News
Beauty
FTL: Still Ironing CK Jeans Deal
CHICAGO -- "Some details" still need to be worked out in the negotiations between Fruit of the Loom and CK Calvin Klein jeans, William Farley, FTL's chairman and chief executive officer, said Tuesday following the annual meeting here.
The...
– May 18, 1994
Fashion
SA Boosts Eco Efforts
NEW YORK -- Environmental causes are reaping some benefits from the philanthropic impulses of the apparel industry.
Ecological concerns are often overshadowed by other charitable endeavors in the fashion business, especially those that hit...
– May 18, 1994
Fashion
Fur For All
Maximilian at Bloomingdale's
Among the three collections at Maximilian, Karl Lagerfeld's is the star. In his characteristic role as provocateur, the Kaiser blithely pinked the edges of luxurious Russian sable greatcoats and...
– May 18, 1994
Fashion
Newsreel: Honorable Silk
HONORABLE SILK: August Silk, a division of Pacific Silk & Clothing Co., has been named the 1994 recipient of the Fashion Leadership Award for its innovation in washable silk apparel.
The award, given by the Academy of Art...
– May 18, 1994
Beauty
Penney's, DH, Kohl's Top Estimates in Quarter
NEW YORK -- Dayton Hudson Corp., J.C. Penney Co. and Kohl's Corp. reported impressive first-quarter results Tuesday, topping Wall Street estimates in each case.
Penney's, based in Plano, Tex., reported that its earnings increased 29.8 percent,...
– May 18, 1994
Fashion
Scrapping Over the Pact's Crucial Details
WASHINGTON -- While the debate mounts over the broader issues of the GATT Uruguay Round treaty, the nation's textile and apparel manufacturers, importers and retailers will be busy trying to shape the implementing legislation to their...
– May 18, 1994
Beauty
Filene's Basement in Black in 1st Quarter
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Filene's Basement Corp. earned $184,000, or 1 cent a share, in the first quarter ended April 30, compared with a loss of $1.37 million a year ago, before a nonrecurring gain.
The net loss in last year's quarter was $366,000...
– May 18, 1994
Beauty
Supreme Court Rules for Kmart
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has sided with Kmart Corp. in a dispute with a defunct trucking company that claimed it undercharged the mass retailer $500,000. The decision will affect an estimated 111 other shippers facing similar...
– May 18, 1994
Retail
Counter Punch: Scouts Honor ... NM Sends St. John
SCOUTS HONOR: May Co.'s David C. Farrell, designer Nicole Miller and Avon's James E. Preston were honored by the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Monday night, and the executives returned the favor...
– May 18, 1994
Fashion
A Quarter of the House Asks Clinton to Renew China MFN
WASHINGTON -- With President Clinton's decision on China's trade status expected soon, 106 members of the House wrote him Tuesday urging him to unconditionally renew that country's most-favored-nation status.
The House members, led by Reps. Jim...
– May 18, 1994
Beauty
Checkout: Apparel Up, Asbestos Down
– May 18, 1994
Fashion
Cotton Expands its R&D
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Cotton Incorporated, the promotional arm of the nearly 35,000 U.S. cotton growers, has enlarged its Crabtree Valley research facility here to 4,000 square feet from 1,800 square feet. The $500,000 expansion and upgrade, which deals...
– May 17, 1994
