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WWD 11/08/2007

A Tougher Turf Ahead: Polo Reduces Outlook Over Economy Worries

Polo Ralph Lauren is the latest company to sound a warning blast about the months ahead. Even as Polo delivered second-quarter earning ahead of Wall Street expectations, the fashion group lowered its full-year spending slowdown.

A Tougher Turf Ahead: Polo Reduces Outlook Over Economy Worries

Polo Ralph Lauren is the latest company to sound a warning blast about the months ahead.

— Nov 8, 2007

Off-Price Could Be Sweet Spot for Holiday

Midtier apparel retailers are gearing up for a holiday showdown, and analysts say off-price players could come out on top, leaving department stores and discounters fighting for middle-market share.

— Nov 8, 2007

Laroche Names Marcel Marongiu as Consulting Artistic Director

Guy Laroche is taking another crack at reviving its moribund fashion business.

— Nov 8, 2007

XOXO Founder Launches New Labels

Gregg Fiene is back in business. Fiene, the founder of mega junior sportswear brand XOXO, has returned with a pair of new brands, Sele and Taylor and Hyde, aimed at enticing modern junior and young contemporary customers.

— Nov 8, 2007

Coast Rides High Tide

For its third Miami event, the contemporary trade show Coast sought to build momentum. Coast president Karen Bennett said the show, which occurs three times annually, had doubled to 124 exhibitors since its January 2007 debut.

— Nov 8, 2007

Alberta Ferretti's Active Philosophy

MILAN - Alberta Ferretti's customers may now shed the designer's staple tiers and ruffles for streetwear garb - her new active line called PHILO-sophy. The 50-piece collection that launches for spring fuses a club chic...

— Nov 8, 2007

Bagging Rights

The top 12 handbag brands ranked by familiarity among luxury consumers.

— Nov 8, 2007

Head Coach

"How long has Coach been around?" queried Diane von Furstenberg Tuesday night when she hosted a dinner for the brand's president and executive creative director Reed Krakoff.

— Nov 8, 2007

Weird Science

The combination of sea slugs and French pastry is not generally the stuff of intellectual epiphanies, unless you have a dual major in neuroscience and English and pass time in the science lab reading Proust.

— Nov 8, 2007

In Brief: Joining Go... YMA Panel With Dow

Pierre Letzelter has been named president of Groupe Go Sport, the sports equipment and clothing retailer owned by Rallye.

— Nov 8, 2007

House Seen Passing Peru Free Trade Deal

The House was expected to pass a free trade agreement with Peru Wednesday night that would make duty-free benefits permanent for apparel importers and open Peru's market to U.S. exports.

— Nov 8, 2007

What's Old is New, Lacroix Shows Fashion History

Given his encyclopedic knowledge of costume history, the exhibition Christian Lacroix has mounted at the Museum of Fashion and Textiles here could have been a dense, academic exercise...

— Nov 8, 2007

Fashion Scoops: Gisele's Dollars and Sense... Sporty Simons?... Spain's Bounty...

Her boyfriend Tom Brady of the New England Patriots has been getting a hero's welcome from the media after Sunday's last-minute win over the Indianapolis Colts...

— Nov 8, 2007

Uniqlo's New Looks: Second Time Around... Boy Meets Girl

After abruptly shuttering the bulk of its U.K. stores four years ago, Uniqlo is back. The Japanese casual fashion chain, owned by Fast Retailing Co. Ltd., on Wednesday opened the doors of two Oxford Street units...

— Nov 8, 2007

Union Looks to Double Distribution in '08

Seattle Pacific Industries is taking the next step in building its Union premium denim label. The company, which also produces Unionbay, is turning attention to retail expansion after introducing its first sportswear collection in August...

— Nov 8, 2007

True Religion Earnings Rise in 3Q

Sales from company-owned stores helped drive earnings for True Religion Apparel in the third quarter, despite stagnating sales among the brand's wholesale clients.

— Nov 8, 2007

Diesel USA Names Birkhold as CEO

Diesel has tapped VF Corp. veteran Steve Birkhold to be the new chief executive officer of Diesel USA. Birkhold replaces Panicko Philippou, who had been with Diesel for 12 years and was named ceo of Diesel USA in January 2004.

— Nov 8, 2007

Industry Looks to Raise Stake in Organic Clothing

Sustainable clothing is evolving rapidly both for consumers and the industry. And public awareness of environmental issues is being generated at the highest levels.

— Nov 8, 2007

Walmart.com CEO Touts Growth

Walmart.com's chief executive Raul Vazquez is bullish about apparel. "I have high hopes for apparel," Vazquez said Wednesday. "We need to focus on basics like the stores.

— Nov 8, 2007

Beauty Beat: Fragrance Brands Propel Inter Parfums in 3rd Qtr...

Inter Parfums Inc. said Wednesday that sales and profits increased during the third quarter due to strength in its Gap, Banana Republic, Roxy, Paul Smith and Van Cleef & Arpels fragrance businesses.

— Nov 8, 2007

Memo Pad: Let's Make A Deal... Him Again... Calm Before the Storm?...

Ron Burkle and American Media Inc.'s David Pecker are said to be meeting with banks to finalize the financing for Source Interlink Co...

— Nov 8, 2007

Frette Moves Forward With Rollout, To Focus on Entering New Markets

Frette Inc. will open its 10th signature store in the U.S. at the Americana Manhasset Mall in Manhasset, N.Y., on the day after Thanksgiving.

— Nov 8, 2007

Intellectual Property Task Force Updates Committee on Efforts

In testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on intellectual property enforcement Wednesday, Kevin O'Connor, chairman of the Department of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property, updated committee members on the task force's efforts to...

— Nov 8, 2007

Plaid Behavior

Forget coordinating. This season, the freshest looks are layers of patterns - from plaids atop florals to checks over stripes.

— Nov 8, 2007

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