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WWD 02/24/2006

WWD 02/24/2006

Strategy for Jil Sander: Buyer to Grow Brand, Sell It in 3 to 5 Years

Powered by the design talent of Raf Simons and its current management, the new owners of Jil Sander plan to launch the firm into expansion. Change Capital Partners said it had acquired Sander from Prada Group for an undisclosed sum.

Strategy for Jil Sander: Buyer to Grow Brand, Sell It in 3 to 5 Years

Powered by the design talent of Raf Simons and its current management, the new owners of Jil Sander plan to launch the firm into expansion.
— Feb 24, 2006

Wal-Mart Fights Back on Health Care

Wal-Mart, the target of bills in 22 states that would force it to spend more on employee health care, plans to expand the availability of its low-cost health plan and allow part-time workers to insure their children.
— Feb 24, 2006

Reebok Dives Into Swim

Reebok is moving into swimwear with a performance collection set to launch at stores in April.
— Feb 24, 2006

Puig, Coty Join Fragrance Forces

The realignment of the U.S. fragrance industry has produced more tremors with a deal between Puig USA and the Coty Prestige division of Coty Inc.
— Feb 24, 2006

Herington Tapped As Avon Senior VP

Avon Products has tapped former AOL executive Charles M. Herington to fill the post of senior vice president, Latin America.
— Feb 24, 2006

P&G Names Keri RussellAs New Face of Cover Girl

Cover Girl has found that it's hardly impossible to land a beautiful face to represent its brand.
— Feb 24, 2006

Molton Brown Revamps Cosmetics Collection

Molton Brown's makeup line is getting a whole new look.
— Feb 24, 2006

Gap Net Falls in 4th Quarter

Gap Inc. on Thursday reported declines in fourth-quarter and year-end sales, margins, earnings and traffic.
— Feb 24, 2006

Quote of The Week

"[We've] been swimming against the stream since Day One."
— Feb 24, 2006

A Good Coating - Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Burberry Prorsum

Terrific coats, ranging from trenches to military greatcoats to scallop-edged furs were at the heart of some of the standout collections for fall.
— Feb 24, 2006

Fancy Free - Max Mara, Moschino Cheap & Chic, Anna Molinari, Antonio Marras

All sorts of themes were in play as the Milan collections continued, from a mix of grunge with classic suits to charmingly campy looks to poetic, sepia-colored pieces.
— Feb 24, 2006

The Power of Understatement

Milan's new bent toward pared-down elegance trickled into Bally, Schumacher and Piazza Sempione's fall collections.
— Feb 24, 2006

In Brief - Pollini By Rifat Ozbek, Belstaff, Luisa Beccaria, Alberto Biani, Maurizio Pecoraro

For fall, black astrakhan jackets and brocade shift dresses in Ottoman prints were a fun and sophisticated romp.
— Feb 24, 2006

Fashion Scoops: J.Lo Beside The Runway ... Snap Judgment ... Crash Test ...

Sandwiched between Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana after their Napoleonic extravaganza of a show on Thursday, budding fashion designer Jennifer Lopez felt, well, humbled.
— Feb 24, 2006

Paris Show Calendar

Times and locations are subject to change. Attendees are encouraged to confirm information.
— Feb 24, 2006

Mathilde Laurent: Finding Inspiration Everywhere

When Laurent began her job as in-house Cartier perfumer last December, she became one of a handful of "noses" hired to work exclusively for a brand.
— Feb 24, 2006

Nordstrom Profit Up 36%, Full-Year Sales Hit $7.7B

Continuing demand for luxury helped Nordstom post a 36 percent rise in fourth-quarter earnings.
— Feb 24, 2006

Marketing, Inventory Controls Boost Kohl's Fourth-Qtr. Net

A sharper focus on inventory management, merchandising and marketing helped Kohl's Corp. post a 17.6 percent profit gain in the fourth quarter and a 20 percent increase for the year.
— Feb 24, 2006

Limited Lays Out Plans to Sustain Momentum

Limited Brands Inc. said it is forging ahead with plans to keep improving sales and profits.
— Feb 24, 2006

L'Oreal Eyes Body Shop Bid

L'Oreal indicated Thursday it has no firm plans to buy The Body Shop.
— Feb 24, 2006

The Body Shop Expands Home Sales to Germany

In the early days of building her business, The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick would load a grocery cart with leftover inventory each week and go knocking on neighbors' doors to sell it.
— Feb 24, 2006

A Makeup Sponge for Divas

Behind the beauty industry's first $20 makeup sponge are two very determined makeup artists.
— Feb 24, 2006

Clarins Additions Aim to Save Face

With Clarins expanding its skin care line, customers should be able to exfoliate and protect their skin while glossing up this summer.
— Feb 24, 2006

Men's Corner: Grooming Line Targets U.S.

It may have the ring of a Guy Ritchie film, but a new men's hair care brand called Lock Stock & Barrel Grooming wasn't inspired by a motion picture.
— Feb 24, 2006

Critical Mass: IsaDora Names Creative Director

In its quest to stand out from the competition, last year Walgreens added an exclusive beauty line from Sweden in all of its 5,100 stores called IsaDora.
— Feb 24, 2006

BJ's French Flair

Nestled in the minimalist expanse of BJ's Wholesale Club is a unique concept in mass-market beauty retailing.
— Feb 24, 2006

Dove Taps Felicity Huffman for Calming Night

Dove has recruited "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman to sell women on the habit of showering before bed.
— Feb 24, 2006

Gordon on Track With Arden

Racing's popularity has spawned a Daytona 500 scent. Driver Jeff Gordon discusses his role with Elizabeth Arden, the race and his philanthropic efforts.
— Feb 24, 2006

Looking for Fashion in the Muslim World

This fall, Majed Al-Sabah will launch his own magazine, to be called Alef: A New Language of Beauty.
— Feb 24, 2006

Memo Pad: Caruso Suits Up ... Belle Grande ... Spin's New Orbit

There's nothing like a good lawsuit to highlight the peculiarities of life in the House of Wenner.
— Feb 24, 2006

Philip Johnson: People in Glass Houses

In a move that he no doubt would have been among the first to chuckle at, Johnson's televised analysis of his career managed to upstage the trio of architectural experts who discussed his work at length Feb. 16 at the Museum of Modern Art.
— Feb 24, 2006

Paris' In-Demand Interior Designer

For the Senderens restaurant, Duchaufour-Lawrance collaborated with Baccarat, engraving its original 18th-century drawings of chandeliers on to dacryl, a synthetic material that possesses the same light refraction properties as crystal.
— Feb 24, 2006

On The Drawing Board: Every Dog Must Have Its Day ... No Neckties

William Wegman's name is practically synonymous with weimaraner, his favorite breed of dog to photograph.
— Feb 24, 2006

Hockney Exhibit: 50 Years of Oil Portraits

British contemporary artist David Hockney, who rose to international fame in his twenties, has returned to his roots in oil portraits.
— Feb 24, 2006

In This Extravaganza, Horses Are the Stars

Showman Normand Latourelle never thought much about horses until he noticed one was stealing the show at Legendes Fantastiques, a multimedia historical spectacle he created in 1998 in Quebec.
— Feb 24, 2006

Calypso Finding Rhythm on Madison

Calypso Christiane Celle is the little concept that could.
— Feb 24, 2006

Senate Committee Turns Up Heat on Bush Over Port Deal

At a last-minute hearing here Thursday, Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee sharply challenged the Bush administration's review and interpretation of the law involving a Middle Eastern company's takeover of operations at six major U.S. ports.
— Feb 24, 2006

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