Every once in a great while the fashion industry hits a sleepy patch and a week passes when nobody says much of anything -- at least in a public forum that we can scrutinize.
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May 3, 2013 5:17 PM
Business, Retail
Strong Words, Fashion Lets It Fly
October 22, 2012 6:08 PM
Business, Retail
Hudson's Bay: All About the Real Estate
Richard Baker -- a real estate executive turned retailer -- has found a kindred spirit in the Hudson's Bay Co.
October 5, 2012 4:51 PM
Retail
How to Eavesdrop on Seventh Avenue
My first day as a reporter at WWD was right after the Fourth of July in 2000. I spent the long weekend out of town and had to take this horribly early bus back into the city.
August 31, 2012 5:35 PM
Retail
Retail's Fashion Week Prep
As the stilettoed crowd prepares to pack into the tents at Lincoln Center next week, let's freshen up on what's changed and what hasn't since the last fashion conclave.
August 10, 2012 4:55 PM
Business, Retail
Come On Consumers, Get Happy
How's the consumer?
It's a question that economists and corporate bigwigs ask each other all the time. Is she buying? What's she buying? What's the latest consumer confidence number? Is unemployment rising? How much are families spending on gas? Kids' clothes? Cable? IPhones? Where are they going to shop?
It's a question that economists and corporate bigwigs ask each other all the time. Is she buying? What's she buying? What's the latest consumer confidence number? Is unemployment rising? How much are families spending on gas? Kids' clothes? Cable? IPhones? Where are they going to shop?
July 30, 2012 3:33 PM
Business, Retail
Money Men: Executive Compensation
How much is too much?
It's a tricky question when it comes to executive compensation.
It's a tricky question when it comes to executive compensation.
July 6, 2012 6:29 PM
Retail
Retail's Second-Half Hope
The big worry right now is retail this year is going to be something like the San Diego's Big Bay Boom bust. The city's Fourth of July fireworks went off early and all at once and were over in about 15 seconds. There was a bright flash, lots of smoke and a disappointed crowd.
June 8, 2012 5:54 PM
Retail
Retail on the Wagon
Price promotions are most often described as a drug -- just its shoppers getting the high and retailers getting the addiction.
March 26, 2012 1:59 PM
Retail
Game On, Li-Ning Suits Up
For years there have been murmurs, whispers and fears on Seventh Avenue that China was not content to be fashion's manufacturing muscle, that one of the country's powerhouse producers would turn the tide and start exporting its brand to the rest of the world.
October 27, 2011 11:24 PM
Retail
A Bon Vivant Moved to Brooklyn
The art of being a true bon vivant in today's society is too quickly
undervalued.
"Everyone is so serious in New York," art director, entrepreneur and, as of today, NoLIta boutique owner Ramdane Touhami laughed on a September afternoon in SoHo. "Everyone needs to learn how to enjoy and have fun!" Touhami is a person who generally speaks in exclamation points.
"Everyone is so serious in New York," art director, entrepreneur and, as of today, NoLIta boutique owner Ramdane Touhami laughed on a September afternoon in SoHo. "Everyone needs to learn how to enjoy and have fun!" Touhami is a person who generally speaks in exclamation points.
