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WWD 12/07/2006

WWD 12/07/2006

The French Mass-Class: Carrefour in Mega Deal For BCBG Max Azria Line

Carrefour Group is making a billion-dollar bet in the mass-to-class game, and it has lined up BCBG to place it.

The French Mass-Class: Carrefour in Mega Deal For BCBG Max Azria Line

Carrefour Group is making a billion-dollar bet in the mass-to-class game, and it has lined up BCBG to place it.
— Dec 7, 2006

Action-Packed Christmas

Christmas is a time of indulgence, but there are sports-minded folks (and those who plan to make exercise their New Year's resolution) who like to receive active apparel and gadgets for gifts.
— Dec 7, 2006

Style Shift Brings Focus Back to Wash

As jeans trend from embellished and distressed to clean and sleek, wash houses here must adapt their processes.
— Dec 7, 2006

Jeans on the Rebound

Retailers who had braced for a slowdown in denim sales are surprised by continued strength in the category as they head into the heart of the holiday season.
— Dec 7, 2006

EDJ Pushes the Premium

EDJ believes the key to survival in the saturated premium denim arena is to aim high and stay small.
— Dec 7, 2006

Iron Army's Daily Wear

Steve Dubbeldam and Steve Opperman, owners of Iron Army Clothing, recently realized they hadn't been in the denim business long enough to see a pair of their jeans be thoroughly worn out.
— Dec 7, 2006

The Gates of Heaven

London denim brand Made in Heaven wants to let customers get a look into its world.
— Dec 7, 2006

Looking Beyond the Product: Gunn, YMA Lecture Students

Fashion is about business. That was the general message to students for succeeding in today's fashion industry from a panel hosted by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund on Wednesday as a prelude to its AMY Awards.
— Dec 7, 2006

Hanesbrands Cuts Factory After Abuses

Hanesbrands Inc. is severing ties with the Harvest Rich factory in Bangla­desh after discovering the facility's managers intentionally concealed excessive and sometimes forced overtime, as well as slow payment for the extra hours worked.
— Dec 7, 2006

Stocking Stuffers

Top specialty retail stocks (tracked by WWD) ranked by their change in stock price since July.
— Dec 7, 2006

Reebok Narrows Marketing Focus For 2007

Reebok is hoping less will be more in 2007. As the one-year anniversary of its acquisition by Adidas approaches, Reebok has unveiled a three-year plan consolidating its marketing efforts.
— Dec 7, 2006

Women's World Cup: Active Companies

The Women's World Cup 2007, set for Sept. 10-30 in China, offers athletic firms a chance to promote their brands on the global stage during the run up to the Beijing Summer Olympic Games in 2008.
— Dec 7, 2006

Labor Report: Firms Should Be More Open

Top apparel brands and retailers don't provide enough information to investors and consumers about how they protect the rights of workers in their supply chain, a new report said.
— Dec 7, 2006

Separate Trade Packages Offered in House, Senate

The House and Senate appear to be moving ahead separately with trade bills in the waning days of the Congressional session, creating uncertainty about passage of any trade legislation.
— Dec 7, 2006

Stepping Up

With a much-lauded spring collection that extended her forte beyond jersey dresses and the highly coveted CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award under her belt, Doo-Ri Chung is ready to climb to the next level.
— Dec 7, 2006

On Your Marc

In the past few months, Marc Jacobs has been busy creating the costumes for the "Amoveo" ballet at Paris' Opera Garnier, launching the Marc Jacobs Waterford tabletop collection and signing a deal with Zannier Group for an extensive collection of...
— Dec 7, 2006

The Next Phase

Mark Weber, the new chairman and chief executive officer of Donna Karan international, will have to come into his own in his new gig next year.
— Dec 7, 2006

The Future Is Here

There was gold metallic leg armor at Balenciaga in Paris and corseted metallic space-babe dresses at Dolce & Gabbana in Milan.
— Dec 7, 2006

In Brief: Going East... CFO Search... Value City Sale

Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer behind Wal-Mart, on Monday said it would buy Ahold Polska for $498.7 million at current exchange.
— Dec 7, 2006

Jean Muir Thrives in Its Low-Key Way

She was never a megabrand, her clothing didn't have much hanger appeal and during her entire career, she never had a stand-alone store.
— Dec 7, 2006

Mango's Fast-Fashion Approach to Expansion

With a Chicago store under its belt, fast-fashion retailer Mango, based in Barcelona, is ramping up its U.S. expansion, opening new locations almost weekly.
— Dec 7, 2006

Weighing the Weight Issue

No matter where one stands, there is one thing almost everyone agrees on: enforcing any kind of body-type rule for models is nearly impossible.
— Dec 7, 2006

Beauty Beat: Coty Signs Stefani To Fragrance Deal

Gwen Stefani has signed a global licensing deal with the beauty powerhouse to develop and market a line of fragrances.
— Dec 7, 2006

Memo Pad: If At First You Don't Succeed... She's So...40?... Revamping the Web...

After being arrested for drunk driving last week, Fabian Basabe appeared on ABC's "20/20" segment on rich kids in America, where he perpetuated his reputation as a trust fund party boy with a hefty allowance from his father.
— Dec 7, 2006

Trina Turk Brings West Coast East

You can take the designer out of California, but you can't take California out of the designer.
— Dec 7, 2006

Fashion Scoops: Safety Dance... Homecoming... French Connection...

Karl Lagerfeld, who is in Monte Carlo today to show an ultraluxurious pre-fall collection for Chanel, feels right at home in Monaco. He has two apartments there and, even though he is more than a little well-known, he can walk down the street without...
— Dec 7, 2006

To the Max

Melrose Avenue may be lined with a lot of boutiques, but none is quite like the Max Azria store right now.
— Dec 7, 2006

Art House

Inside his pint-size gallery on the Left Bank here, a towering Kamel Mennour stands arm in arm with budding French artist Christine Rebet before the opening of her show.
— Dec 7, 2006

Eye Scoop: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go !

The gates opened at noon at the Miami Convention Center for the fifth Art Basel/Miami Beach and by 5 p.m., many galleries were sold out of most of the works they were exhibiting.
— Dec 7, 2006

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