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WWD 03/22/2005

WWD 03/22/2005

Saks' Luxury Battle Plan: Focus on Shoppers' Needs To Redefine Retail Image

Saks Fifth Avenue is banking on "world class" customer service as a linchpin to help replenish its cachet in the fiercely competitive luxury segment.

Saks' Luxury Battle Plan: Focus on Shoppers' Needs To Redefine Retail Image

Saks Fifth Avenue is banking on "world class" customer service to replenish its cache in the fiercely competitive luxury segment.
— Mar 22, 2005

FICA Retools Annual Show

The Fur Information Council of America has scrapped its annual fashion show in favor of a more low-key and presumably less-expensive format.
— Mar 22, 2005

Coalition Set to File New China Petitions

China safeguard petitions based on actual market disruption seem imminent, after a court ruling kept review of threat-based petitions stalled.
— Mar 22, 2005

In Brief: VF Buys Reef ... Fendi's New Hire ... Calvin Hire ...

VF BUYS REEF: VF Corp. said Monday it was acquiring - for an undisclosed amount - Reef Holdings Corp., which does some $75 million in sales of surfer clothes and shoes, and is based in San Diego. VF said the acquisition...
— Mar 22, 2005

Lily in Bloom

Talking with Lily Rabe, daughter of playwright David Rabe and actress Jill Clayburgh, who is making her Broadway debut in "Steel Magnolias."
— Mar 22, 2005

It Takes Two

While fashionistas were getting shut out of Marc Jacobs' store opening party, L'Oréal toasted Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren and the launch of their first women's fragrance, Flowerbomb.
— Mar 22, 2005

Camera Ready

Sunday's Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Awards proved a big night for Mario Testino. The celebrated photographer was being feted alongside the late Herb Ritts. "I don't know where they found me a cosmo," Testino...
— Mar 22, 2005

Weekend Update

As Los Angeles Fashion Week came to a close, designers trotted out more grown-up and thoughtful looks on the runway for fall.
— Mar 22, 2005

Premiere Vision: Tuleh Talk

Dressed in a Tuleh print blouse and H&M jeans, Venessa Arizaga is ready to shop - for fabrics, that is. The Tuleh design assistant is in Paris for her fourth PV visit, this time selecting textiles for possible inclusion in the spring 2006...
— Mar 22, 2005

Premiere Vision: Fair Ladies

For a first-timer, navigating PV can be a tiring task.
— Mar 22, 2005

Movado Wins $25K In Knockoff Lawsuit

NEW YORK - Movado LLC won a $25,000 judgment against a New York wholesaler selling knockoffs of its most popular watch designs.

U.S. District Court Judge Denise L. Cote granted the award and issued a permanent injunction barring Woodside,...
— Mar 22, 2005

Andy Bond Named President of Asda

LONDON - Andy Bond, the man behind the successful George fashion label, was named Sunday as the new president of Wal-Mart owned Asda.

"Asda has a deep and strong management team, and an equally strong culture," said John...
— Mar 22, 2005

Fashion Scoops: Quicksilver On Move ... Kyra And Kevin ... Tiara Time

QUIKSILVER ON MOVE: Quiksilver Inc. is expected to announce its acquisition of Ski Rossignol today. The surfwear giant kicked off talks with Rossignol last summer to buy the 45 percent stake held by the founding...
— Mar 22, 2005

WTO Panel to Examine Unfair Customs Claim

GENEVA - The World Trade Organization agreed Monday to set up a dispute panel to examine the U.S.'s complaint that the lack of uniform customs laws among the 25 nations of the European Union are an unnecessary barrier to...
— Mar 22, 2005

First Ladies: Substance & Style

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.) spoke at the opening of two exhibits at the New-York Historical Society devoted to her former role of first lady.
— Mar 22, 2005

Memo Pad: House Beautification ... Best Man For The Job ... Erin Go Braugh ...

HOUSE BEAUTIFICATION: It's the classic renovation story. Knock down a wall, and suddenly the wiring needs replacing. Tinker with the wiring, and next it's the pipes.

Ever since Mark Mayfield took...
— Mar 22, 2005

Hyosung Plans Western Push

Shoppers might not know the Creora spandex brand, but mill owners and apparel manufacturers are about to get acquainted with it.
— Mar 22, 2005

Swatches: GIDC At 20

GIDC AT 20: The Garment Industry Development Corp., a nonprofit group backed by the City of New York, the UNITE HERE union and the apparel industry, plans to mark its 20th anniversary with a fund-raising cocktail party Thursday night....
— Mar 22, 2005

On the Fiber Front

PARIS - When it comes to fabrics, looks really can be deceiving. Take these samples from Expofil, a yarn fair that ran concurrently with Première Vision.

These innovative yarns for fall 2006 do everything from regulate body...
— Mar 22, 2005

Beauty Beat: Douglas Sales Increase ... Lauder Honored by Junior League of L.A.

BERLIN - Sales of Douglas Perfumeries increased 3 percent in the first five months of fiscal 2004-2005, which ended Feb. 28, the Douglas Group announced at its annual shareholders meeting last week.

Aided by "good Christmas...
— Mar 22, 2005

A New Place for Something Else

NEW YORK - It might have taken more than 35 years for Something Else to open a second store, but it was well worth the wait - especially for Brooklynites looking for a taste of Manhattan closer to their neighborhood.

Four decades...
— Mar 22, 2005

Elyse Kroll Honored by LIM

NEW YORK - Move over, TV survivors, the industry paid tribute to one of its own last week at the Rainbow Room here, where the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising honored ENK founder and president Elyse Kroll.

Kroll raised the bar for...
— Mar 22, 2005

Seven Strives for Growth With Collaborations

Seven For All Mankind is trying to scale new heights of jean design in a collaboration with T-shirt maker Great China Wall.
— Mar 22, 2005

The Middle Kingdom Takes Its Place

For most of their 2,200-year history, the Chinese have regarded their nation as the center of the universe. To understand this perspective, imagine the modern world without Chinese inventions such as gunpowder, the magnetic compass or silk.

The...
— Mar 22, 2005

Luxury Awaits

BEIJING - On a recent Saturday afternoon in this city's high-end China World Shopping Center, the center-city mall was not exactly a madhouse.

There were the typical small groups of potential customers strolling the gleaming...
— Mar 22, 2005

Ogilvy & Mather Sees 100M Affluent Chinese in Future

BEIJING - The idea of newly rich Chinese consumers ready to buy goods bearing almost any name in a bid to show off their wealth may soon be out of date, according to a recent report by the Beijing office of Ogilvy & Mather.

The report...
— Mar 22, 2005

The Gates Open

WASHINGTON - Life is starting to get a little easier for foreign companies looking to sell their brands in China, as that country begins to lift some of the legal barriers they faced.

As part of its World Trade Organization commitments, in...
— Mar 22, 2005

Metropolis of Manufacturing

DONGGUAN, China - With quotas lifted, China is rapidly flexing its muscles as a powerhouse of apparel production.

But China's industry is by no means monolithic. The world's most populous country is home to hundreds of apparel...
— Mar 22, 2005

By the Numbers

NEW YORK - Any discussion of China's scale involves huge numbers. The country is home to 1.3 billion people, has an adjusted gross domestic product of $6.45 trillion and includes 22 provinces - with as much landmass as the...
— Mar 22, 2005

In the Crosshairs

SHANGHAI - When elite golfers line up a putt, they don't just aim for the hole, they zero in on a particular blade of grass along the rim of the hole. By aiming that precisely, they greatly improve their chances of getting the ball into the...
— Mar 22, 2005

Turning to the East

Fabric and fiber makers such as Invista, International Textile Group and Malden Mills Industries have established manufacturing presences in China over the past few years, and the list of firms looking to follow their lead is growing.
— Mar 22, 2005

Safeguard Showdown

So far Turkey and Argentina have activated their safeguard mechanisms, which will allow their imports of select Chinese products to rise no more than 7.5 percent this year.
— Mar 22, 2005

Mainetti's Move

The company last week opened factories in Shenzhen and Shanghai, and plans to open another facility to make wooden hangers here in five to six weeks.
— Mar 22, 2005

Texan Twist

The Shanghai Mart, located in the Shanghai Hongqiao Economic Development Zone, is led by chairman and Chinese industrialist S.P. Tao, who is one of four owners.
— Mar 22, 2005

Flock This Way

After Jenni Kayne's runway show on Friday, her boyfriend, L.A. realtor Richard Ehrlich, threw a late-late-night supper at his Coldwater Canyon home for her and 30 of their pals, including Peter...
— Mar 22, 2005

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