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WWD 12/26/2006

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WWD 12/26/2006

A Bumpy Holiday Ride: This Week Seen as Key to Saving Season

Retailers hope this week will remedy their holiday blahs.

GarfieldMarks Sets Sale Agreement

GarfieldMarks LLC is being acquired by LF 1937 Ltd., a division of Li & Fung, and Rousso Apparel Group.

— Dec 26, 2006

A Bumpy Holiday Ride: This Week Seen as Key to Saving Season

Retailers hope this week will remedy their holiday blahs.

— Dec 26, 2006

Italy Pushes for Summit on Models

Italy is looking for international consensus on its plan to issue licenses to fashion models who meet an age and health standard.

— Dec 26, 2006

Fashion Scoops: Stutz Sale... Topshop Exit... Royal Web

Geraldine Stutz is perhaps best remembered for discovering young designers and pioneering retail concepts. Fewer people know how Stutz, who was president of Henri Bendel for 29 years, lived at home, but that will change next month.

— Dec 26, 2006

Versace Boosts Ad Budget for Spring

Versace, supporting its retail expansion in China, has increased its spring-summer 2007 advertising budget by 15 percent to 20 percent on a global basis.

— Dec 26, 2006

Burberry's Twist on London Line

Burberry is showing and selling its London line this month, packed with neat suits, wool jersey dresses and strict silhouettes with a quirky feminine twist for fall 2007.

— Dec 26, 2006

Memo Pad: But Who Will Direct?... Common Ground... Print An Ad, Plant Bamboo

Michael's Restaurant - the near-compulsory media lunchroom - is about to get screenplay treatment in the pages of Departures.

— Dec 26, 2006

Good to Go

Whether stuffing suitcases with flip-flops or ski boots, the chic set is packing up and heading out this holiday season.

— Dec 26, 2006

Ringing in the New Year in Style

Fashionable women around the U.S. share their plans - and fashion choices - for New Year's Eve with WWD.

— Dec 26, 2006

Fiber Prices Expected to Rise in '07

The world's textile producers have seen a steady increase in fiber prices during 2006, primarily because of increased energy costs, a trend that is likely to continue in the new year.

— Dec 26, 2006

Beauty Beat: La Rinascente Revamps Beauty Area... Guerlain 'Springs' Into Books

Italy's luxury department store La Rinascente has given its flagship beauty floor a facelift.

— Dec 26, 2006

CC Skye: Aiming for Luxury

CC Skye, whose woven leather chain bracelet is virtually a one-item mint at Kitson, has a lament many designers would envy.

— Dec 26, 2006

Furrier Harold Shwartz Dead at 87

Harold Shwartz, a furrier whose career epitomized the essence of a family-owned business, died of cancer on Dec. 12 at his home in Pompton Lakes, N.J.

— Dec 26, 2006

Hong Kong Asked to Intensify Crackdown on Counterfeits

The U.S., the European Union and Japan have urged Hong Kong, a major textiles and apparel exporter, to beef up its enforcement against counterfeit goods and tighten laws on trademarks to stem abuse of brand names in mainland China.

— Dec 26, 2006

Shanghai Lingerie Ramps Up in Size

In its sophomore installment last month, the number of exhibitors at the Shanghai Mode Lingerie Fair increased 91 percent.

— Dec 26, 2006

Intertextile Apparel Fair Grows With International Flavor

The Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Fair continued to expand in size and diversified the mix of domestic and international participation in its 12th year.

— Dec 26, 2006

VF Outdoor Said in Deal for Eagle Creek

VF Outdoor Inc., a subsidiary of VF Corp., is in negotiations to acquire adventure travel vendor Eagle Creek Inc.

— Dec 26, 2006

Sears Canada Names Rogers President, CEO

Dene Rogers has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Sears Canada.

— Dec 26, 2006

Drexler to Receive Award From NRF

Millard "Mickey" Drexler, chairman and chief executive officer of J. Crew Group Inc., will receive the National Retail Federation's Gold Medal Award, which recognizes vision and leadership in retailing, on Jan. 16 at the NRF's annual convention and...

— Dec 26, 2006

In Brief: Coat Recall... Lawsuit Resolved... New Stakes In Totes

Sean John has pulled its men's hooded fur-trimmed snorkel jacket from Macy's and macys.com because of the results of a test by the Humane Society.

— Dec 26, 2006

Special Offers Drive Web's Holiday Boom

During the first 50 days of the holiday season, total online retail spending rose 26 percent over the same period in 2005 to reach $21.68 billion, according to comScore, which tracks Internet sales.

— Dec 26, 2006

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