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WWD 2008/04/29

Few Spring Blossoms: Stores Face Tough Times With Desginer Business

These are tough times to be in designer retailing. Battling escalating prices for European collections and the shaky economy, American department and specialty store are facing particular challenges with their designer business this spring.

In Brief: Cunnington Takes Top Honors... Wet Seal's World...

A well-executed collection of voluminous black wool dresses earned British designer Matthew Cunnington top honors at the 23rd International Festival of...

— Apr 29, 2008

Alberto-Culver Net Gains 28.7%

Second-quarter profits at Alberto-Culver Co. jumped 28.7 percent to $29 million, from $22.6 million last year, on sales that rose 7.7 percent.

— Apr 29, 2008

Aeropostale's Puerto Rico Push

Aeropostale Inc. is arriving in Puerto Rico with a three-store rollout and plans for more.

— Apr 29, 2008

Memo Pad: Hitting Back... We'll Take It!...

As practiced outrage spread through America on Monday over Miley Cyrus' back-baring photos for Vanity Fair ("Miley's Shame" boomed the front of The New York...

— Apr 29, 2008

Shoppers Calling for a Little In-Store Psychology

Retail therapy has rarely been taken so literally.

— Apr 29, 2008

Sigerson Morrison Hits Malibu

Kari Sigerson and Miranda Morrison are bringing the understated urban chic of their footwear to the mellow confines of Malibu, Calif.

— Apr 29, 2008

Southwest Business Picks Up Steam

Spring business started late in Texas as unseasonably cool weather impacted shopping in March.

— Apr 29, 2008

Southeast Customers Crave Own Style

Southeast designer retailers report spring business as flat with last year, and say it is being driven by affluent consumers less affected by economic factors.

— Apr 29, 2008

Price Key At The Major Stores

"There is only resistance to high price when the prices on a relative basis seem out of line," said Gold of Bergdorf's.

— Apr 29, 2008

Guitar Hero

Musician David Saw believes in good luck charms: Among the many objects the 33-year-old carries in the pocket of his favorite brown velvet blazer is a jade...

— Apr 29, 2008

Eye Scoop: Derby To-Do... Tribeca Report...

Given the frenzy of photographers, television crews and fawning women who swarmed Mark Badgley and James Mischka at the 23rd annual Derby gala held in...

— Apr 29, 2008

Hot Shot

Most 42-year-old actresses wouldn't jump at the chance to spend ample time on screen sans makeup, clean hair and other usual signifiers of feminine...

— Apr 29, 2008

Few Spring Blossoms: Stores Face Tough Times With Designer Business

These are tough times to be in designer retailing.

— Apr 29, 2008

Mauritius Moves to Rebuild

The Indian Ocean island state of Mauritius wants to revive its textile and apparel industry after the sector lost thousands of jobs and Hong Kong-based firms halted operations when the global quota regime ended in 2005, a new report said.

— Apr 29, 2008

The Fiber Price Sheet

The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, in the case of crude oil, one barrel.

— Apr 29, 2008

Brands Address China Approach

Almost every luxury brand is buzzing about China, but few ever talk about some of the cultural nuances and the necessity of understanding them that doing business there comprises.

— Apr 29, 2008

Swatches: Tariffs On Honduras... EU Cites U.S. Trade Barriers...

The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it will impose a 5 percent tariff on cotton socks imported from Honduras for six months in an effort to give relief to U.S. manufacturers who said they have been hurt by surging imports from Honduras.

— Apr 29, 2008

Fashion Scoops: Batteries Not Included... Letting It Rip... Speed Demons...

For every stiletto wearer whose cell phone, BlackBerry or iPhone has run out of power at the exact wrong time, there's now a chic and portable way to recharge.

— Apr 29, 2008

Tarrant Founders Look to Purchase Public Shares

Gerard Guez and Todd Kay, founders and executive officers of Tarrant Apparel Group, said Monday they are proposing to acquire the company's outstanding publicly held shares.

— Apr 29, 2008

Blass New York's Independent Approach

The Bill Blass New York showroom at 501 Seventh Avenue is an elegant space with white furnishings, blonde wood accents and a large round table in the center of the room at which buyers can sit and write orders.

— Apr 29, 2008

Vertu Opening at Plaza Hotel

The redeveloped Plaza Hotel is about to have its first new boutique opening.

— Apr 29, 2008

Special Prices Sell In Boston

In tough times, Boston specialty retailer Alan Bilzerian orders at least one extravagant piece where, as he puts it, "the ink is dripping off your hand as you write it," he said.

— Apr 29, 2008

Chicago Women Seek "WOW" Factor

At Jake, three upscale boutiques in and around Chicago, the city's winter weather and colder spring have affected sales more than the economic downturn.

— Apr 29, 2008

Casual Still Clicking In Los Angeles

"Customers are buying a lot of yellows and oranges," said Tifani Wilt, fashion director of Macy's West. "Anything with a fresh and new look, as well as prints or solids. Also, items with feminine detailing in sleeves or necklines, for instance, are...

— Apr 29, 2008

Jump-starting J. Jill

While the fit remains relaxed, there's nothing laid-back about the attitude inside J. Jill.

— Apr 29, 2008

Playing Around

American Eagle Outfitters gave a presentation of the fall offerings of its three collections on Thursday.

— Apr 29, 2008

Honoree Rowley Tells Students 'You Can Do It'

Cynthia Rowley took time out from a whirlwind schedule last week to accept Marymount University's Designer of the Year award and counsel graduating fashion design and merchandising students.

— Apr 29, 2008

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