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WWD 09/05/2006

A New Apparel Giant: $4.5B Hanesbrands To Make NYSE Debut

Hanesbrands Inc. will become a separate publicly traded entity on Wednesday, instantly creating one of the largest apparel companies in the world, with sales of $4.5 billion.

A New Apparel Giant: $4.5B Hanesbrands To Make NYSE Debut

The newly created Hanesbrands Inc. will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

— Sep 5, 2006

VF Deal Will Boost Presence in India

VF Corp. has forged a venture with India's Arvind Mills Ltd., enabling the apparel giant to further expand its brands in India.

— Sep 5, 2006

Beauty Beat: Kiehl's Names L'Oreal Vet General Manager

Rob Robillard, current senior vice president of marketing for L'Oreal Paris, is moving over to Kiehl's as general manager.

— Sep 5, 2006

Coming This Week

A look at the coming week's events.

— Sep 5, 2006

In Brief: Levi's Goes To School ... BCBG Departure

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

— Sep 5, 2006

Armani Net Jumps 22.7% for 2005

Giorgio Armani SpA's annual report shows its net profit for the year ended Dec. 31 spiked 22.7 percent to $193 million.

— Sep 5, 2006

Fashion Scoops: Material Guy ... The Heidi Life ... Zoe-Topia ...

Not only did Jean Paul Gaultier design the costumes for Madonna's "Confessions" tour, he's quite possibly one of the pop star's most devoted fans.

— Sep 5, 2006

Tiffany Unwraps Its Refreshed Look

After years of encasing customers' purchases in its iconic blue boxes, Tiffany & Co. is giving itself a present.

— Sep 5, 2006

Hannant Takes Two

Douglas Hannant will launch a secondary collection this spring called Douglas Hannant Insignia.

— Sep 5, 2006

Petrou Launching Line, Madison Avenue Store

Leafing through a book looking for inspiration, Nicolas Petrou could not get past a 1920 illustration of one of Paul Poiret's creations.

— Sep 5, 2006

Market Basket: Miller To Dress Dots

Nicole Miller will be helping Dotster Inc., a Vancouver, Wash.-based domain registration provider, dress up its new team of female ambassadors, the Dotster Dots.

— Sep 5, 2006

Moschino Spruces Up at Bergdorf Goodman

Moschino has a new home at Bergdorf Goodman.

— Sep 5, 2006

Unica Back at Milan Fairgrounds

Organizers of the Milano Unica textile fair are hoping a change of location back to Milan's city fairgrounds will attract more international visitors for its third edition.

— Sep 5, 2006

Memo Pad: Glamorous Ride ... Real Woman ... Lori Lands ...

Forget Town Cars this fashion season -- sort of. Glamour magazine and DKNY Jeans have chartered a more stylish ride to shuttle celebrities to and from the Bryant Park tents during the shows.

— Sep 5, 2006

Penney's Hires Ad Agency

J.C. Penney Co. Inc., seeking to forge a "love" connection with customers, is taking its $1.2 billion annual advertising business to Publicis Groupe's Saatchi & Saatchi.

— Sep 5, 2006

Young Designers Build Business Networks on MySpace

MySpace.com is luring small, ambitious fashion companies seeking to promote their brands directly to young Internet surfers.

— Sep 5, 2006

Oscar de la Renta to Open Unit at NorthPark

Oscar de la Renta is moving into the Lone Star State, upping his number of freestanding stores to five.

— Sep 5, 2006

Apparel Producers, Retailers Trim Jobs

U.S. apparel and textile producers cut a seasonally adjusted 4,100 jobs in August, as retailers reduced payrolls.

— Sep 5, 2006

Adidas Group Buys Out Korean Subsidiary

In the latest move to buy out its partners in key global markets, the Adidas Group has assumed full ownership of Adidas Korea Ltd., its brand subsidiary in Korea.

— Sep 5, 2006

China's Cotton Use Soars in '05

Robust growth, rapid industrialization and the elimination of global quotas for textiles and apparel enabled China to increase its share of global consumption of cotton.

— Sep 5, 2006

U.S. Impedes Brazil Request Concerning Cotton Subsidies

The U.S. on Friday blocked a request by Brazil in the World Trade Organization in the dispute between the two countries over American cotton subsidies.

— Sep 5, 2006

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