuviera...
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Juanjo Oliva
February 20th, 2013Volvemos a encontrarnos con un Juanjo Oliva especialmente preocupado por conseguir cortes y patrones impecables que se adapten al cuerpo de la mujer como un guante. Colección: El vestido ha sido el protagonista absoluto...
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Jewelery in the Catwalk. Arystocrazy
February 20th, 2013Las nuevas propuestas de Aristocrazy se dividen en cinco líneas: 1ª. Piezas inspiradas en acabados de apariencia textil; 2ª. diseños en los que se reproducen rosas con tallos de espinas que...
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Moschino Cheap & Chic Fall 2013
February 19th, 2013Since choosing London as Cheap & Chic’s temporary residence a year ago, Rosella Jardini has infused the young and cheeky collection with some local attitude. For fall, she played to...
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Burberry Prorsum Fall 2013
February 19th, 2013There’s gold in them thar hills or, in the case of Burberry, in the green expanse of Hyde Park — where the brand staged a show with plenty of shine. Christopher...
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Tom Ford Fall 2013
February 19th, 2013Subtlety was ruled out from the start. For his grand reentrance to the formal fashion schedule, Tom Ford booked Lancaster House, a historic former home of English aristocrats. It was by...
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Vivienne Westwood Red Label Fall 2013
February 19th, 2013Catherine Deneuve in the Sixties and Seventies was the inspiration behind Vivienne Westwood’s collection of familiar, ladylike dresses and suits. It began with a group of coats — a belted prune and...
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Mulberry Fall 2013
February 19th, 2013Taking her cues from the children’s literary classic "The Wind in the Willows" — and from traditional British men's wear fabrics — creative director Emma Hill sent out an outerwear-heavy collection ...
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Rihanna for River Island Spring 2013
February 19th, 2013If the point of a celebrity fashion line is to download his or her personal style for a mass audience, then Rihanna’s collaboration with River Island was a success. The looks were all variations...
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Central Saint Martins Fall 2013
February 19th, 2013With more big names choosing to show in London – including Tom Ford and L’Wren Scott – the city is re-emerging as a fashion capital to be taken seriously. This includes...
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Social Shopping Site LoopIt Debuts
February 15th, 2013NEW YORK — LoopIt.com, a new social site, was launched to fulfill the promise of the convergence of social media and shopping that has so far fallen short of its potential. Many...
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VF Corp. Climbs 29.9%
February 15th, 2013VF Corp. reported better-than-expected quarterly income in the fourth quarter, thanks in part to increased demand for its brands such as The North Face and The Vans. For the period ended...
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Calvin Klein Collection RTW Fall 2013
February 15th, 2013Some people have unconventional notions of falling in love. Backstage before his Calvin Klein Collection show, Francisco Costa described how he was taken by a pivotal scene in “Ivan’s Childhood,” Andrei Tarkovskiy’s 1962...
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Ralph Lauren RTW Fall 2013
February 15th, 2013Ralph Lauren has been hit with a case of sartorial wanderlust of late. With the collection he showed on Thursday morning, he left the heat and passion of Spain, where he went for...
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Marc Jacobs
February 15th, 2013“How can you use this in your work?” said Shrink to Patient. “This” being the wistfulness the latter has felt since Hurricane Sandy forced him from his home, to which he...
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Proenza Schouler
February 14th, 2013It sounds patronizing to say that this could be considered a watershed collection for Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez; their work has been extremely refined for some time, including...
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Reed Krakoff RTW Fall 2013
February 14th, 2013Each season, Reed Krakoff has clarified and refined the look of the woman he designs for and, for fall, he furthered the notion with a sportswear riff on exotic skins and ultraluxe...
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Diet Coke Unveils Cans by Marc Jacobs
February 14th, 2013POP ART: How apt: Marc Jacobs employed his signature swallow print for one of the cans he designed as Diet Coke’s creative director for 2013. The stylized birds flit around a fashion illustration...
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Jeremy Scott. PUNK!
February 14th, 2013In a year of Punk all eyes ought to turned to Jeremy Scott. Scott nose-thumber that he is, turned all eyes back out. Cara Delevigne made the opening turn of the Fall in...
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Michael Kors RTW Fall 2013
February 14th, 2013“The weather in this world is so insane,” said Michael Kors a few days ago, referring specifically to a 16-ply cashmere sweater that he’ll sell like hotcakes in Miami, but also rehashing his...
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Marchesa RTW Fall 2013
February 14th, 2013With the fall show timed to the day before Valentine’s, in the thick of red-carpet season and not a week after Keren Craig gave birth to her second child — and Georgina Chapman...
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Prabal Gurung Fall 2013
February 13th, 2013Inspiration backstory — no designer should be caught without one at collections time. The sound bites offered on a seasonal basis range from the general — “confidence,” “pantsuits,” etc. — to...
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Pierre Balmain Fall 2013
February 13th, 2013For fall, Balmain’s secondary line, Pierre Balmain, was presented as a digital runway show and, according to the show notes, was all about “style avengers.” Think Emma Peel wearing ultraskinny pants,...
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Vera Wang Fall 2013
February 13th, 2013With so many contemporary labels edging closer to the aesthetic of high fashion, what can a luxury designer do to set her work apart visually? It’s a question Vera Wang has...
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Oscar de la Renta Fall 2013
February 13th, 2013What exactly is a “designer in residence”? You may have found yourself wondering that about three weeks ago, when WWD broke the news that Oscar de la Renta had invited John Galliano to...
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Dior Pop-Ups Set to Showcase Raf Simons
February 12th, 2013Raf Simons’ first collection for Dior is arriving at retail this month, accompanied by fanfare on a global scale. Dior is orchestrating a series of pop-up shops with key wholesale partners in the coming...
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Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall 2013
February 12th, 2013The Seventies are a sartorial moment in time that Marc Jacobs loved and loves to relive. So it should have come as no surprise that he chose to mine the decade again, except...
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Donna Karan Fall 2013
February 12th, 2013Donnaspeak can be a complicated language. “Absolutely Donna Karan. Can’t be anybody else,” the designer explained of her fall collection during a weekend preview. She noted a return to the body and a...
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Victoria Beckham Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013Victoria Beckham and her family have moved back to London, and it’s clearly rubbing off on the designer. Her beautiful fall collection offered a strong play on English heritage fabrics, which...
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Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013“Savile Row Meets Ivy League.” If it sounds like an update on the proverbial preppie-with-a-twist — bingo! It made for a fun, feisty Tommy Hilfiger collection. For the women’s lineup he...
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Carolina Herrera Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013With hints of a Forties heroine in mind, Carolina Herrera designed a collection about glamour and gumption. These were clothes deserving of a woman who thinks nothing of commissioning...
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Madrid based, Del Pozo Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013Madrid-based label Delpozo held its first show Stateside, bringing with it a fresh design sensibility. Creative director Josep Font merged two disparate ideas — organic architecture and the femininity of the...
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DKNY Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013Having just launched a collaboration with Opening Ceremony featuring reissues of early Nineties DKNY hits, Donna Karan returned to that period for fall, but this time through a hip-hop lens. Terrific...
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Juicy Couture Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013The Juicy girl went on a bravado-filled romp for fall, and her bags were packed with tailored jackets, bohemian silk dresses, trendy denim and, of course, a tracksuit, which this time was...
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Jason Wu Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013Jason Wu has been pretty vocal about his desire to mature his uptown, polished look and redefine it in a sexier, edgier context. Sex appeal was the overt guiding principle of...
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Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013Diane von Furstenberg is powerful, glamorous and, to those who know her, the ultimate tease. She also lives a jet-set life, which always inspires her clothes in one way or another....
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Custo BCN FW13
February 11th, 2013Custo Dalmau was inspired by “Beauty and the Beast” for fall — the beauty found in aztec-printed dresses and miniskirts for her, head-to-toe printed suits for him. The beast came through...
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Behnaz Sarafpour Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013“Artificial Beauty” was the theme of Behnaz Sarafpour’s collection in which she played with the concept of technique and technology, combining high-tech fabrics with more traditional ones. Waterproof Neoprene was a...
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Alexander Wang Fall 2013
February 11th, 2013“Everyone is kind of looking at the same things right now,” said Alexander Wang during a preview of his fall collection. He was talking specifically about the fabric market, which...
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Designers: The Shows Must Go On
February 8th, 2013Fashion designers are soldiering on, despite the impending blizzard. According to a spokeswoman for IMG, which owns Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, "We have been in constant contact throughout the night and into this morning with...
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CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Returns With Americans in Paris
February 8th, 2013Americans in Paris, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund program withTommy Hilfiger’s support, is back for a fourth time next month, with 10 former fashion fund designers showing their fall collections in a communal...
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Tommy Hilfiger to Fly Flag in L.A. Again
February 8th, 2013Tommy Hilfiger views the opening of its flagship on Robertson Boulevard Monday as not just adding another store, but as a relaunch of the brand on the West Coast. Hilfiger last had a major...
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Holmes & Yang RTW Fall 2013
February 8th, 2013Katie Holmes knows how to attract a crowd. And how not to. Last season, she and her partner, Jeanne Yang, officially presented their label, Holmes & Yang, during New York Fashion Week...
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BCBG Max Azria Fall 2013
February 8th, 2013Max and Lubov Azria found inspiration in the beautiful tiles and stone inlays of Istanbul’s iconic mosques. The result was just the sort of exotic romp that the BCBG girl loves...
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Kenneth Cole Collection RTW Fall 2013
February 8th, 2013It has been 30 years since Kenneth Cole got started selling shoes from a truck, and seven since he last showed on a runway during New York Fashion Week....
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The Most Emotional Moments in Recent Fashion Week History
February 7th, 2013Fashion Week will never not be an emotional experience: There's the beauty of the clothing, the stress of running around, and the high-stakes politics of who gets to sit where at...
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Designers Brace for Snow Storm
February 7th, 2013NEW YORK — Winter Storm Nemo is expected to wreak some havoc in the tri-state area over the weekend, but executives say their fashion shows are plowing ahead, no matter what. According to the...
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Net-a-porter to Launch Magazine
February 7th, 2013Natalie Massenet always describes the Net-a-porter e-commerce site as a fashion magazine online — and now she’s actually launching one, as well as a print version later this year aimed at rivaling the...
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Retailers Report Uneven Results for January
February 7th, 2013Retailers saw weakness in their sales trends as their fiscal years crossed the finish line in January. Macy's Inc. and Gap Inc. were among a handful of stores registering increases in excess of those...
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CFDA Plots Potential Men's Fashion Week
February 7th, 2013Could New York men’s wear stand on its own during a separate fashion week? That’s the question being bandied about in high-level talks hosted by the Council of Fashion Designers of America....
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Daywear in the Life of Marchesa
February 7th, 2013When Marchesa cofounders Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig chose Marchesa Luisa Casati, a legend of fashion flamboyancy, as their muse and namesake eight years ago, they made plain their plans to dress women...
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Live From New York, It's Kenneth Cole
February 6th, 2013Kenneth Cole’s passions will converge this week as he accepts an honor for 27 years of AIDS activism from amfAR tonight and returns to the runway after a seven-year hiatus Thursday night at...
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Marni launches its first-ever fragrance
February 6th, 2013“Marni doesn’t make clothes for girly girls. It’s sophisticated. It’s bold. And you have to be a little brave to pull it all off.” That’sAlexa Chung waxing on about the Italian brand...
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Missoni to Mark 60th Anniversary With Campaign
February 6th, 2013Even as the search for the missing company head Vittorio Missoni goes on, the fashion house is pressing ahead with business. The firm will mark its 60th anniversary this year with its spring...
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Marc Jacobs Named Diet Coke Creative Director
February 6th, 2013“I think glamour and sex sells just about everything.” So said Marc Jacobs, whose turn as Diet Coke’s new creative director for 2013 will have him stripping in a photo booth and posing in...
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David Beckham, Guy Ritchie Team for H&M
February 6th, 2013BECKHAM, RITCHIE TEAM FOR H&M:David Beckham is back in action for H&M, this time in a 90-second commercial directed by Guy Ritchie to promote the spring collection of David Beckham Bodywear for H&M. The...
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Nordstrom Links With CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund
February 6th, 2013Nordstrom is supporting the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund by opening boutiques for the 10 finalists at five flagships and Treasure & Bond, its concept store in SoHo that donates 100 percent of proceeds to...
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Sandra Choi Becomes Sole Creative Director of Jimmy Choo
February 6th, 2013Sandra Choi has become the sole creative director of Jimmy Choo, following the departure of Simon Holloway, according to the company. Choi and Holloway had served as co-creative directors since November 2011....
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Ready for the Runway: Retailers Eye What Lies Ahead
February 6th, 2013For retailers, it’s like going back to school after a long holiday break. And on the eve of New York Fashion Week, which officially begins Thursday, it’s going to be a tough semester ahead...
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10 Wild Items We're Hoping to See on the Streets This Fashion Week
February 5th, 2013With the Fall 2013 shows about to start, it's only natural that we're thinking about our own wardrobes — and we’re not the only ones. In honor of all the wild...
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Stella McCartney for Red Nose Day
February 5th, 2013Watch our exclusive film of Kate Moss and David Walliams behind the scenes on Stella McCartney's Red Nose Day t-shirt collection shoot. The Red Nose Day collection, modelled by McCartney's friend Kate...
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Macy's Launches Collection With Made
February 5th, 2013This spring, Macy’s is taking an edgy turn with a collection designed together with Made Fashion Week. “This is an organic collaboration between the creative teams from Made and our merchants to bring...
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Bryan Boy Teams With Adrienne Landau
February 5th, 2013Fur-sporting BryanBoy is following his passion. He has struck a long-term deal with Adrienne Landau to launch an exclusive collaboration of fur accessories for fall. The label, Bryan Boy for Adrienne Landau, is...
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Beyonce's Super Bowl look, in numbers
February 4th, 2013Mrs. Carrter was supposed to be a Norse warrior goddess. Sartorially, that meant little strips of iguana, python and leather — with knee socks. And she pulled...
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Pantone's Top Colors for Fall 2013
February 4th, 2013Just as the Green Movement has become entrenched in many Americans’ lives, so, too, is it gaining a foothold in their wardrobes. This fall the greenery, so to speak, will only...
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CVS Caremark's Cheryl Mahoney assumes new role; new head of beauty/personal care named
February 4th, 2013Beauty retail veteran Cheryl Mahoney has assumed a new post at CVS Caremark, and the company has brought onboard Alex Perez-Tenessa to serve as VP retail merchandising – beauty/personal care, according...
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Beyoncé Anoints Designer Rubin Singer for her Super Bowl Halftime Show
February 4th, 2013For the last month Rubin Singer has savored the thought that he was asked by Beyoncé Knowles to design her outfit for her Super Bowl performance on Sunday. Mr. Singer is a little...
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MAC Cosmetics Expands Presence in Africa
February 1st, 2013MAC Cosmetics is determined to conquer a new continent — Africa — by entering a trio of new countries and planning a three-year strategy to build business. The brand will open its first freestanding...
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Barneys New York Commissions Yuri Ancarani
February 1st, 2013WINDOWS ON THE WEIRD: In the spirit of its spring women’s ad campaign, titled “Neo Modern,” Barneys New York has commissioned a series of surreal short films by Italian video artist Yuri Ancarani for...
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They Are Wearing: The xx Concert in New York
February 1st, 2013The xx can tell you, getting in the good graces of Karl Lagerfeld is a game changer. Nabbing gigs for Chanel has undoubtedly upped the ante for the broody Brit band,...
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Christian Dior Fetes New Sydney Flagship
February 1st, 2013Better late than never. Sixty-five years after Christian Dior’s collection first bowed in Sydney, his brand is finally getting its own Australian flagship. Christian Dior SA today will open an 8,072-square-foot store at 65 Castlereagh...
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Apparel Retailers Add Jobs in January
February 1st, 2013WASHINGTON — Apparel specialty retailers added jobs in January, while department stores and discounters trimmed payrolls, a Labor Department report showed Friday. Economists said the fiscal uncertainty at the end of the year ...
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Bernard Arnault Stresses Focus on Quality at LVMH
February 1st, 2013PARIS — Louis Vuitton will accentuate quality, not quantity, to solidify its position in the marketplace, and to ensure future growth. That’s the word from luxury titan Bernard Arnault, who elaborated on ...
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Calvin Klein Make Good Case For Watching the Super Bowl
January 31st, 2013If you hadn't planned on watching this Sunday's Super Bowl, Calvin Klein is making a compelling case for at least sitting through the first quarter. That's when the company will debut its first-ever Super...
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Ivanka Trump Signs Deal for Home Collection
January 31st, 2013Real estate executive and budding fashion entrepreneur Ivanka Trump has taken the next step in building her lifestyle company. Trump has signed an exclusive licensing deal with CHF Industries to create the...
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Barneys New York to Launch Off-price Site
January 31st, 2013NEW YORK — Barneys New York is launching a permanent off-price Web site. Barneyswarehouse.com will launch Monday. “It fits with our strategy to build all of these digital properties,” said Daniella Vitale,...
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Ralph Lauren Considering Staging Men's Show
January 31st, 2013Ralph Lauren is mulling a return to the runways for his men’s wear collection. Responding to reports that he is preparing to show in Paris this summer, the designer said: “I would love to...
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Elizabeth and James Launches First Bag Line, Eyes Retail Growth
January 31st, 2013From their new space in the West Village here, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen walk the perimeter of the Elizabeth and James showroom admiring their latest endeavor — the brand’s first handbag collection. The expansive...
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Bar Refaeli: Barcelona Fashion Week Fun
January 31st, 2013Stepping out for a promotional appearance, Bar Refaeli showed up at the “We Love” by Desigual event as part of Barcelona Fashion Week in Barcelona, Spain today (January 29). Ms. Refaeli hammed it...
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Opening Ceremony Teams With DKNY
January 31st, 2013DKNY and Opening Ceremony are the latest fashion collaborators. The Donna Karan International brand and the influential retailer are teaming on a limited capsule collection featuring several key DKNY looks from its early Nineties...
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Band Of Outsiders Stages Scavenger Hunt For NYFW
January 30th, 2013The runways are already being laid for New York fashion week, which begins next week. But not for Band of Outsiders. Instead of a traditional runway show, the menswear label is...
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Rihanna’s Rolling Stone Cover Shot By Terry Richardson
January 30th, 2013Earlier this month, both fashion photographer Terry Richardson and Rihanna used social media to cryptically alert the world to the fact that they might be working together in some capacity. Richardson posted a...
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The Face: First Episode
January 30th, 2013"One photo has the power to make or break your career," Naomi Campbell says during the first episode of The Face, in which a group of 24 hopeful models is whittled...
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Michael Kors Fights Hunger
January 30th, 2013Seriously, is there anything Michael Kors hasn’t done? After building an international fashion mega-brand, winning a slew of design awards, and serving as a wacky but lovable judge on...
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Halston Heritage to Expand Retail Presence
January 30th, 2013The revival of Halston is taking a major step forward in March with the opening of three Halston Heritage stores and at least 10 this year. Since he assumed control of the...
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H&M Net Sinks 1.3% in Q4
January 30th, 2013PARIS — Hennes & Mauritz AB said net profits fell 1.3 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter, as the retailer countered disappointing sales with strong investments in areas including online sales and...
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MARVIN TRAUB ASSOCIATES NAMES BURT TANSKY VICE CHAIRMAN
January 29th, 2013NEW YORK - Burt Tansky has become vice chairman and managing director at Marvin Traub Associates, raising his industry profile again to tackle some big overseas projects. "I am going to be on the...
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MARVIN TRAUB ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE PARTNERS
January 29th, 2013Renowned Business Development Agency Also Grows Operating Partner Talent NEW YORK - Marvin Traub Associates, the business development agency originally founded by late retail legend and former CEO of Bloomingdale's Marvin Traub, officially welcomes...
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February Fashion Magazine Covers
January 29th, 2013There's a definite sense of romance in some of the February magazine covers that have been released so far. Love's black and white shots of Cara Delevingne and Edie Campbell, for example, are...
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Nothing vague about Vogue
January 29th, 2013Kullawit Laosuksri has a hot seller |on his hands, but he's staying humble so far Vogue, arguably the world's most influential fashion magazine, put its Thai edition on news stands last week,...
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FIT’s Foot Fetish
January 29th, 2013What is it about women and shoes? According to Dr. Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT and the author of Shoes: A Lexicon of Style...
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Mango presents its new collection SS13 at 080 Barcelona.
January 29th, 2013
Yesterday Mango launched its new 2013 Spring Summer Collection at 080 Barcelona....
South Korean Designer Wins H&M Award
January 29th, 2013PARIS — Hennes & Mauritz AB has named South Korean designer Minju Kim as the winner of its international H&M Design Award. The 26-year-old, who is in her final masters year of fashion...
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Tom Ford, Justin Timberlake Collaborate on '20/20' Album
January 29th, 2013TOM AND JUSTIN: Tom Ford and Justin Timberlake have teamed for Timberlake’s upcoming album “The 20/20 Experience,” his first after a six-year break in which he focused on acting. The designer created the looks...
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Wal-Mart's Sustainability Push
January 29th, 2013Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s senior director of sustainability, Jeffrey Rice, is practical enough to know that sustainability is unsupportable unless it ultimately has a positive impact on the bottom line. “Sustainability will...
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Miss Vogue To Launch
January 28th, 2013BRITISH Vogue is launching Miss Vogue, its first ever magazine targeted at a younger audience, alongside the June issue - which hits newsstands nationwide on May 6. The 124-page magazine will embody the inspirational...
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Kate Hudson to design capsule collection for Ann Taylor
January 28th, 2013Ann Taylor is thrilled to announce that award-winning actress Kate Hudson will return as ambassador of its spring and summer 2013 campaigns. This year, Hudson’s role will take on more importance and...
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The Best and Worst Fashion At The 2013 SAG Awards
January 28th, 2013After taking a brief break from red carpets after being wowed by the glamorous gowns at the Golden Globes two weeks ago, tonight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards brought out some of Hollywood’s...
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The Spring 2013 Campaigns Are Here
January 28th, 2013Resort 2012 pieces may still be in stores, but that doesn't mean the Spring 2013 campaigns aren't already taking the Internet by storm. So far, we've seen checkerboard patterns galore from...
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NuOrder Site Attracts New Investors
January 28th, 2013NuOrder, the online and mobile marketplace linking retailers and fashion wholesalers, has four new investors bringing money and expertise to the enterprise. The investor group now includes Adam Bernhard, chief executive officer...
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Avantgarde in Tokyo's 'Fashion Underground'
January 28th, 2013Avantgarde gives a new twist to the term “fashion underground.” The cutting-edge hosiery store is nestled in the fashion mecca of Tokyo’s Harajuku, in a basement beneath a spaghetti restaurant, on a...
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Profits at P&G Beauty Rise 9%
January 25th, 2013The Procter & Gamble Co.’s beauty business perked up in its second fiscal quarter, as the consumer giant picked up some momentum and boosted its earnings outlook for the year. That might...
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Armani Prive Spring 2013
January 25th, 2013Giorgio Armani continued his sleek streak with the Spring 2013 Armani Privé collection he presented in Paris on Tuesday. There were some looks that pointed back...
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Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal Spring 2013
January 25th, 2013If some of the pieces in Maison Martin Margiela's Spring 2013 Couture collection look like they were made from candy wrappers, that's because they were. The house tweeted that the last three looks...
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Onward Holdings Opens Two New York Flagships
January 25th, 2013Onward Holdings Co. Ltd., the Tokyo-based firm that owns Jil Sander, Joseph, J. Press, ICB, Iris and Gibò Co. SpA, among many other apparel-driven companies, opened two new flagships today at...
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Aiming for New Lengths: Nail Trends Heat Up in 2013
January 25th, 2013The talons are coming out in the $1.6 billion nail-care business as both manufacturers and retailers claw their way to a bigger share of booming sales. “It really is a scramble with all...
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Chilly Weather Leaves Retailers Out in the Cold
January 24th, 2013A cold Arctic blast sent temperatures into the deep freeze across much of the country this week, but footwear retailers said they’ve yet to see sales warm. The National Weather Service on Wednesday said...
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Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Spring 2013
January 24th, 2013From Fashionologie Jean Paul Gaultier looked east, and specifically to India, for the inspiration behind his Spring 2013 couture collection. The designer told reporters that he wanted to pay homage to Indian...
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Uniqlo Suits Up Special Olympics Athletes
January 24th, 2013Japan's Uniqlo will be supplying the uniforms for teams from several Asian countries for the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games, which will be held from January 29 through February 5 in...
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Valentino Couture Spring 2013
January 24th, 2013From Fashionologie Other couturiers have built small parks with real trees and bushes to display their Spring 2013 Couture collections, but Valentino's Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli used garden elements in their actual...
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Saks Fifth Avenue Raises the Ante on Omnichannel
January 24th, 2013Saks Fifth Avenue is advancing its omnichannel agenda by juicing up its SaksFirst loyalty program and rolling out free shipping. It’s a response to a fast-changing industry where e-commerce continues to boom, even after...
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Elie Saab Couture Spring 2013
January 23rd, 2013FROM FASHIONOLOGIE Millions of beads, scrolling embroideries, and piles of lace might not conjure the idea of weightlessness outright, but in Elie Saab's capable hands that's precisely what you get. For Spring 2013...
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Oscar de la Renta Goes Big for First London Store
January 23rd, 2013Oscar de la Renta has opened his first — and largest-ever — store here after waiting five years to secure the ideal location. The designer has opened a 3,000-square-foot unit at 130 Mount Street,...
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H&M to Show During Paris Fashion Week
January 23rd, 2013Hennes & Mauritz AB is upping its fashion quotient. The Swedish high street retailer said it would stage its first fashion show in eight years on Feb. 27 on the sidelines of Paris Fashion...
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Giambattista Valli Couture Spring 2013
January 23rd, 2013From Fashionologie Giambattista Valli turned a fresh eye to modernist design with his Spring 2013 Couture collection. His fourth couture outing — staged at the Italian Embassy in...
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Saint Laurent Pre-Fall 2013
January 23rd, 2013From Fashionologie Hedi Slimane's confident pre-Fall 2013 lookbook for Saint Laurent is filled with largely black-and-white images of Sky Ferreira. What better casting choice for a designer so invested in rock and roll? As he's...
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Chanel Front Row
January 23rd, 2013From Fashionologie Karl's girls were out in full force at the Chanel Spring 2013 Couture show in Paris on Tuesday. Laura Bailey, who's lately been a Chanel front-row fixture, looked the picture of gamine...
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Coach's New Strategy: A Lifestyle Approach
January 23rd, 2013From WWD NEW YORK — Call it a new chapter. Coach Inc., the handbag and accessories titan, is entering what it calls a transformational period in which it hopes to emerge as a full-fledged global...
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Première Vision Preview: The Trends
January 22nd, 2013From WWD Sabine le Chatelier, deputy fashion director of Première Vision, presented several key themes she felt will be important for spring 2014 fabrics, including: • Material Intensity: Textured jacquards, updated raffia...
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Michelle Obama Wears Jason Wu Once Again On Inauguration Night
January 22nd, 2013FROM FASHIONISTA Four years ago, Michelle Obama launched then-little-known designer Jason Wu into the spotlight when she chose to wear his one-shouldered white gown to the Inaugural ball. Since then, his...
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G-Star Presents F/W 13 at Bread & Butter Berlin
January 22nd, 2013From Last week G-Star invited us to preview of their ready-to-wear Fall/Winter 13 collection in Berlin. Held as part of Bread & Butter, the runway show showcased the Dutch denim labels highlights of their multi-faceted brand. ...
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Barneys New York Looking for Downtown Flagship?
January 22nd, 2013FROM WWD NEW YORK —Barneys New York wants to recapture some of its downtown glow — and may do it with a second Manhattan flagship. Sources said the retailer is looking for multiple real-estate options...
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L'Oréal's Jean-Paul Agon Unfurls Plan for Dramatic Growth in India
January 18th, 2013From WWD MUMBAI, India — Jean-Paul Agon, chief executive officer and chairman of L’Oréal, arrived here last week with more on his mind than just the ceremonial chore of cutting a ribbon at the...
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Oscar de la Renta Opens Studio to John Galliano
January 18th, 2013From WWD Oscar de la Renta may be paving the way for John Galliano to reenter the fashion world. In a stunning development, de la Renta has invited the disgraced Galliano to spend some time...
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Alexander McQueen to Skip the Runway for Fall
January 17th, 2013FROM WWD THE MCQUEEN MUM… Sarah Burton and Kate Middleton have more in common than fashion this season. Burton is also expecting — twins — and will be on maternity leave in...
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Rihanna to Launch Collection in London
January 17th, 2013From WWD LONDON — Rihanna will make her design debut in London at a special event on Feb. 16 during London Fashion Week. The collection, created in collaboration with British high street...
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Men's Stores Flocking to Marais
January 17th, 2013PARIS — With its trendy little food shops, cozy restaurants and art venues on every corner, the Marais is the most buzz-worthy of all Parisian districts, drawing crowds of arty types,...
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It's Official: PPR Buys Stake in Christopher Kane
January 16th, 2013FROM FASHIONOLOGIE PPR just bought a new little brother for Gucci. After months of speculation, Christopher Kane's eponymous label is now a member of PPR's stable of luxury brands. On Monday, the French conglomerate...
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H&M sign partnership with tennis star Tomas Berdych
January 16th, 2013FROM THE TELEGRAPH Swedish chain H&M has signed Czech tennis player Tomas Berdych to act as a brand ambassador and to co-design its first ever line of tennis wear. Swedish retailer H&M is getting...
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Ones to Watch: Paris Men's Wear
January 16th, 2013From WWD PARIS — Hedi Slimane's eagerly awaited return to the men's wear runway for Saint Laurent headlines a jam-packed Men's Fashion Week in Paris. After showing as guest designer at the...
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Wal-Mart Pledges to Add $50B in Made in America Merchandise
January 15th, 2013FROM WWD Bill Simon, chief executive officer of Wal-Mart US, speaking today at the National Retail Federation's 2013 Big Show, introduced several major initiatives related to job creation and the economy, among them a...
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Selfridges Kicks Off 'No Noise' Initiative
January 15th, 2013From WWD SOUNDS OF SILENCE: Selfridges is stepping quietly into the New Year with "No Noise," an initiative aimed at getting frazzled shoppers — and the general public — to slow down,...
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Burberry reveals design process via runway show teaser
January 14th, 2013From Luxury Daily British fashion house Burberry is showing a glimpse at the craftsmanship involved in constructing items in its autumn/winter 2013 menswear collection through a teaser video and digital promotions for...
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On the Red Carpet at the Golden Globes
January 14th, 2013FROM WWD LOS ANGELES — As Hollywood stars gets savvier about fashion and designers become ever more competitive to dress them (there was a time in the not-too-distant past when actresses didn’t...
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Salvatore Ferragamo Takes Control in Asia
January 14th, 2013FROM WWD EASTERN PROMISE: Salvatore Ferragamo is buying up shares in joint ventures in Korea, South East Asia and Greater China. “It is part of our strategy to be more directly present...
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Valentino Pre-Fall 2013
January 14th, 2013From WWD The rebellious spirit of the Seventies reworked with a couture aesthetic defined Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's Valentino collection. "We focused on beauty and elegance, charging them with ...
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Saks CEO Stephen Sadove Elected Chairman of NRF Board
January 14th, 2013FROM WWD The National Retail Federation has tapped Saks Inc.’s chairman and chief executive Stephen I. Sadove as chairman of its board of directors. Sadove succeeds Macy’s Inc. chairman, president and ceo Terry Lundgren as...
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Wal-Mart Names Latin America President
January 11th, 2013From WWD Wal-Mart Stores Inc. today named Enrique Ostale as president and chief executive officer Wal-Mart Latin America, effective March 1. He will oversee the retail giant’s operations in Argentina, Brazil,...
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Saks ups commerce-driven email strategy via monthly trend report
January 11th, 2013FROM LUXURY DAILY Department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue is upping its email strategy to cater to fashion-minded, female customers through a new monthly, product-focused newsletter. The first volume of The Trendcaster newsletter was sent...
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French Luxury Seeks New Talents
January 11th, 2013FROM WWD RAISING TALENTS: Faced with a dearth of qualified craftsmen, French purveyors of high-end goods are renewing their partnership with Paris education officials to inform young people about career prospects in the luxury...
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Fast Retailing Profits Rise 23.5% in First Quarter
January 11th, 2013From WWD TOKYO — Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. saw its first-quarter profits and sales grow at a double-digit clip, prompting it to raise its full-year forecasts. The retailer said Thursday that its net profit for...
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LOEWE Spring Summer 2013 Campaign
January 10th, 2013Spanish actress Penelope Cruz is the new face of Loewe Spring/Summer 2013 campaign. This campaign was photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. The collection is inspired by...
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Stella McCartney Fetes Pre-Fall Collection
January 10th, 2013From WWD TELLA’S SET: “This is so Stella,” Elettra Wiedemann said of the scene at the Americas Society Art Gallery, where Stella McCartney presented her pre-fall collection Tuesday night. “This mise-en-scène is what she’s all about,...
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WWD CEO Summit: R. Shawn Neville
January 10th, 2013FROM WWD One of the nation’s leading purveyors of radio frequency identification technology, or RFID, thinks it’s just getting comfortable in its natural home — the apparel specialty store. R. Shawn Neville, president of...
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WWD CEO Summit: Craig Vosburg and Cheryl Guerin
January 10th, 2013FROM WWD Consumers with historically low levels of debt could provide stores with “not great, not awful” retail sales growth of between 4 and 5.5 percent in 2013, similar to the 4.5...
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WWD CEO Summit: Scott Malkin
January 10th, 2013From WWD Scott Malkin is not a real estate developer. He’s also not a retailer or a manufacturer. Instead, the chairman of Value Retail plc considers himself to be in the tourism...
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N.Y. Textile Shows to Debate Issues, Forecast Trends
January 9th, 2013NEW YORK — Sourcing executives are facing a confluence of manufacturing and economic issues as they come together for New York Textile Week trade shows starting Monday. Buyers and exhibitors planning...
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Bowie Talk Dominates London Event
January 9th, 2013FROM WWD GROUCHO GANG: Decked in a bejeweled tartan minidress by Fausto Puglisi, Anna Dello Russo held court at London’s Groucho Club on Tuesday night, and joined in the exuberant chatter about...
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H&M to Open Seven Stores for New Brand
January 9th, 2013FROM WWD PARIS — Swedish high street retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB's new fashion brand & Other Stories said it will launch its first physical and online stores in Europe in spring. The...
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2013 WWD CEO Summit: Day Two
January 9th, 2013FROM WWD NEW YORK — Four headline-making designers, the chief executive officer of one of the most successful fashion groups around, an entrepreneur and a turnaround specialist were among the...
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Louis Vuitton Names Director for Art Museum
January 8th, 2013FROM WWD PARIS — Bernard Arnault is building his team ahead of the targeted 2014 opening of a Frank Gehry-designed art foundation on the leafy fringes of Paris. The luxury titan, chairman and...
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Trade Winds Swirling in New Year
January 8th, 2013FROM WWD Sourcing executives are entering the new year facing a host of challenges and opportunities — potential changes to U.S. trade policies, a possible Asia-Pacific trade deal, rising costs in China...
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Bloomingdale's Rolls Out Pop-up Shops for Chinese New Year
January 8th, 2013FROM WWD Bloomingdale’s has begun celebrating the Chinese New Year with an array of pop-up shops and a lineup of special events and prizes through Feb. 18. This year, the Chinese celebrate the...
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Target Unveils New Price Policy
January 8th, 2013FROM WWD Target on Tuesday announced a new year-round price match program, effective immediately, that will include online sites such as Amazon.com, Bestbuy.com, Walmart.com and Toysrus.com. The Minneapolis-based retailer appears to be addressing...
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WWD CEO Summit: Day One
January 8th, 2013FROM WWD NEW YORK — What does it take to be a successful leader in today’s change-in-a-blink world? That is the focus of the 16th WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit at The Plaza...
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Saks drives post-holiday foot traffic via beauty month offers
January 7th, 2013FROM LUXURY DAILY Department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue is driving post-holiday foot traffic with daily beauty offers through this month. The Beauty Treat Du Jour month-long event gives Saks customers daily extras ...
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Macy's to Close a Half-Dozen Stores This Spring
January 7th, 2013FROM WWD Macy’s Inc. said Thursday it will close six stores in the spring, which will change the affected downtown shopping districts, though not necessarily for the worse. The three largest Macy’s stores...
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FGI Names Rising Star Award Finalists
January 7th, 2013From WWD NEW YORK — Fashion Group International unveiled this year’s nominees for its Rising Star Awards, set for Jan. 24 at Cipriani 42nd Street with Ralph Rucci as the keynote speaker. Finalists...
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Marks & Spencer Launches E-commerce in China
January 7th, 2013FROM WWD Marks & Spencer has launched a Chinese version of its e-commerce Web site as well as a dedicated retail space on Tmall.com, China's largest business-to-consumer shopping platform. Both e-commerce platforms went...
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Big in Digital for 2013
January 7th, 2013From WWD NEW YORK — This year is all about becoming more mobile. Mobile commerce is primed to dominate the digital space over the next 12 months. Also expected in the year ahead...
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What is the up-and-coming social strategy for luxury marketers?
January 4th, 2013From Luxury Daily Luxury marketers should continue to build up their presence on social media platforms that they already use and look to expand to new platforms only if their audience is there,...
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French Malls Reinvent Themselves in Digital Age
January 4th, 2013From WWD PARIS — French shopping malls are undergoing a sea change, as developers, faced with the competition of e-commerce, dream up...
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L'Oréal Launches New Skin, Hair Care Lines
January 4th, 2013FROM WWD PARIS — L’Oréal Paris is starting 2013 with a bang, thanks to the January launches of a skin-care line for women over 50 and an “automatic” hair-color mousse collection. The Age...
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Strong Men's Sales Seen Continuing Through 2013
January 3rd, 2013From WWD MILAN — Designers and retailers continue to court male customers in both new and established markets, catering to their increasing thirst for looks that blend fashion trends and sartorial ...
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Roberto Cavalli Opens in New Delhi
January 3rd, 2013FROM WWD NEW DELHI — It was a big party night at DLF Emporio, the luxury mall in Vasant Kunj, as Italian designer Roberto Cavalli and his team flew in last month...
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December Sales Short on Holiday Cheer
January 3rd, 2013From WWD Stores posted soft December results as consumers held back their holiday purchases until the last minute, and in many cases did without them altogether. Same-store sales results for the month generally...
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Excess Denim Takes on New Life
January 2nd, 2013From WWD The nature of excess has changed in the denim industry. While fashion missteps frequently contribute to surplus, denim brands are seizing control of their excess through carefully planned off-price selling,...
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2012 Proves to Be Solid Year for Retail Shares
January 2nd, 2013From WWD Forget the sluggish holiday season, global economic malaise and the drawn-out debate over the fiscal cliff — 2012 was a big year for retail on Wall Street. The S&P 500 Retailing...
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Philanthropy on Madison Avenue
December 26th, 2012FROM WWD Miracle on Madison Avenue, among New York City’s most successful and popular philanthropic holiday shopping traditions, was held Dec. 1, with more than 60 brands and retailers participating. Companies between 57th...
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Selfridges Puts Resources Behind Women's
December 26th, 2012From WWD LONDON — Selfridges is looking West. Not as far as Canada, however, just to the western end of its Oxford Street flagship to a new women’s wear gallery. The new area, part of the...
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Stores Bank on Post-Christmas Sales
December 26th, 2012From WWD After a puzzling and mostly disappointing holiday run, retailers are eyeing the post-Christmas selling period through January for the season’s salvation. Typically by Christmas Day, retailers are confident they’ll make their numbers. It’s...
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Renzo Rosso Adds Marni, Eyes Creating 'Modern' Group
December 21st, 2012FROM WWD MILAN — Renzo Rosso is thinking big, determined to build a successful multibrand fashion empire in Italy. The Diesel chief shared his strategies on Thursday as he confirmed the acquisition of a majority...
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Social Selling Finding Niche With Polyvore
December 21st, 2012FROM WWD Polyvore opened up its data files to prove the power of social commerce online. The fashion Web site helps users arrange looks with an editorial eye, share those styles with friends...
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More Consumers Using Digital Devices to Shop
December 20th, 2012FROM WWD Holiday shoppers are plugged into their digital devices. According to GfK Roper/SapientNitro’s consumer shopping survey about the in-store versus mobile-tablet shopping experience, smartphone owners are putting smartphones and other devices...
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Chloé Amps Up Service at Paris Flagship
December 20th, 2012FROM WWD PARIS — Beyond its prime retail location and beautiful interior, Chloé’s just-opened 5,000-square-foot flagship on the Rue Saint-Honoré is all about the brand’s new “attitude,” proposing a personal-shopper-like approach...
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Macy's Campaign Targets Post-Holiday Shopper
December 20th, 2012FROM WWD Macy’s will be wooing the post-Christmas shopper like never before. The department store has devised an unusually aggressive and comprehensive campaign, dubbed “The Week of Wonderful,” which will be launched ...
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Wal-Mart Bribery Issues in Mexico Intensify
December 19th, 2012FROM WWD Next year could be shaping up as a tough one for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The $443 billion retail giant is fighting scandals on several fronts. Allegations of bribery in Mexico continue in an...
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Balenciaga Unveils Seasonal Store
December 19th, 2012FROM WWD BALENCIAGA’S STOPGAP SHOP: When Hurricane Sandy damaged Balenciaga’s New York flagship in Chelsea, the company was forced to temporarily close the location for repairs. A new 4,769-square-foot flagship at...
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Steve Tanger's World
December 19th, 2012FROM WWD So what if the country is over-stored and over-malled. Outlet centers are a different animal, and Steven B. Tanger sees a big future for the format....
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Retailer of the Year: Prestige
December 18th, 2012FROM WWD SELFRIDGES In an era when marketers and retailers talk about creating a holistic experience for the consumer, one that seamlessly melds services, social and a broad brand proposition, Selfridges put its...
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Victoria Beckham to Launch E-Commerce
December 18th, 2012FROM WWD VICTORIA BECKHAM TO LAUNCH E-COMMERCE: Victoria Beckham is gearing up to unveil a digital overhaul of her site this spring, which will include e-commerce for her accessories, eyewear, denim and ...
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European Retailers Hoping for Late Holiday Sales Pickup
December 18th, 2012FROM WWD With a week to go before Christmas, European retailers are hoping for some late-Christmas cheer in what has so far proved — with a few exceptions — to be an...
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Loewe Bets on Spain
December 18th, 2012FROM WWD Madrid — Despite the Spanish meltdown, Loewe is betting on its roots. The Madrid-based luxury leather-goods company inaugurated facilities last week in the industrial suburb of Getafe, a half-hour...
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Sonia Rykiel Preps for Growth
December 17th, 2012FROM WWD PARIS — As it prepares for the arrival of new artistic director Geraldo da Conceicao, French fashion house Sonia Rykiel has set in motion a three-pronged strategy for development under...
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Topshop to Open in Hong Kong
December 17th, 2012FROM WWD Topshop is building a platform for expansion into the Chinese market with help from one of the region’s luxury titans: Lane Crawford. Topshop and Lane Crawford’s new retail subsidiary, Lab Concept, ...
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Gap Inc., Intermix in Talks for Deal
December 17th, 2012FROM WWD Intermix, which has been looking for a strategic partner since August, is currently in discussions with Gap Inc., WWD has learned. The specialty store hired investment banking firm The Sage Group to explore...
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WWD Beauty Inc Awards Fete Industry's Best
December 14th, 2012FROM WWD The honorary chairman of Shiseido Co. Ltd., Yoshiharu Fukuhara, was presented with the Visionary Award on Thursday morning at the 11th annual WWD Beauty Inc Awards breakfast at The Four...
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Sarah Burton Honored With OBE
December 14th, 2012FROM WWD GOOD ORDER: Prince Charles has handed Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen, an OBE, or The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire honor, for services to the...
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Drew Barrymore Launching Color Cosmetics Line
December 14th, 2012FROM WWD Drew Barrymore is exercising some serious flower power. In a Hollywood career spanning more than three decades, Barrymore wasn’t content to stay in front of the camera, but progressed to producing...
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Online Sales Growth Slows, but Remains in Double Digits
December 13th, 2012FROM WWD Online growth rates this holiday season have stayed in double digits. According to an update on online purchasing activity from Reston, Va.-based digital research group ComScore Inc., e-commerce purchases between Nov....
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Small Store Growth Rebounds in November
December 13th, 2012FROM WWD Small stores saw a pick-up in sales during November, allowing them to outperform overall retail volume growth for the month. The MasterCard SpendingPulse for Small Business survey, conducted in collaboration...
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A Little Sun at La Rinascente
December 12th, 2012FROM WWD Temperatures have dropped here in Milan, but warmth and light remain at La Rinascente, which has decked out its Christmas windows with dozens of small, solar-powered lamps from the company...
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Inditex Sets Expansion
December 12th, 2012FROM WWD LONDON. Business is booming at Inditex, parent of brands including Zara and Massimo Dutti, and the company continues to expand, with capital expenditure in 2012-13 hitting one billion euros, ...
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Dover Street Market to Open in New York
December 10th, 2012WWD - PARIS — Retail maverick Rei Kawakubo is out to conquer another offbeat neighborhood in Manhattan with her latest international branch of Dover Street Market. Comme des Garçons said Friday it has signed...
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Retailers Boost Jobs
December 7th, 2012FROM WWD WASHINGTON — Apparel specialty stores dramatically increased payrolls in November as retailers across the board added jobs, a Labor Department report showed Friday. Apparel and accessories stores...
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Sephora Upping the Ante in Latin America
December 7th, 2012FROM WWD MEXICO CITY — French perfumery giant Sephora is uppingthe ante in Latin America with plans to roll out at least 50 stores by 2016, according to Paula...
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Macy's Plots Christmas Marathon Weekend
December 6th, 2012FROM WWD Macy’s Inc., anticipating a huge last-minute demand for Christmas gifts, has decided to keep practically its entire fleet of 800 stores open round the clock on the last weekend before...
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Neiman Marcus' Karen Katz Talks Business
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Marie Holman-Rao Joins Lord & Taylor
December 4th, 2012FROM WWD Hudson’s Bay Co. wants to build its Lord & Taylor private label into a major lifestyle brand and has hired retail veteran Marie Holman-Rao to lead the charge. Holman-Rao has been...
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Hispanics Tip the Fashion Vote
December 4th, 2012From WWD The growing political power of Hispanics was exhibited in the reelection of President Obama, but it’s their economic power that is increasing even faster — and retailers and brands are rushing to keep up. As the fastest-growing demographic in the...
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Mobile, Early Birds Alter Cyber Monday Landscape
November 27th, 2012FROM WWD NEW YORK — Call it Mobile Monday. While thousands flocked to their computer screens at home and work on Cyber Monday to take advantage of online deals, the digital barrier between Black Friday...
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Early Holiday Hits: Black Friday Bestsellers
November 26th, 2012FROM WWD Electronics topped consumers’ shopping lists last week, when self-purchasing proved stronger than shopping for gifts. However, toys were also strong, and some heavily promoted apparel and footwear fared well. Among the Black Friday...
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Holiday Season Off to Decent Start
November 24th, 2012FROM WWD With plenty of hype over earlier hours and price promoting as intense as ever, retailers got off to a decent, but not stellar start to the Christmas season and are...
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Saks Unveils Christmas Windows
November 21st, 2012From WWD WINDOW DRESSING: Saks Fifth Avenue’s Suzanne Johnson, general manager of the Fifth Avenue flagship, couldn’t resist showing up for the unveiling of the store’s Christmas windows Monday night, despite...
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Thanksgiving Hours Lead to Backlash
November 21st, 2012FROM WWD Since Wal-Mart, Target, The Gap and numerous other retailers announced last week that they’d be open for business on Thursday, the idea of shopping on Thanksgiving has become increasingly polarized. Nordstrom...
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Luxury: The Long View
November 20th, 2012From WWD Luxury brands might be feeling the impact of a slowdown in consumption worldwide, but the bigger picture is rosy. Growth is expected to be fueled by emerging markets and their lust for...
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Deal Puts Fred Segal Brand in Japan
November 20th, 2012FROM WWD Fred Segal is taking its edgy Southern California heritage to Japan. Sandow, a New York-based firm that builds multichannel, vertically integrated brands, which purchased Fred Segal in January, has formed a long-term partnership...
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The Resurgence of the Department Store: Guest Experience
November 19th, 2012By Kathleen Jordan Photo credit: Gensler Over the past year Kathleen Jordan, a principal in Gensler’s New York office and leader in the firm’s Retail practice, undertook an investigation into the future of the department store. Her premise...
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New York Stores Light Holiday Windows
November 16th, 2012From WWD Windows from the traditional to the avant-garde will be evident in stores this season. Lord & Taylor celebrated its 75th anniversary of showcasing mechanical holiday windows on Tuesday with a performance...
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Barneys and Disney Unveil Their Holiday Windows
November 16th, 2012From WWD From the masses in light-up Mouseketeer ears to the abundance of Mylar confetti to the lone mother navigating crowd-control fencing in search of a restroom for her son, passersby would...
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Social Media's Impact on Spring
November 13th, 2012FROM WWD The Twitter and Instagram feeds of anyone who remotely follows fashion were inundated with images of Celine’s fur footwear and Chanel’s hula-hoop bag Sept. 30 and Oct. 2 — the respective days...
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Hoss Intropia crucero Primavera-Verano 2013: un debut cargado de romanticismo
November 12th, 2012Hoss Intropia apuesta por primera vez una colección crucero para la próxima Primavera-Verano 2013. La marca se une así con una colección más, como si se tratara de una firma internacional. Y lo hace...
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From the Magic Kingdom to Madison Avenue: Barneys to Unveil 'Electric Holiday'
November 12th, 2012From WWD Holiday windows, they have the power to enchant, amuse and, as Barneys New York knows, provoke. On Wednesday, the store will unveil its Madison Avenue flagship windows done in collaboration with Disney....
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The President's Priorities: An Industry Reacts
November 8th, 2012From WWD Let’s get the economy going. That was the overriding message from the fashion industry on Wednesday following President Obama’s election to a second term. Job creation and avoiding the “fiscal cliff”...
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Leaner Inventories Boost Dillard's
November 8th, 2012From WWD Dillard's Inc. reported a higher-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit Thursday, helped by stronger sales and leaner inventories and costs. For the quarter ended Oct. 27, the department store posted net income of $48.5...
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Nordstrom to Open CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Pop-Ups
November 7th, 2012From WWD Nordstrom will open CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund pop-up shops in six locations around the country this spring. Underwriter of the initiative since 2006, Nordstrom will offer a selection of merchandise...
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Project New York Moving Uptown
November 6th, 2012PROJECT MOVES NORTH: New Project president Tommy Fazio is moving the New York edition of the trade show uptown to Pier 90 in January, from the SoHo space it has shown in the past few seasons. The change brings Project closer...
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Spanx to Open First Freestanding Store
November 6th, 2012From WWD Spanx will open its first freestanding store at Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Va., today. The 1,200-square-foot boutique is one of a series of openings in upscale shopping centers scheduled this fall, including...
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N.Y.C. Retail on Road to Recovery
November 5th, 2012From WWD Retailers in Midtown and downtown Manhattan began reopening Sunday as power was restored throughout most of the city and nearly 80 percent of subway service was back in operation. Some stores in Midtown...
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Amazon Steps Up Push Into Fashion
November 5th, 2012From WWD NEW YORK — Amazon.com is inching closer to the epicenter of American fashion. The e-tail giant today revealed that it has leased a 40,000-square-foot space here that will serve as...
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Retail Sees Slow Revival in Sandy Aftermath
November 1st, 2012FROM WWD New Yorkers, after being cooped up for two days and in many cases unable to go to work or school, took to the streets Wednesday and floated into stores, helping retailers rebound...
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J.C. Penney Shares Fall on Report
November 1st, 2012FROM WWD Wall Street is starting to worry that J.C. Penney Co. Inc. is falling off the promotional wagon. Shares of the company retreated 5.7 percent to $24.01 Wednesday after Deutsche Bank analyst Charles Grom...
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Study Offers Closer Look at Online Shopping
October 31st, 2012Fashion is the second-most-popular product category when it comes to online shopping and consumers are increasingly using mobile phones and tablets to make purchases, according to an upcoming study of online consumption behavior in Asia, Russia and Africa. For its e-Commerce Consumer Monitor Research...
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Firms Begin to Assess Damages in Hurricane Sandy's Wake
October 31st, 2012Retailers escaped serious property damage from Hurricane Sandy, but many in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast remained operationally paralyzed Tuesday due to power outages and transportation shutdowns that could go on for days, if...
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Industry Feels Sandy's Wrath
October 30th, 2012Retailers and fashion firms felt the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, forcing them to shut down stores Sunday and Monday across a broad geographic swath from North Carolina to New England, and to close showrooms,...
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Museo Cerralbo Unveils Spanish Fashion Retrospective
October 29th, 2012MADRID — Spanish fashion took a trip down memory lane Wednesday at the opening of “La Moda es Sueño,” a 25-year retrospective at the Museo Cerralbo, a 19th-century palace and lesser-known downtown museum. The exhibition features 117 pieces by 50 designers — including Cristobal...
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East Coast Retail Braces for Hurricane Sandy
October 29th, 2012Retailers up and down the East Coast spent the weekend bracing for Hurricane Sandy — one of the largest storms to hit the...
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Lord & Taylor Fifth Ave. Flagship to Open on Thanksgiving
October 26th, 2012From WWD NEW YORK — Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue will be open for business on Thanksgiving Day, taking the competition by surprise by breaking the long-held tradition of remaining closed for the revered family holiday. All of Manhattan’s other main flagships — Saks...
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Industry Turns Out for Marvin Traub Memorial
October 25th, 2012From WWD NEW YORK — Ralph Lauren said he was a “Marvin child.” Leonard Lauder called him a “serious merchant” and a “road warrior.” And Michael Gould said the two shared a passion from...
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Saks Fifth Avenue Exiting Saudi Arabia
October 25th, 2012From WWD MOVING OUT: Saks Fifth Avenue is exiting its store in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to sources. The licensed unit, which opened in November 2001, is currently being shopped to other retailers, and...
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New Coach Concept Bows at Macy's
October 23rd, 2012From WWD NEW YORK — Coach is going bigger at Macy’s Herald Square The firm has opened a 2,000-square-foot area on Macy’s new accessories floor. The Coach shop-in-shop is nearly double the size of the...
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Neiman's 4 Cent Web Incentive
October 22nd, 2012From WWD Here's what e-commerce means for Neiman Marcus: 4 extra cents of operating profits out of each sales dollar. It doesn't sound like much, but it's enough to make an accountant's heart flutter. Everyone talks...
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Massimo Dutti Launches in U.S.
October 19th, 2012From WWD NEW YORK — Massimo Dutti on Friday will plunge into the American market with a 28,847-square-foot flagship at 689 Fifth Avenue here. On the same day, the retailer will launch a dedicated U.S. Web site. In mid-November, Massimo Dutti will...
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Macy's Initiative Targets Millennials
October 19th, 2012From WWD NEW YORK — Macy’s is developing a laser focus on the Millennial customer and it will be hard to miss on the sales floor next year. Starting in a small way this fall and expanding significantly in the spring, the retailer...
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Bergdorf's Fetes 111th Birthday
October 19th, 2012From WWD On Thursday night at The Plaza, Zac Posen and Coco Rocha were among a tightly packed crowd angling toward a second-floor ballroom as they talked about a...
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Another successful project for SGN featured in the Spanish Press
October 18th, 2012La firma de moda Hoss Intropia refuerza su presencia en Estados Unidos MADRID, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) - La firma española de moda Hoss Intropia ha reforzado su expansión en Estados Unidos a través de...
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Barneys New York to Close Dallas Unit
October 9th, 2012From WWD Barneys New York will close its 88,000-square-foot store at the NorthPark Center in Dallas in early April. There has long been speculation that the Dallas store, along with units in Scottsdale, Ariz., San...
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Ron Johnson Updates Plan for J.C. Penney's 'Start-up'
October 4th, 2012From WWD NEW YORK — Feb. 1 — that’s Day One for the new J.C. Penney Co. Inc. “We look at JCP as a start-up,” Ron Johnson, chief executive officer of the Plano,...
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Trinity Place Opens Department Store Downtown
October 4th, 2012From WWD Trinity Place Department Store has opened its first U.S. store at 61 Broadway in downtown New York City. The retailer, whose parent company, Le Bunny Blue, operates 82 stores around the world,...
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Hard Luxury Growth Outstripping Soft: Mintel
September 28th, 2012From: WWD LONDON — Watches and jewelry will be the top performing luxury category this year, growing at a rate of at least 20 percent, according to...
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Sheryl Crow Covers Bloomingdale's Pink Book
September 28th, 2012From: WWD Sheryl Crow is the cover girl for Bloomingdale’s sixth-annual Pink Book arriving in mailboxes starting Monday, which kicks off the store’s October campaign to fight breast cancer. Inside the...
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Halloween Spending Expected to Rise: NRF
September 27th, 2012from: WWD Growing enthusiasm among Americans for Halloween celebrations might not translate into higher sales of dresses and jeans, but it’s having an uplifting effect on the market for costumes. ...
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Consumers Embrace Showrooming
September 27th, 2012From: WWD The confluence of demographics, economics and technology is creating a perfect storm that’s pushing showrooming to the forefront of consumer shopping behavior. Leading the charge are consumers in...
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Etiqueta Negra Expands With Bloomingdale's Shops
September 27th, 2012From: WWD Argentina’s Etiqueta Negra is expanding in the U.S. with its first shops-in-shop that will open next month in three Bloomingdale’s locations. The men’s-only shops include a 350-square-foot location at...
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South Coast Plaza Predicts $1.5B in Sales
September 27th, 2012From: WWD In its 45th year, South Coast Plaza is expected to generate $1.5 billion in gross retail sales, placing its volume near or above the entire city of Beverly Hills. ...
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Barneys: A Consistent Message Is Paramount
September 26th, 2012From: WWD At Barneys New York, the name of the game is consistency. “Even when we launched the Warehouse Sale site, the look and feel was the same as the Barneys Web site. We...
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Consumer Confidence Spikes in Sept., Stocks Slip
September 26th, 2012From: WWD Consumer confidence took a big step up this month, driving U.S. retail stocks higher until the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia rained on the parade. ...
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Neiman Marcus and the Art of Omnichannel
September 26th, 2012From: WWD “A little bit of art and science” is how Aaron Shockey, vice president of digital marketing and advertising at the Neiman Marcus Group, described his job. Shockey said...
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Sephora's Personalized Digital Approach
September 26th, 2012From: WWD For Sephora, digital may not be a new world, but it’s one that is continually being rediscovered. “We have the largest beauty site for prestige beauty…and the growth of that is what funds and fuels the investment into other digital...
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Bon-Ton Promotes Hiede Gaspard
September 25th, 2012From: WWD The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. promoted Hiede Gaspard to senior vice president and general merchandise manager of ready-to-wear, succeeding Kiki Lockwood, who left in April. Gaspard was vice president and divisional merchandise manager...
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Buyers Laud Milan's Femininity
September 25th, 2012From: WWD MILAN — With a leisurely six days to stage its presentations, the Milan season won over international buyers with its mix of creative and commercial offerings. Sheer fabrics and the liberal...
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Modest Boost Expected in Holiday Hiring
September 25th, 2012From: WWD Retailers will boost their holiday hiring over last year’s levels but are once again unlikely to match pre-recessionary job-addition peaks. Holiday payroll additions this year “could approach 700,000,”...
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Study Shows Plus-Size Dissatisfaction
September 24th, 2012From: WWD Larger women have big problems with their options for plus-size clothing. A study by The NPD Group revealed that a majority of women who classified themselves as plus-size customers find...
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Stephen Sadove Addresses World Retail Congress
September 24th, 2012From: WWD GLOBAL WORRY: “Of course I’m concerned, everyone’s concerned about a slowdown in luxury,” said Stephen I. Sadove, chief executive officer of Saks Inc., on the sidelines of the three-day World Retail Congress...
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Industry Execs Offer Advice at World Retail Congress
September 24th, 2012From: WWD KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON: Gianluca Brozzetti, chief executive of Roberto Cavalli Group, has some simple words of advice for the luxury industry. “Don’t panic,” he told an audience...
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Bergdorf Goodman, The New York Times Host Party in Milan
September 21st, 2012From: WWD HIGH LIFE: Hardly a typical Milan cocktail scene, fashion folk gathered on the 38th-floor roof deck of the Palazzo Lombardia, a government building, and gazed on the crescent moon glowing...
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IBM Taps Social Media to Root Out Trends
September 21st, 2012From: WWD Is steampunk the next cycle chic? The sci-fi subgenre that obsesses over ornate steam-driven creations and the urban practice of dressing well to bicycle share very little DNA, but both...
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J.C. Penney Puts Focus on Positives After New Store Walk-through
September 21st, 2012From: WWD DALLAS — After a “painful” year of transforming J.C. Penney Co. Inc. and taking heat from Wall Street and losing customers because of it, chairman and chief executive officer Ron Johnson finally...
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Macy's to Open Men's Store in Las Vegas
September 20th, 2012From: WWD Macy’s will open a freestanding men’s store in the high-volume Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip next year. The two-level 105,000-square-foot unit is slated to open in the spring and...
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Saks Identifies Top Men's Fabrics
September 20th, 2012From: WWD John Foster and Reid & Taylor have snagged Saks Fifth Avenue’s inaugural Fabric No. 1 awards. The prize is designed to choose the season’s finest made-to-measure fabrics for suits and sport...
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Disney Shops Headed for J.C. Penney
September 19th, 2012From: WWD J.C. Penney will open Disney children’s boutiques in at least 520 stores next fall, advancing the plan to transform its selling floors from an open sea of racks to being totally merchandised...
» MORESass & Bide Looks to Open First New York Unit
October 18th, 2012From: WWD ON THE PROWL: The Sydney-based label Sass & Bide is looking to expand its retail operations outside Australia, and the first stop will be New York. “We’ve grown extensively in Australia in terms of our retail presence over the past two or...
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Gilt City, Sephora Tie Up for Print Sale
September 18th, 2012From: WWD POP UP ART: Photographer Christopher Makos is helping Sephora channel Andy Warhol. A limited edition print with images of Warhol, Halston and Debbie Harry is now being sold...
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Stock Market's Rise Belies Economic Pain
September 17th, 2012From: WWD If the stock market were the real world, retailers would be pretty happy. The S&P Retail Index hit a new all-time high Friday and ended the day up 0.6 percent to 669.26,...
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Amazon Collects Sales Tax in Calif.
September 17th, 2012From: WWD WASHINGTON — The long push by brick-and-mortar retailers for Internet sales tax fairness reached a critical milestone on Saturday, as certain online retailers such as Amazon.com began collecting and remitting sales...
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Buyers See Green at New York Shows
September 17th, 2012From: WWD NEW YORK — Individual, handmade and quirky don’t sound like recipes for big sales, but retailers believe that’s exactly what will inspire their customers come spring if the New York...
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Sass & Bide Looks to Open First New York Unit
September 14th, 2012From: WWD ON THE PROWL: The Sydney-based label Sass & Bide is looking to expand its retail operations outside Australia, and the first stop will be New York. “We’ve grown extensively in Australia in...
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Neiman Marcus Closes Out Solid Fiscal Year
September 14th, 2012From: WWD Neiman Marcus Inc. narrowed its fourth-quarter loss and posted a strong fiscal year, giving the luxury retailer momentum heading into Christmas, China and possibly an initial public offering down the road. “We...
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Nordstrom Sees Up to Nine Canadian Stores
September 14th, 2012From: WWD Canuck retailers watch out: Nordstrom sees up to nine full-line stores and 15 Rack outlets throughout Canada. “At this early date, we are talking about six to eight, maybe nine,...
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Neiman Marcus Caps Solid Year
September 13th, 2012From: WWD Neiman Marcus Inc. posted narrower losses in the fourth quarter, capping a year of strong growth with more full-price selling and a growing digital presence. Fourth-quarter losses narrowed to $11.1 million from $61.4...
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Handicapping the New Generation of Designers
September 13th, 2012From: WWD For attendees of New York Fashion Week, there has been plenty of men’s wear on display — with at least 40 designers showing men’s. However, for all the running around and for all...
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Beauty Markets In Development
September 12th, 2012From: WWD South and Central America are a bright spot in the global beauty landscape. While well-heeled travelers from the region are helping fuel sales in the U.S., an analysis of sell-in information provided by NPD from Segmenta makes clear that they’re also shopping...
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Nordstrom Jumps Into Fashion Week Fray
September 12th, 2012From: WWD DESIGNER DELUGE: Nordstrom has “Jason Fascination.” That is, it can’t seem to get enough of Jason Wu. The Seattle-based retailer has live-streamed on its homepage Wu’s runway show for the second...
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ShopperTrak Sees 3.3% Holiday Growth
September 12th, 2012From: WWD Rising gas prices and fear of the fiscal cliff aren’t expected to make a substantial dent in holiday sales this year. In the first of a series of projections from various...
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Nordstrom to Open in Canada
September 12th, 2012From: WWD Nordstrom will soon enter Canada through a partnership with one of North America’s leading developers, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, WWD has learned. It’s expected that Nordstrom...
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J.C. Penney's Ron Johnson Reaches Out to Customers
September 11th, 2012From: WWD JOHNSON’S UPDATE: J.C. Penney ’s chief executive officer Ron Johnson has taken to touching base directly to customers. In a second e-mail to those on the retailer’s customer mailing list, Johnson — who...
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Retailers: Looking for Choices at Coterie
September 11th, 2012From: WWD Despite concerns about consumers’ inclination and ability to spend, retailers are looking forward to next week’s Coterie at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center here, optimistic in the hunt for the newness their clients crave — and organizers are beefing up assortments...
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Ranking Retailers' Digital IQs
September 11th, 2012From: WWD NEW YORK — Social media is starting to play a smaller role in overall digital initiatives as e-commerce becomes the most important aspect of retailers’ online strategies. At least that’s what New York...
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Ginny Hershey-Lambert, Bill Brobston Exiting Bergdorf Goodman
September 10th, 2012From: WWD Two key Bergdorf Goodman executives, Ginny Hershey-Lambert and Bill Brobston, are leaving the store, WWD has learned. Hershey-Lambert, executive vice president of merchandising and the top ranking merchant at Bergdorf’s, will depart on...
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Christian Dior Beauty Returns to Bergdorf Goodman
September 10th, 2012From: WWD Christian Dior’s beauty business returned to Bergdorf Goodman this week with a glamorous new counter, after an absence of over a decade. Pamela Baxter, president and chief executive officer of Christian...
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Bergdorf Goodman Wraps Men's Revamp
September 5th, 2012From: WWD Bergdorf Goodman Men has raised the bar for luxury men’s retailing in New York. Just in time for fashion week, the retailer has completed a year-long renovation of its third-floor contemporary designer department...
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U.S. Stores Eye Domestic Goods
September 5th, 2012From: WWD Slowly they turn. A growing number of U.S. retailers are taking a closer look at or increasing their purchase of domestically made apparel. Brooks Brothers, with its classic American style, is fortifying the reputation...
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Made in America: Domestic Sourcing on the Rise
September 5th, 2012From: WWD Like a phoenix, the American textile and apparel industry could be rising once again. The crest of a new beginning has emerged from the scrap heap of the import era that spanned a...
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Christian Louboutin Brings Men's Only Store to NYC
September 4th, 2012From: WWD NEW YORK — Christian Louboutin has heard the call from men for his famous red-soled shoes. And he’s answered with today’s opening of his first U.S. men’s store in the Meatpacking District...
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Retailers Post Strong August Comps
September 4th, 2012From: WWD Retailers got an unexpected August lift. Tax-free holidays, eye-catching promotions and fresh back-to-school inventory gave consumers an excuse to shop last month — and shop they did,...
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J.C. Penney Can Move Ahead With Martha Stewart
August 31st, 2012From: WWD NEW YORK — Score one for Ron Johnson and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. A state judge here ruled Penney’s can move ahead, for now, with its plan to set up Martha Stewart shops...
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Selfridges Expands Men's Offering
August 30th, 2012From: WWD LONDON — Two years ago, the best-selling suit at Selfridges was gray — across all designers and labels. Boy, have times changed. This week, the store is unveiling a new men’s designer area, Destination:...
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Nordstrom and GQ Tie Up for Pop-Up Store
August 30th, 2012From: WWD GQ’S NORDSTROM LINK: Nordstrom may be opening its first New York flagship in 2018, but men’s shoppers will get an early chance to sample the retailer’s wares at a pop-up shop it...
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Cartoon Capers: Barneys, The Walt Disney Co. Team Up for Holidays
August 29th, 2012From: WWD In mid-March, six Barneys New York executives traveled out West for a fun day at Disneyland. The group — including chief executive officer Mark Lee, creative director Dennis Freedman and senior vice...
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Osklen Eyeing U.S. Expansion, Partnership
August 28th, 2012From: WWD As the world turns its focus to Brazil, the sophisticated, surfy Brazilian brand Osklen is looking beyond its home country with an advertising campaign shot in California, its first appearance at New...
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Sears Launches Outdoor Life Line
August 27th, 2012From: WWD Sears wants more cross-shoppers — meaning consumers who shop the hard goods and cut across the store for apparel. So without getting trendy,...
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Carlos Slim Sells 1.5M Shares of Saks
August 27th, 2012From: WWD NEW YORK — Mexican billionaire investor Carlos Slim Helú has sold 1.5 million shares of Saks Inc., bringing his stake in the luxury retailer down to 25 million shares. At 25 million shares,...
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Nordstrom's Lessons From HauteLook
August 24th, 2012From: WWD Nordstrom Inc. doesn’t acquire much and, when it does, those acquisitions take time to marinate. The department store chain ventured outside its four-wall comfort zone in February 2011 by purchasing flash-sale pioneer HauteLook...
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Intimate Relations: Innerwear Designers Court Customers the Techie Way
August 24th, 2012From: WWD In the ever-evolving marketing dialogue, one concept dominates the conversation: social media. It’s been the marketing buzzword of the last several years, as consumers embrace the onslaught of platforms, from...
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GHD Sets Sights on U.S.
August 23rd, 2012From: WWD GHD wants the USA. The British hair tools and implements brand has plans to relaunch and expand its presence in the U.S., with the goal of increasing distribution to salons, premium...
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Karstadt Enhances Its Vendor Mix
August 22nd, 2012From: WWD Karstadt has been ravenously courting vendors and making headway despite uncertainties on the home front. Fifty brands — including 20 from America — will be flowing into many Karstadt stores for...
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Vince Goes Bigger at Saks
August 22nd, 2012From: WWD BIGGER AT SAKS: Vince, the “number-one” contemporary brand at Saks Fifth Avenue, has been rewarded with a “hard shop” on the fifth floor of the Manhattan...
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Trade Shows Focus on Color, Activewear
August 21st, 2012From: WWD LAS VEGAS — An explosion of color along with activewear influences in all categories of business are driving solid back-to-school and early fall sales. The early read for fall is encouraging...
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Small Stores' July Sales Up 6%
August 20th, 2012From: WWD Smaller retailers are continuing to excel in a tough market even as their margin over larger stores narrows. In the second monthly SpendingPulse for Small Business survey, prepared by MasterCard Advisors...
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Critical Mass: Walgreens Ups Dermatological Offerings
August 17th, 2012From: WWD NEW YORK — Walgreens is raising its profile in dermatological skin care with L’Oréal’s development of a new kiosk to merchandise the company’s...
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Wal-Mart, Gap Gains Aid Retail Sector
August 17th, 2012From: WWD The U.S. consumer struggled in the second quarter and the world abroad continued to be an economic minefield, but some key retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Gap Inc. gained enough confidence...
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Target Eyes Over 75 CityCenter Stores
August 16th, 2012From: WWD Target Corp. has big plans for its CityTarget format. As the discounter released second-quarter results and raised year-end guidance, Greg Steinhafel, chairman, president and chief executive officer, said, “We believe there...
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Wrapp Adds New Retailers for Back-to-School
August 15th, 2012From: WWD Social gifting application Wrapp has added new retailers for the back-to-school shopping season. The new retailers include Dockers, Levi’s and Rent the Runway. Also new is Roots, which sells...
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Target Raises Guidance
August 15th, 2012From: WWD Target on Wednesday reported flat profits for the second quarter but raised its full year 2012 guidance, saying it now expects adjusted earnings per share of $4.65 to $4.85 and GAAP EPS of $4.20 to $4.40. Total...
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Beauty Companies Focus on the Eyes
August 15th, 2012From: WWD Beauty companies are laser-focused on the eye area for fall, and no wonder. For the 12 months ending in May, prestige skin care eye treatments rose 10 percent to almost...
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Massimo Dutti to Make Footprint in U.S.
August 14th, 2012From: WWD Massimo Dutti’s first U.S. store, a 13,131-square-foot flagship, will open in mid-October at 698 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The move reflects Inditex chairman and chief executive...
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Bergdorf Goodman's Multimedia Celebration
August 14th, 2012From: WWD The Bergdorf Goodman anniversary celebrations will be a multimedia experience — including a film, magazine and book. The store is devoting BG Magazine, the quarterly title it publishes, to...
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Bergdorf Goodman at 111: Celebrating a Singular Anniversary
August 14th, 2012From: WWD For a store steeped in fashion history, Bergdorf Goodman has been surprisingly remiss about celebrating its milestones — until now. Bergdorf’s is putting the final...
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Ron Johnson Stays the Course at J.C. Penney
August 13th, 2012From: WWD Mistakes were made and maybe he’s a little misunderstood. But Ron Johnson, chairman and chief executive of J.C. Penney Co. Inc., isn’t about to back away from his reinvention strategy for the...
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Adrianna Papell Enters Sportswear
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Nordstrom Profit Slips, Rack Shines
August 10th, 2012From: WWD Nordstrom has big plans for the Rack off-price chain. The retailer Thursday reported an 11 percent decline in net earnings to $156 million, or 75 cents a diluted share, on a 7.5 percent increase in sales to $3.01 billion for the second quarter...
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Fashion Stars in Q2 E-commerce Growth
August 10th, 2012From: WWD Fashion was among the strongest performers as U.S. e-commerce continued to grow at a double-digit clip during the second quarter. According to ComScore Inc.’s reading, e-commerce retail sales totaled $43.15 billion from April through June, 15.1 percent higher than during the comparable months...
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Macy's Goes Big With World's Largest Shoe Floor
August 10th, 2012From: WWD NEW YORK — Macy’s Herald Square opens a major portion of “the world’s largest” shoe floor today, escalating the raging battle among Manhattan’s retailers to conquer the footwear category. Around town, there’s been...
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J.C. Penney Readies Next Batch of Shops
August 9th, 2012From WWD J.C. Penney has another wave of shops in the works to reinvent its selling floors, WWD has learned. In intimate apparel, Cosabella Amore, Cosmopolitan, Maidenform...
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Bloomingdale's Set to Unveil Luxury Arcade
August 9th, 2012From WWD NEW YORK — Bloomingdale’s is upping the luxury ante in its men’s department for fall. In an overhaul of the main floor furnishings and accessories area at its 59th Street flagship here, the department store...
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Macy's Earnings Climb
August 8th, 2012From: WWD Macy’s Inc. reported a strong second quarter with earnings per diluted share up 22 percent to 67 cents for the period ended July 28, compared to 55 cents in the year-ago quarter. Net...
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New App Fosters Real Time Virtual Shopping Parties
August 8th, 2012From: WWD Poshmark, a mobile application for iPhones that allows users to download photos of apparel and accessories from one’s own closet, has launched Showrooms, which allow users to engage in real-time virtual shopping parties. The Poshmark app launched in December 2011. Using a model...
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Intimates: What's Selling Now
July 27th, 2012From WWD A growing demand for lingerie and sleepwear in bold, bright colors and...
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Barneys' New Designer Shoe Floor: Bigger, Better
July 19th, 2012From WWD When he was in high school in the Seventies, Mark Lee, the chief executive officer of Barneys New York, spent weekends and...
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Marvin Traub, Retailing Legend, Dead at 87
July 13th, 2012From WWD Marvin S. Traub, one of the 20th century’s most visionary retailers, acclaimed for his merchandising and marketing showmanship, died at his home in New York on Wednesday. He was 87 and had...
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Nordstrom to Open Topshop Departments
July 13th, 2012From WWD Through its deal with Topshop, Nordstrom will take a trendy turn this fall — and hopefully turn its women’s fashions faster. On Thursday, the two retailers announced that Topshop will open Sept. 10...
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July 13th, 2012From WWD Target is making room for a new hire: the multibrand beauty adviser. On Sunday, the mass merchant will launch the Target Beauty Concierge program in 28 stores in the metro-Chicago area. The initiative is a nine-month test that could potentially expand to 400...
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Neiman Marcus, Target Team in Daring Designer Deal
July 10th, 2012From WWD Opposites attract, and Neiman Marcus and Target know it. Neiman’s, the luxury chain, and Target, the trendy discounter, are getting together for Christmas in an unprecedented partnership whereby they jointly corralled 24...
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G-Star Launching Women's-Only Concept
July 9th, 2012G-Star Raw is taking its monobrand retail concept in a single-gender direction. The Dutch denim brand said Wednesday that it will open its first women’s-only store, called G-Star Women and located on the Leidsestraat...
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Nordstrom's N.Y. Home Set to Open by 2018
June 29th, 2012June 29th 2012 From WWD NEW YORK — Nordstrom has high expectations for its Manhattan flagship and a lengthy road ahead before the store is up and running. “It’s quite something. This has been a long...
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Henri Bendel Opening Two Las Vegas Locations
June 29th, 2012June 29th 2012 From WWD Henri Bendel is doubling down on Las Vegas. The famed retailer will bring its brown and white stripes to locations at the FashionShow Mall on Aug. 29 and The Forum...
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NYC Effect on Nordstrom
June 28th, 2012June 28th 20120 From WWD Can Nordstrom make it in the Big Apple? Probably, considering shoppers are fickle, show little loyalty to any store in particular, and have been long awaiting the arrival of a full-fledged...
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Jones Group Names Scott Bowman to Global Post
June 28th, 2012June 28th 2012 From WWD As part of its ongoing restructuring, The Jones Group Inc. has tapped Scott Bowman as group president of global retail and international development. In this newly created post, Bowman...
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Nordstrom Search for Manhattan Flagship Continues
June 27th, 2012June 27th 2012 From WWD THE SEARCH GOES ON: When it comes to Nordstrom making a deal for its first department store in Manhattan, retail and real estate experts said, “It ain’t over till it’s...
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Patricia Malone Named CEO of Bruno Magli USA
June 26th, 2012June 26th 2012 From WWD Bruno Magli SpA has tapped industry veteran Patricia Malone to run Bruno Magli USA. Malone, who will take the reins on Aug. 22, has worked as a retail consultant since 2008,...
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Net-a-porter Opens U.S. Headquarters
June 26th, 2012June 26th 2012 From WWD By 9 a.m. here, Net-a-porter has already racked up millions of dollars in sales from the far reaches of the globe. But the day has only just begun on the...
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Mulberry Opens Only West Coast Store
June 25th, 2012J June 25th 2012 From WWD In another sign Mulberry Group plc is ramping up its international expansion, the English brand opened its only U.S. store outside of New York and New Jersey in San Francisco...
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George Sharp Joins Jones Group
June 22nd, 2012June 22nd 2012 From WWD George Sharp has joined Jones Group as executive vice president of design. Sharp had just resigned from his role as executive vice president of design at St. John Knits. Before joining...
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Hugo Boss Updates Men's Presence at Saks Fifth Avenue
June 22nd, 2012June 22th 2012 From WWD Hugo Boss has a new home at Saks Fifth Avenue. The German men’s wear brand has unveiled a revamped Boss Men’s Shop...
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Hedi Slimane to Reset YSL to 1966
June 21st, 2012June 21st 2012 From WWD It’s back to the future at Yves Saint Laurent. Eager to recapture the energy surrounding the mythic designer’s thrust into ready-to-wear in 1966, the house’s new creative steward Hedi Slimane plans...
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Tanger Unveils Plan for Foxwoods Mall
June 21st, 2012June 21st 2012 From WWD Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. has revealed plans to build, manage and own a 312,000-square-foot mall at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Conn., on the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation. Tanger’s partner is Gordon...
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Glenn Murphy Talks Gap Growth
June 20th, 2012June 20th 2012 From WWD Gap Inc. continues to reduce the square footage of its Gap and Banana Republic specialty stores in North America but sees opportunity to roll out outlets. “A month ago, we opened...
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Narciso Rodriguez Kicks Off Kohl's Designer Program
June 20th, 2012June 20th 2012 From WWD Narciso Rodriguez’s latest design project required him to go on quite a trip. This fall, Rodriguez becomes the first designer to participate in Kohl’s new Design Nation program. Developed by LF...
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Michael Francis Exits J.C. Penney
June 19th, 2012June 19th 2012 From WWD Michael Francis, J.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s president and flashy image maker, has abruptly left the company. The stirring development comes just eight months after Francis joined Penney’s from Target Corp., and...
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Saks Revamps Shoe Strategy
June 18th, 2012June 18th 2012 From WWD Saks Fifth Avenue wants a bigger footprint when it comes to shoes. On the eighth level of Saks’ Manhattan flagship where shoes are sold, Ron Frasch, president and chief merchant of...
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Hardy Amies London Launching at Bloomingdales
June 18th, 2012June 18th 2012 From WWD Hardy Amies London, a new secondary line from the Savile Row fashion and tailoring house, will launch exclusively in the U.S. at five Bloomingdale’s locations in July. “It feels almost...
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Gant Sets Three Store Openings
June 15th, 2012June 15th 2012 From WWD Gant will open three new stores during the next four months, inking leases for Los Angeles, Boston and Georgetown. The expansion boosts Gant’s presence in areas outside the Northeast, where...
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Apparel Prices Inch Up
June 14th, 2012June 14th 2012 From WWD Retail apparel prices rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent in May compared with April, as retailers maintained some pricing power despite a weakening economic recovery, the Labor Department’s Consumer Price...
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H&M To Launch Margiela Collection
June 12th, 2012June 12th 2012 From WWD The line will go on sale in about 230 H&M stores worldwide and online on Nov. 15, the Swedish high street retailer said. Margareta van den Bosch, creative adviser at H&M,...
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Prada frets about tourist stayaways
June 8th, 2012From Reuters, June 8th 2012 Italian fashion group Prada warned a deepening euro zone crisis could scare away free-spending tourists who have shielded luxury firms from an uncertain global economy and who helped lift...
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A New Claire's CEO?
June 6th, 2012From WWD, June 6th 2012 Jim Fielding, president of Disney Stores, is the lead candidate for chief executive officer of Claire’s, the jewelry chain, sources said. An announcement could come soon, possibly today. Claire’s,...
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Could Africa be the Next Frontier for Fashion Retail?
June 1st, 2012From: Businessoffashion.com June 1st 2012 NAIROBI, Kenya — In recent weeks, the media hype around Africa has been remarkable, with several articles in major publications proclaiming the continent “the next Asia.” In fashion, Franca...
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Neiman Marcus to Relaunch Cusp
May 29th, 2012by David Moin from wwd.com May 29,20121 Neiman Marcus carries a big luxury load but will lighten up with a new strategy for Cusp. All of Neiman’s contemporary departments are being renamed Cusp and will...
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Spain's got talent
May 24th, 2012by Lisa Amstrong from Telegraph May 24, 2012 At the apex of any successful global brand there's invariably a binary relationship that combines a distinctive creative point of view with an equally strong commercial one:...
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Macy's Invests $15M in China E-commerce Firm
May 24th, 2012by Alexandra Steigrad from wwd.com May 23, 2012 The INC Inter-national Concepts brand is living up to its name. Macy’s Inc. has invested $15 million in VIPStore Co. Ltd., a Chinese-based e-commerce company that...
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Ron Johnson Talks Challenges at J.C. Penney Meeting
May 21st, 2012By Holly Haber from WWD Issue 05/21/2012 J.C. Penney Co. Inc. is going to be “in the wilderness” for about a year as it reinvents its identity...
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J.C. Penney posts loss, sales tumble, cuts dividend
May 18th, 2012from FMAG.com May 16, 2012 J.C. Penney Co Inc's attempt to remake itself as fashion-oriented chain and wean costumers off of coupons took a bigger toll on sales than expected in the first quarter. The...
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William McComb Talks Fifth & Pacific's Strategy
May 16th, 2012by Lisa Lockwood from wwd.com May 15, 2012 “Today is an exciting and historic day,” said William L. McComb, chairman and chief executive officer of Fifth & Pacific Cos., who presided over the company’s first...
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Saks Inc. to Push Omni-channel Initiatives
May 16th, 2012by David Moin from wwd.com May 16,2012 Saks Inc., seeing luxury customers spending enough to offset some softness in women’s apparel, reported net earnings rose 13 percent in the first quarter, driven by a 4.8...
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Nordstrom Outlook Strong for 2012
May 10th, 2012by David Moin from wwd.com May 9,2012 “We think it’s going to be a great 2012,” Blake Nordstrom, president of Nordstrom Inc., said at the retailer’s annual meeting on Wednesday in Seattle, which...
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Amazon Makes High-Stakes Fashion Push
May 4th, 2012by David Moin from wwd.com May 4,2012 The Amazon wants to be a fashion lady. As Amazon.com Inc. continues its astronomical growth, some pundits predict that it could surpass Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s revenues one day...
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Target Readies ‘Shops’ Kickoff
May 1st, 2012by Sharon Edelson from wwd.com May 1, 2012 The Shops at Target, one of the mass retailer’s biggest merchandising initiatives in recent years, will be unveiled on Sunday at all 1,763 Target stores in the...
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J.C. Penney Adds to Executive Ranks
April 27th, 2012by David Moin from wwd.com 04/27/2012 Snaring another executive from Apple Inc., J.C. Penney Co. Inc. has named Benjamin Fay executive vice president over real estate, store design and development, a key appointment considering...
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Madison Ave. Shift: Uptown, the New Downtown?
April 27th, 2012by Jessica Iredale from wwd.com 04/23/2012 Rag & Bone at 909. Zadig & Voltaire at 992. Proenza Schouler is taking 822. Maje and Sandro are coming soon. The retail landscape on Madison Avenue is shifting...
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Macy's CEO sees stores borrowing ideas from online
April 13th, 2012From fmag April 13, 2012 Imagine a kiosk inside a Macy's Inc store that pulls up customer reviews and lets shoppers pay on the spot, or an electronic concierge in the cosmetics section that can recommend skin care products...
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Joshua Schulman Heading to Bergdorf Goodman
April 12th, 2012by David Moin from wwd.com April 11, 2012 For Joshua Schulman, becoming president of Bergdorf Goodman after tackling top jobs at Jimmy Choo and the Gucci Group is not such a stretch. Though he’s never run...
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White House Pushes 'Made in USA'
April 4th, 2012by Kristi Ellis and Khanh T.L. Tran from wwd.com, 04/03/2012 The Obama administration has placed the fashion industry squarely in the middle of its initiative to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. The push is...
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J.C. Penney’s Reinvention: The Vendor Approach
April 4th, 2012by David Moin From wwd.com, 04/04/2012 J.C. Penney Co. Inc. has two key words for vendors: apply now. In an unorthodox procedure, Penney’s is taking applications from vendors seeking to sell the store beginning in spring...
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Adrianna Papell to open UK concessions
March 29th, 2012from Fashionunited.com American occasion wear brand Adrianna Papell is continuing its expansion with the announcement of a partnership with House of Fraser to open concessions in the UK. Adrianna Papell, known as a go-to brand for celebrity...
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Neiman Marcus to make first move into China
March 27th, 2012March 26 ,2012 Neiman Marcus is entering the Asian market for the first time via a partnership with Glamour Sales Holding. The Hong Kong-based company, which operates flash sales websites in China and...
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Macy's Sets Strategy for Gen-Y Shoppers
March 22nd, 2012by Vicky M. Young from WWD Issue 03/22/2012 Macy’s Inc. wants to learn the lessons of youth. On Wednesday the department store chain unveiled a series of initiatives over the next three...
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Spring and Summer Looking Up for Retailers
March 21st, 2012by Evan Clark Importers that sell to big U.S. retailers are gearing up for a significant uptick in consumer spending this spring and summer, according to a...
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Zara Launch Flagship Prototype in Manhattan
March 15th, 2012by Sharon Edelson from WWD 03/14/2012 Zara describes the address of its new 32,000-square-foot flagship at 666 Fifth Avenue as “a couldn’t-be-better location.” And at a price of $324 million,...
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Europe’s Markets on the Rise
March 13th, 2012by Nina Jones From wwd.com 03/13, 2012 All of Europe’s indices were in positive territory this morning. The FTSE MIB in Milan increased the most, up 1.2 percent to 16,661.21,...
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Neiman Marcus Eyes Strategies for Growth
March 5th, 2012by David Moin From wwd.com 03/05 2012 The future is upon the Neiman Marcus Group, which motored through a strong holiday season and is hammering out potential growth strategies. In the months ahead, NMG will determine...
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Consumer Confidence Back Up in February
February 28th, 2012by Vicky M. Young from wwd.com February 28, 2012 Consumer confidence is back up again, after declining in January. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose in February to 70.8 from 61.5...
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Kenneth Cole Offers to Buy Namesake Company
February 28th, 2012by Evan Clark from wwwd issue 02/27/20112 What am I worth? For most people it’s a metaphysical question to contemplate. For designers who build brands around their names, the answer comes to dollars and cents. Kenneth...
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Jones Group Creates Fashion Office
February 22nd, 2012by Lisa Lockwood from wwd.com 02/16/2012 In an effort to support the growth of core and emerging brands, The Jones Group has established the Jones Group Fashion Office under the direction of Stefani Greenfield, chief...
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Nordstrom Gains With Rack, E-commerce
February 17th, 2012by David Moin from wwd.com 02/17/2012 Following a strong year and Christmas quarter, Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. is boosting investments in e-commerce, where it sees the most growth, as well as in planning...
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Inside Manolo Blahnik's J.Crew Collab
February 15th, 2012by Jennie Bell from wwd.com 02/14/2012 Photo By Steve Eichner The luxury footwear label teamed up with J.Crew for the specialty...
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Liz Claiborne Inc. Names David Bassuk Co-President and Chief Operating Officer at Juicy Couture
February 13th, 2012New York, NY, February 13, 2012 Liz Claiborne Inc. today announced the appointment of David Bassuk as Co-President and Chief Operating Officer, Juicy Couture, effective February 27, 2012. In this role, Mr. Bassuk...
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Economy Hits Spanish Designers
February 10th, 2012by Barbara Baker From wwd.com, 02/09/2012 The high end and the low end appear to be holding their own in financially beleaguered Spain, but the midmarket retail sector is in bad shape. The Madrid-based Spanish Commerce...
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Rock & Republic exclusive online debut
February 8th, 2012The new shop in shop is in the virtual space, and this is a good example. The legendary style of Rock & Republic is now available for purchase in exclusive at ...
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Caramelo reinforce its presence in the UK by the hand of House of Fraser
January 25th, 2012A Coruña,01/25/2012 CARAMELO is continuing with its international expansion strategy with a recent move to consolidate its earlier entry onto the UK market. Following on from last year’s opening of its Regent Street...
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Ron Johnson Unveils Penney’s Vision
January 25th, 2012By David Moin From WWD, 01,25,2012 J. C. Penney Co. chief executive officer Ron Johnson raised the curtain today on his...
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Christmas boosts New Look’s sales
January 25th, 2012From FashionUnited, 01/16/2012 High street fashion retailer New Look has reported a 3.6 per cent increase in UK like-for-like sales in the five weeks to December 31, which covers the Christmas ...
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Thomas Engibous Taking Chairman Post at J.C. Penney
January 11th, 2012By David Moin From WWD, 01/11/2012 In a change in its management structure, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. named a new chairman, Thomas J. Engibous. Previously, Penney’s had one individual, Myron E. “Mike” Ullman 3rd,...
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Liz Claiborne to Sell Namesake Brand to J.C. Penney
October 12th, 2011By Evan Clark From WWD 10/12/2011 Liz Claiborne Inc. agreed to sell its namesake brand to J.C. Penney Co. Inc. as part of a series of transactions that will raise $328 million to...
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J.C. Penney Plans New Pricing Strategy
October 11th, 2011By David Moin From WWD 10/11/2011 J.C. Penney Co. Inc. is planning a “meaningful” change in its pricing strategy beginning early next year, which will have major ramifications for consumers, vendors...
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Target Confirms Jason Wu as Next Designer Tie-up
October 11th, 2011By Sharon Edelson From WWD 10/11/2011 Target said Monday that Jason Wu will design a limited edition collection for the mass retailer, confirming a front page story in WWD Monday. Jason...
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Dolce & Gabbana to End D&G Line
September 23rd, 2011By Luisa Zargani From WWD 09/23/2011 Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana might be folding the D&G line, but only to incorporate it into, strengthen and expand their signature line. And they have...
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Ungaro and Giles Deacon part ways
September 15th, 2011From Fashion United 09/15/2011 Another season and it's another creative director departure at Ungaro. The ailing French fashion house today announced Giles Deacon will no longer be designing the brand and left his...
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J. Crew Heads Overseas
August 12th, 2011By David Moin From WWD 08/08/2011 J. Crew, after years of holding back on the international front and watching competitors cross borders, is taking some big steps of its own. The first J. Crew...
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Macy's Is Lagerfeld's Latest Fashion Project
July 21st, 2011By Miles Socha From WWD ISSUE 07/20/2011 Karl Lagerfeld aims to give Macy’s contemporary business a kick come fall. The multitasking designer is the latest to design an exclusive capsule collection for the department...
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Marvin Traub Associates and Atlas Advisors Form M&A Partnership
July 19th, 2011By Lisa Lockwood From WWD ISSUE 07/19/2011 After successfully collaborating on several deals together, Marvin Traub Associates and Atlas Advisors have formed a strategic M&A advisory partnership. The two firms intend to capitalize on MTA’s deep,...
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Custo keeps on getting bigger and better
July 6th, 2011From FFS 07/06/2011 Sales for this Spanish fashion brand have shot up almost 20% and work is currently underway on the redesign of its New York flagship store Custo Barcelona's outstanding financial...
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Bill Gaytten Named Creative Director at John Galliano
June 28th, 2011By Maria Denardo From DFR 06/28/2011 Bill Gaytten, the 51-year-old Englishman who has worked alongside John Galliano for 23 years, has been named the new creative director...
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H&M Plans Versace Line
June 21st, 2011By JENS HANSEGARD From WSJ 06/21/2011 Hennes & Mauritz AB announced an Autumn collaboration with Versace, which the cheap chic retailer hopes will boost its profile on the investor catwalk. The Swedish...
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VF Corporation Buys Timberland for $2 Billion
June 15th, 2011From Daily Front Row 06/15/2011 Vanity Fair Corporation struck a deal yesterday to purchase The Timberland Company for approximately $2 billion in a cash deal....
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Luxury Seen Key to Spain’s Economic Recovery
June 9th, 2011By Joelle Diderich From WWD 06/09/2011 Europe’s luxury industry associations on Wednesday welcomed a new member with the official launch of the Circulo Espanol del Lujo Fortuny, an organization promoting the luxury...
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Jones Group buys shoe retailer Kurt Geiger
June 2nd, 2011From Reuters 06/02/2011 Jones Group Inc (JNY.N) said it had acquired upscale British shoe retailer Kurt Geiger from private equity firm Graphite Capital to increase its foothold in the international...
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Desigual and Cirque Du Soleil sign a worldwide partnership
June 1st, 2011From PR Newswire 06/01/2011 Desigual and Cirque du Soleil announced today a worldwide partnership bringing together the worlds of art, show business and design in a range...
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Geoffrey Lurie Joins Marvin Traub Associates
May 31st, 2011From Marvin Traub Associates Press Release 05/25/2011 Marvin Traub Associates is pleased to announce that Geoffrey D. Lurie has joined the firm as head of their newly formed Marvin Traub Associates, Special Situations division....
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Thai Central Retail buys Italy's La Rinascente Department Stores
May 31st, 2011From Reuters 05/30/2011 Thailand's Central Retail Corporation Ltd said on Monday it wanted to strengthen La Rinascente SpA, the upmarket Italian department store chain it bought last week, and aimed to...
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Neiman Marcus Launches Rachel Zoe Designer Line
May 26th, 2011From Department Store Retailing News 05/26/2011 When Rachel Zoe heard the long list of retailers that ordered her first collection for fall, she went numb. “It was this dream that I never...
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Macy's to Open in Outlet Center
May 25th, 2011By David Moin From WWD 03/24/2011 Macy’s is opening a 140,000-square-foot unit in Gurnee Mills in Gurnee, Ill. in spring 2013, representing the retailer’s first store in an outlet center. Macy’s will be in...
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Rent the Runway gets $15 million from KPCB
May 25th, 2011By Phil Wahba From Reuters 05/23/2011 Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is putting $15 million into the luxury-for-a-night market, investing in designer gown rental service Rent...
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American Eagle circles London for first UK store
May 16th, 2011By Amy Shields From Drapers 05/16/2011 US young fashion chain American Eagle Outfitters will debut in the UK in London and has plans to open up to 100 stores in the country. According to...
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American Express Announces Joint Venture with Vente Privée, Global Leader in Online Private Sales
May 12th, 2011From Business Wire 05/12/2011 American Express and vente-privee.com, the global leader in online private sales, today announced the formation of a joint venture to introduce vente- privee.com, an industry leading online...
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H&M to open first UK concession in Selfridges
May 11th, 2011By Jennifer Creevy From Drapers 05/10/2011 H&M is to open its first UK concession in premium department store Selfridges at the end of August. The concession will be located on the...
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Puig Acquires Majority Stake in Jean Paul Gaultier
May 4th, 2011By Miles Socha with contributions from Jennifer Weil From WWD 05/04/2011 “Twelve points for Spain,” Jean Paul Gaultier, who is crazy about the annual Eurovision Song Contest, enthused on Tuesday, awarding the maximum...
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Walgreens' Beauty Battle Plan
April 29th, 2011By Molly Prior and Faye Brookman From WWD 04/29/2011 Move over cautious and stodgy. Walgreens is making a bold move to transform beauty into a more slick, glossy offering in a bid to gain...
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Rock & Republic Goes Exclusive with Kohl's
April 28th, 2011From Bloombery Businessweek 04/28/2011 The premium Rock & Republic jeans brand will start showing up at Kohl's department stores next year, as the result of an exclusive agreement between Kohl's and VF...
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Mango Planning Large-Scale Global Expansion
April 14th, 2011By Arnold J. Karr From WWD 04/14/2011 Coming off a 10.9 percent sales increase in 2010, Mango is planning to add another 550 stores to its global portfolio this year, including entries...
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Specialty Store Sales Up in March
April 14th, 2011By Kristi Ellis From WWD 04/14/2011 Retail apparel sales were driven by gains at apparel specialty stores and general merchandise stores in March, and department stores sales fell, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Clothing...
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Burt Tansky joins Traub Associates
March 31st, 2011By David Moin From WWD 03/31/2011 Apparently, sitting on the sidelines doesn’t sit well with Burt Tansky. After just five months of retirement in Florida and some adult education courses, Tansky, the former chairman and...
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Anna Wintour Explains to WSJ How Vogue is Like Coca-Cola or Nike
March 24th, 2011By Catherine Blair Pfander From Thread NY 03/23/2011 It's fair to say that, if not the warmest lady in fashion, Anna Wintour is certainly the most powerful. This week's WSJ profile offered...
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Hispanics Seen as Key Market
March 24th, 2011By Lisa Lockwood From WWD 03/23/2011 For some U.S. brands, growth might be in their own backyard. With companies looking overseas for business opportunities, it might make more sense to take a...
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Trend Report From NY Fairs
March 16th, 2011By Lisa Lockwood From WWD 03/16/2011 A feeling of a return to normalcy pervaded the latest round of apparel trade shows here. There was consistent talk of a pickup in order writing and...
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Tous Announces Jennifer Lopez as the New Face of Their Spring 2011 Advertising Campaign
March 11th, 2011From PRNewswire 03/11/2011 In its effort to continue to evolve into an international powerhouse, Barcelona-based jewelry brand, TOUS will touch people around the world with the new face of their Spring 2011 advertising campaign;...
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Zara's Parent Buys Fifth Avenue Store for $324 Million
March 7th, 2011By David M. Levitt From Bloomberg 03/04/2011 Spanish retailer Inditex SA (ITX) said it bought the former NBA Store at 666 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan for $324 million, in...
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Mortimer Singer Named Partner at Marvin Traub Associates
March 4th, 2011By Rosemary Feitelberg From WWD ISSUE 03/04/2011 In a move that is meant to both bolster business and lay the groundwork for a succession plan, Mortimer Singer’s role at Marvin Traub Associates has been extended...
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Spain's Springfield Eyes Global Expansion
March 3rd, 2011By Ivan Castano From WWD 03/03/2011 Spain’s Springfield, the fast-growing men’s fashion chain, is flexing its expansion muscles. The 750-unit chain, owned by retail giant Cortefiel, hopes to enter China, Brazil, India and Turkey...
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Top Trends From New York Fashion Week
February 22nd, 2011By Connie Wang From Refinery 29 02/22/2011 Don't think we're doodling in those notebooks we keep out during runway shows—they're filled to the binding with trend notes and observations. And don't think we're flipping through all the show images online for sheer pleasure—we're...
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