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WWD 01/04/2008

Keen on Simon Kneen: Banana Republic Taps New Creative Director

Banana Republic is getting serious about trading up. The fashion retailer appointed Simon Kneen, formerly of Brooks Brothers parent Retail Brand Alliance, as executive vice president of design and creative director.

Kellwood to Repurchase $80 Million of Its Stock

Confirming its belief in its future growth prospects, Kellwood Co. said Thursday it has entered into an $80 million accelerated share repurchase agreement...

— Jan 4, 2008

Keen on Simon Kneen: Banana Republic Taps New Creative Director

Banana Republic is getting serious about trading up. On Thursday, the fashion retailer appointed Simon Kneen.

— Jan 4, 2008

Critical Mass: Del Has Full Spring Lineup

Retailers hope Coty Inc. will plow forward with the bevy of new beauty products Del Laboratories has on its docket for 2008.

— Jan 4, 2008

Food and Beauty Pros Partner for Products

A Manhattan-based nutritionist has teamed up with a mass market beauty company to create a line of skin care products containing antioxidants believed to have antiaging effects.

— Jan 4, 2008

Reality Show Success Spurs Sunset Tan Growth

Sunset Tan is going national. The L.A.-based company is capitalizing on the spotlight provided by the E network to peddle its brand of tanning salon to franchisees.

— Jan 4, 2008

Brow Maven Eliza Opens Post at Exhale Spa

Another eyebrow queen cometh to conquer the celebrity lair.

— Jan 4, 2008

Apivita Sets Goal to Go Global in 2008

Athens-based skin care marketer Apivita is shifting its focus to the international stage, launching new products and upgrading packaging in a bid to top 32.5 million euros, or $47.9 million at current exchange, in sales for 2008.

— Jan 4, 2008

Avon Signs Orman As Financial Adviser

Avon Products Inc. has tapped renowned personal finance expert and award-winning television host Suze Orman to act as "special personal finance adviser" to Avon representatives, to offer them money management advice.

— Jan 4, 2008

Adding Up Beauty: Ricky's Flirts With Outer NYC Markets

Ricky's - the New York City retailer with a crass sense of humor and irreverent style - is growing up.

— Jan 4, 2008

Wet 'n' Wild Aims to Show 'Benefits' of Minerals

Markwins Wet 'n' Wild is diving into the mineral makeup market with Beauty Benefits, a new collection of color cosmetics containing lotus extract and marine minerals as the key ingredient.

— Jan 4, 2008

Philosophy Names Gretchen Price CFO

Philosophy Inc. has tapped former Procter & Gamble executive Gretchen Price as its chief financial officer.

— Jan 4, 2008

Local Luxe Franchises Flourishing in Turkey

Luxury is booming here, and it's making franchising a big business.

— Jan 4, 2008

Thailand Retail Anticipates Growth Under New Government

Thailand's largest retail property manager believes that business will improve in 2008 because of rising consumer confidence after the election last month...

— Jan 4, 2008

L'Oreal Stake in Armani Seen as Unlikely

Industry sources generally dismissed reports of a possible L'Oréal investment in Giorgio Armani, which resurfaced Wednesday in the Italian newspaper Milano Finanza.

— Jan 4, 2008

Dolce & Gabbana Taps New U.S. President

Dolce & Gabbana on Thursday named Christophe Albarran as president of its U.S. subsidiary, replacing Glenn McMahon, who left in August to become chief executive officer of St. John.

— Jan 4, 2008

In Brief: Theft At McQueen... Maus Builds Gant Stake

Alexander McQueen has become the latest victim of fashion thieves raiding London shops and studios.

— Jan 4, 2008

Down the Aisle

Vera Wang is tossing Bouquet, her newest fragrance, into this spring's fragrance fray. The scent, coming in April, will be available in about 500 specialty stores in the U.S. And that's not all that Wang has in the way of florals this spring: Flower...

— Jan 4, 2008

Jami Morse Heidegger Prepares to Reenter the Beauty Fray

Jami Morse Heidegger, who built Kiehl's Since 1851 into one of the brightest marquee names of the Nineties' indie boom, is stepping back into the ring.

— Jan 4, 2008

Letter to the Editor: Scent of Warhol

I read with interest your story about Andy Warhol and Bond No. 9 - describing Bond's latest Warhol-inspired fragrance (WWD, Dec. 28, page 6). I would like to add to the historical record.

— Jan 4, 2008

The Science of Covers: Celebs, Cleavage and Sparkle

In the early Eighties, People magazine founding editor Dick Stolley created "Stolley's Law of Covers," a mantra that some editors today can still recite from memory...

— Jan 4, 2008

Memo Pad: Last Laugh?... Like, the Constitution Is Sooo Hot... All Change...

Details editor in chief Dan Peres has been beaten up in the blogosphere and in print for deciding to put Kevin Federline...

— Jan 4, 2008

Hong Kong Market Comes of Age

Beauty is showing its true colors here. Walking down a street in Hong Kong just a decade ago, it was rare to spot women wearing foundation or nail polish. Now though, it's hard to find a bevy of better-groomed denizens anywhere.

— Jan 4, 2008

Cosmoprof Asia Attracts Niche Brands

This city has become a veritable magnet for niche brands - many of whose products have a "green" positioning - thanks in no small part to the Cosmoprof trade show, which focuses on natural health.

— Jan 4, 2008

The Secret Weapon

Until fairly recently, "diversity" on the air often amounted to an overweight wisecracking black guy or an Asian forensics investigator.

— Jan 4, 2008

Madame Alix Gres Exhibit Celebrates Fashion's 'Sphinx'

Madame Alix Gres will be getting her due at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where an exhibition in her honor is set to bow next month.

— Jan 4, 2008

Fashion Scoops: Farewell, Janet Brown... Bidding At the Chance...

The new year is going to have to get along without Janet Brown.

— Jan 4, 2008

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