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WWD 02/20/2008

WWD 02/20/2008

Makeover at Dillard's: Store Moving Upscale, Adding More Fashion

As activist investors raise the heat, Dillard's Inc. says its turnaround strategy is sound but concedes that reinventing a department store takes time.

In Brief: Versace Sales Up... Lejaby Sold... Hampshire Gets Credit...

Revenue at Gianni Versace SpA grew 7.7 percent in 2007 to 310.6 million euros, or $425.8 million at average rates of exchange, the company said Sunday.
— Feb 20, 2008

Wal-Mart Reports $4.1 Billion 4th-Qtr. Profit

Recession or not, penny-pinching plays to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s strength as the retail giant posted a 4 percent profit gain on an 8.3 percent sales increase.
— Feb 20, 2008

Showtime for Madewell on Broadway

Millard "Mickey" Drexler is pumped up and for good reason. He's touring the Madewell flagship in New York's SoHo, seeing it for the first time stocked with...
— Feb 20, 2008

Sun Capital Finishes Deal For Kellwood

Sun Capital Securities Group LLC has completed its $762 million cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Kellwood Co.
— Feb 20, 2008

Memo Pad: The Understated Journal Gets Emphatic About Punctuation...

Let the inevitable comparisons to The New York Times' T begin: The Wall Street Journal's new glossy magazine has officially jettisoned the name Pursuits in favor of...WSJ.
— Feb 20, 2008

Vionnet Brand Setting Stage For Expansion

The house of Vionnet, which parted ways with designer Marc Audibet last month after just one season, is trying to get back on track.
— Feb 20, 2008

MaxMara's Art History

The Collezione Maramotti, comprising more than 600 works by contemporary artists assembled by MaxMara's Maramotti family, is priceless - literally.
— Feb 20, 2008

Texas Retailer Grace Jones, 87

Grace Jones, a retailer who introduced central Texans to designer labels in the Sixties, died of pneumonia Saturday at her home in Gonzales, Tex., said a friend, Jane Sibley. She was 87.
— Feb 20, 2008

Clubbing With Cavalli

Interior design is Roberto Cavalli's latest siren call.
— Feb 20, 2008

Wolfgang Ley Returns to Fashion

Wolfgang Ley, founder and ex-chief executive officer of Escada, is getting back into fashion action.
— Feb 20, 2008

SNY Dials Up Fashion Connections

Since its genesis in 2006, cable TV's SportsNet New York has aimed to broadcast high school sports. So why would the regional sports channel look to a fashion, film and music marketing agency like Cornerstone Promotions to help get its first such...
— Feb 20, 2008

For Apparel Brand Loyalists, the Fundamental Things Apply

In a time when value and convenience have lured growing numbers of shoppers, it's the fundamental appeal of fashion goods themselves that is most likely to inspire repeat visits to particular stores, said the apparel consumers among the 26,000 adults...
— Feb 20, 2008

Slowing Economy Sets Tone for Buyers at MAGIC Shows

Economic reality took some of the luster from MAGIC Marketplace and the satellite trade shows here, as buyers factored in price first and vendors tweaked their strategies to appeal to cost-conscious consumers.
— Feb 20, 2008

Price and Style Run in Tandem at Project

Despite its focus on cutting-edge trends in contemporary sportswear and premium denim, Project isn't immune to the vagaries of the economy.
— Feb 20, 2008

Renovated Stuart Weitzman Open for Business in Beverly

After updating boutiques in Europe and Asia, Stuart Weitzman brought his new store concept to the U.S. Monday when he unveiled his revamped Beverly Hills store.
— Feb 20, 2008

Color Trumps Economy at StyleMax

Despite the troubled economy, business was brisk at StyleMax, Chicago's largest women's apparel market, where Midwest retailers reacted well to color-driven early fall merchandise.
— Feb 20, 2008

Teri Jon Unites Its Brands

Last July, marketing consultancy Brand Keys Inc. issued its annual list of people's favorite brands to wear, and Teri Jon came in seventh, right after the likes of Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren.
— Feb 20, 2008

Ferragamo Names IPO Banks

Ferragamo SpA has named the banks for the company's planned listing on the Milan Stock Exchange this year.
— Feb 20, 2008

Price Concern a Focus At Rtw Trade Shows

The hotel ready-to-wear trade shows here felt more like watching "Wall Street Week" than "Project Runway."
— Feb 20, 2008

Beauty Beat: Integration Costs Hit Givaudan Profits...

Givaudan posted full-year 2007 net profits of 94 million Swiss francs, or $78 million at average exchange, down 77 percent year-on-year.
— Feb 20, 2008

Makeover at Dillard's: Store Moving Upscale, Adding More Fashion

As activist investors raise the heat, Dillard's Inc. says its turnaround strategy is sound but concedes that reinventing a department store takes time.
— Feb 20, 2008

Polo, Penney's Roll Out American Living

Now that American Living, the brainchild of Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.'s new Global Brand Concepts division, is rolling out to 600 J.C. Penney stores nationwide, the question is: What's next?
— Feb 20, 2008

Tommy Inks Intimates Pact With Delta Galil

The Tommy Hilfiger Group has signed a three-year licensing agreement with Delta Galil Industries to produce, market and distribute a collection of bras, panties and daywear bearing the Tommy Hilfiger name.
— Feb 20, 2008

Mixed Company

The Milan collections offered a little bit of everything: superbright colors, furry embellishments and even ironic military touches.
— Feb 20, 2008

Looking East

Proving that his first season's success at Bally wasn't just beginner's luck, Brian Atwood followed it up with a fall collection that again combined the brand's signature luxury with a modern, relaxed elegance. Atwood struck a chord of bohemian cool...
— Feb 20, 2008

Renaissance Man

"A festival of archives" is the phrase artistic director Gianluca Lera uses to describe Bulgari's fall handbag collection. And, indeed, he drew inspiration from a variety of eras and metiers.
— Feb 20, 2008

Simple and Real

There's more than one way to create a confident, distinctive collection. Raf Simons did it for Jil Sander with beautifully austere looks, while Tomas Maier made an impact at Bottega Veneta with terrific grown-up clothes.
— Feb 20, 2008

Fashion Scoops: Family Affair... Nautica Closing Bell... Join The Club...

It was a meeting of the voices at Blumarine. The Indonesian singer Anggun and the Israeli Noa improvised a brief duet before the show, egged on by a journalist.
— Feb 20, 2008

Miuccia Plays The Lace Card

Miuccia Prada moved in a new direction this season, creating a stunning Prada fall collection that was full of lace in strong, clean-lined shapes.
— Feb 20, 2008

Robertson Out at Old Navy

Dawn Robertson, president of Gap Inc.'s struggling Old Navy brand, has left after 16 months on the job.
— Feb 20, 2008

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