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WWD 04/22/2005

WWD 04/22/2005

Gap Inc.'s Recovery Plan: New Format, Markets and Decor

Gap Inc., seeking to combat disappointing results and reinvigorate the divisions, laid out an aggressive agenda for growth across several fronts.

Gap Inc.'s Recovery Plan: New Format, Markets and Decor

Gap Inc., seeking to combat disappointing results and reinvigorate the divisions, laid out an aggressive agenda for growth across several fronts.
— Apr 22, 2005

Gap Inc. Taps Sunnucks for Europe Post

LONDON - Stephen Sunnucks, a U.K. retail industry veteran, has been named president of Europe, Gap Inc. International, a new position, the company said in a statement Thursday.

Sunnucks, 47, was most recently chief executive officer of New...
— Apr 22, 2005

Lancome USA Names New President

Eric Lauzat has been named president of Lancome USA, reporting to Edgar Huber, president of the Luxury Products Division of parent L'Oreal USA.
— Apr 22, 2005

USTR Nominee Faces Challenge in Senate

USTR nominee Rep. Rob Portman vowed to take a tougher stance on China and protect U.S. jobs from import surges and unfair trade practices.
— Apr 22, 2005

In Brief: Maidenform IPO ... Corporate Watchdog ... Sadaka To Sunnex

MAIDENFORM IPO: Maidenform Brands Inc. notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would be filing for an initial public offering to raise $172.5 million. The Bayonne, N.J.-based intimate apparel firm did not disclose...
— Apr 22, 2005

Quote of the Week

"We have the power to achieve dramatic growth at J.C. Penney in the next five years and attain top profitability by 2009.''
- Myron E. Ullman 3rd, chairman and chief executive officer
— Apr 22, 2005

Rodan and Fields Launches Antiaging Line

NEW YORK - Doctors Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields are embarking on what Rodan called "the most selfish line we've produced."

Anti-Age, the fourth skin care regimen to be created by the duo's Rodan and Fields...
— Apr 22, 2005

North America Helps L'Oreal Post Gain in 1Q

PARIS - L'Oreal's first-quarter sales rose 1.6 percent as strong sales in North America were offset by a decline in Western Europe.

Sales for the quarter came in at 3.54 billion euros, or $4.65 billion. Dollar figures are at...
— Apr 22, 2005

Ralph Lauren's New Polo: Basic Black

Ralph Lauren will target a more international version of the Polo man in August with Polo Black, the third installment in Polo's scent lineup.
— Apr 22, 2005

Marionnaud Sales Drop 0.5 Percent

PARIS - France's Marionnaud Parfumeries reported first-quarter 2005 consolidated net sales of 222.9 million euros, or $292.5 million at constant exchange, down 0.5 percent year-on-year.

At constant group structure and exchange,...
— Apr 22, 2005

Hair Accessories May Fall No More

NEW YORK - Sometimes a new feature on an everyday product, like a hair rubber band, is so late to the game it's a wonder that it took the industry so long to address the obvious. For example, the latest innovations in hair accessories are...
— Apr 22, 2005

Curel's New Feminine Side

NEW YORK - Curel, the Kao brand available in the therapeutic skin care aisle, will soon ditch its white, clinical look in favor of a more feminine one. As part of the overhaul, Curel will move into the natural arena with Natural Healing, a new...
— Apr 22, 2005

Rite Aid Gets Jesse's Girl

NEW YORK - Rite Aid is clearing room in its beauty department for more exclusive offerings this spring. On Monday, the drugstore chain began rolling out a trendy color cosmetics line, Jesse's Girl. The line, created by private label...
— Apr 22, 2005

Critical Mass: CVS Adds Derm Items to Healthy Centers

NEW YORK - CVS is on the cutting edge - again.

Inspired by European apothecaries, CVS is proving it wants to take drugstore beauty beyond the status quo. The latest move is the exclusive distribution of two lines from Princeton,...

— Apr 22, 2005

Art of Shaving's Custom Skin Care

NEW YORK - While cosmetics customization typically targets women, shaving and treatment brand The Art of Shaving is customizing skin care products for the opposite sex.

The highly unusual concept of customized skin care for men in this...
— Apr 22, 2005

Spa Week Back for Second Round

NEW YORK - Spa Week is back - bigger, better and, well, it's about to go bi-coastal.

The weeklong promotional blitz for the spa industry, which kicked off April 18 and will run through April 24, proved to be so successful its...
— Apr 22, 2005

Snippets: Sothy's Spot ... SPA Expo Comes To Town ... Dermed Change ...

SOTHYS SPOT: Sothys Paris opened its first U.S. spa last week. L'Institut Sothys Paris - New York, located in midtown Manhattan, was designed to replicate the French spa experience. The tri-level 5,000-square-foot space...
— Apr 22, 2005

H&M: Party in the Park

NEW YORK - Wednesday night in Central Park, H&M showed off in a major way. The Swedish retailer let loose a fall collection full of clothes that looked and felt as though they'd just paraded down a Paris runway. And there was a...
— Apr 22, 2005

C Rides Rising Tide

NEW YORK - California already is a state of excess, so it should be no surprise that there are an excessive number of magazines devoted to its constituent parts.

But now, thanks to a group of wealthy backers, there is about to be a title...
— Apr 22, 2005

Memo Pad: Men's Vogue Has Momentum ... Not So Black and White ... The Emperor's New Tracksuit

MEN'S VOGUE HAS MOMENTUM: Now that Domino is up and kicking, talk within Condé Nast is centering on the company's likely next big launch - Men's Vogue - and it's a subject that doesn't...
— Apr 22, 2005

Fair Night

NEW YORK - The state Supreme Court house at 60 Centre Street may seem like a strange place to hold one of the swankiest affairs of the year, but Vanity Fair took it over once again for its fourth annual dinner celebrating the opening of the...
— Apr 22, 2005

Fashion Scoops: Rap Attack ... Stroll In Motion ... Lacoste Nabs Roddick ...

RAP ATTACK: Kanye West raps about working at Gap in his hit "Spaceship," but the Grammy-winning hip-hop artist is dipping into the fashion business with a clothing line of his own, called Pastel, which is...
— Apr 22, 2005

FCBID Approves 9 Percent Rise in Surcharge

NEW YORK - The board of the Fashion Center Business Improvement District has approved a 9 percent increase in the levy imposed on district landlords to pay for the FCBID's services.

At the group's annual meeting Wednesday...
— Apr 22, 2005

Next Generation of Gap: Previewing the Prototype

DENVER - Gap stores haven't been aging well. They're tired, sterile-looking and generating sluggish sales, but the company sees a rebirth today with the opening of seven prototypes in the Denver area.

The changes are...
— Apr 22, 2005

POS Safety Under Scrutiny

NEW YORK - Retailers are double-checking their point-of-sale systems for vulnerabilities after recent disclosures that customers' credit card information may have been compromised at Polo Ralph Lauren and DSW Shoe Warehouse.

The...
— Apr 22, 2005

Trafik Show Seizes the Day

ATLANTA - Trafik, a new women's and men's contemporary and denim show, bowed here with a hip lineup, an artsy venue and a party atmosphere.

The show on April 8-10 was organized by five men who also produce the Atlanta-based...
— Apr 22, 2005

Posen Blitzes the Windy City

CHICAGO - Zac Posen's first trip to the Windy City was a memorable one.

The designer's fans seemed unable to get enough of him or his luxe looks during a trunk show at Neiman Marcus on Michigan Avenue last Friday. They were...
— Apr 22, 2005

Luen Thai Earnings Surge 28.8%

HONG KONG - Luen Thai Holdings Ltd., a major Asian apparel manufacturer, reported a 28.8 percent rise in net profits for 2004 on a 1.6 percent increase in revenue.

But management warned that, despite the Jan. 1 lifting of apparel and...
— Apr 22, 2005

Suzy

The Hearst family feud ... Sid Bass comes to town to host the American Academy in Rome dinner at Cipriani ... that's Carey, Mariah Carey.
— Apr 22, 2005

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