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WWD 01/24/2006

The M&A Rush: Eddie Bauer Said Latest Retailer Being Eyed

The red-hot merger and acquisition market of last year is continuing into 2006 and Eddie Bauer is the latest target in the sights of strategic and financial players.

The M&A Rush: Eddie Bauer Said Latest Retailer Being Eyed

The red-hot merger and acquisition market is continuing into 2006 with Eddie Bauer the latest target in the sights of strategic and financial players.

— Jan 24, 2006

Investor Group Acquires The Sports Authority for $1.3B

The Sports Authority said it agreed to be acquired by an investor group affiliated with Leonard Green & Partners for $1.3 billion, or $37.25 a share.

— Jan 24, 2006

Prada Assessing Damage in SoHo

The Prada flagship in SoHo is unlikely to reopen before the end of the week because of a five-alarm fire Saturday that tore through 575 Broadway.

— Jan 24, 2006

CFO Ernesto Greco Parts Ways With Bulgari

Roman jeweler Bulgari SpA said Monday that longtime chief financial officer Ernesto Greco will leave the company in June for "new professional opportunities."

— Jan 24, 2006

In Brief: No To Tommy/Apax ... Hall Of Fame Induction

A brief look at some of the day's stories.

— Jan 24, 2006

Dunst Plays a Role for Fetherston

Kirsten Dunst sits at a toy piano on top of a grassy mound, surrounded by the cobalt blue Balboa Lake.

— Jan 24, 2006

Perez Out as Nike CEO, Parker Takes the Reins

Nike executives asserted that the resignation of William D. Perez as ceo was due to his inexperience with the company and the industry.

— Jan 24, 2006

The State of Play

Is there a couture crisis? The answer might depend upon how you feel about that proverbial tree crashing in the forest.

— Jan 24, 2006

Memo Pad: All Business ... All In The Florio ... New Bunch

To convince someone like Jack Welch to write a column for you, it helps if you have some kind of preexisting relationship.

— Jan 24, 2006

Angelina's Mommy Wear

Whether or not Angelina Jolie is pregnant with twins thanks to fertility treatments at the very least celebrity watchers will get a chance to speculate how far the Oscar winner really is in the motherly way.

— Jan 24, 2006

Fashion Scoops: French Connection ... Present Tense ... Designer Deals ...

Could Paul Deneve, who exited as Nina Ricci's president last October, be headed to Lanvin?

— Jan 24, 2006

Bottega Veneta Bows in Time for Couture

Bottega Veneta is the latest luxury powerhouse to pitch its tent on Avenue Montaigne here.

— Jan 24, 2006

Hash Revels in Taking Chances

Anne-Valerie Hash stands amid the construction mess choking her future Right Bank studio.

— Jan 24, 2006

Lucky Liu

For Sundance newbie Lucy Liu, the first time is a charm.

— Jan 24, 2006

Snow Bunnies

Some think the Sundance Film Festival is a chance to escape from the Hollywood rat race, but it only shifts to the Utah mountains for 10 days.

— Jan 24, 2006

Sundance Scoops

Swag is the name of the game at any Hollywood party, and Sundance is no different.

— Jan 24, 2006

Italian Mills Eye Rebound in 2006

Italian yarn manufacturers gearing up for the upcoming Pitti Filati show are expecting to make a comeback in 2006 after weathering three years of steady declines.

— Jan 24, 2006

Designers Open More Doors in Italy

Gianfranco Ferre and Blumarine recently opened stores in Florence, a sign of the city's growing importance as a designer retail market.

— Jan 24, 2006

Lusso Vero's California Dreaming

Channeling the synergy and team effort of the "Golden Girls," five California women with decades of combined experience in fashion, retailing and business development have joined forces to create Lusso Vero.

— Jan 24, 2006

Jimmy Choo Marches Into India, Japan

London's Jimmy Choo Ltd. is setting out to conquer the East, inking a distribution agreement in India and forming a retail joint venture in Japan.

— Jan 24, 2006

Deconstructing Fashion

Two design worlds intersect in "The Fashion of Architecture: Constructing the Architecture of Fashion," a new exhibit at the Center for Architecture, the home of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

— Jan 24, 2006

Horst in Focus at Gallery Exhibit

As curator of the Stellan Holm Gallery's Horst P. Horst exhibition, which bows Thursday, Sante D'Orazio would like visitors to gain respect for the fashion photographer whose artistic influence endures.

— Jan 24, 2006

Michal Negrin Franchise Arrives in N.Y.

Forget about gilding the lily. Michal Negrin fairly drenches it.

— Jan 24, 2006

EBay's Whitman To Exit Gap Board

Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer of eBay Inc., has decided not to stand for reelection to Gap Inc.'s board.

— Jan 24, 2006

Lee Jeans President to Retire

Gordon Harton, president of Lee Jeans and a 35-year veteran of VF Corp., announced his retirement, effective April 1.

— Jan 24, 2006

Retail Shares See No Rebound

Although stocks recovered slightly on Monday after last Friday's heavy sell-off, the retail sector finished the day's session down marginally.

— Jan 24, 2006

Alberto Repossi Acquires 2 Percent IT Holding Stake

Monaco-based jeweler Alberto Repossi said he has bought 2 percent of Italian fashion group IT Holding SpA and stated that he wants to form a partnership with the company to develop new product lines.

— Jan 24, 2006

Beauty Beat: Douglas Embarks on Expansion Plan

Douglas Perfumeries is on an expansion course this year.

— Jan 24, 2006

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