Slimming Down at Jones: Group to Trim Moderate Brand Portfolio

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Gsus Industries, the Dutch company launched in 1993 as a wholesale and retail operation, is preparing to spread the brand’s gospel in the U.S.

Quiksilver Inc. appointed Carol Christopherson, president of retail, as president of the Roxy and Raisins brands for the American regions, effective June 1.

Jones Apparel Group plans to trim its brand portfolio – and Norton McNaughton and Erika could be among the first to go.

Yves Saint Laurent brought a little bit of the City of Light to New York on Tuesday night with a special screening of “Paris, je t’aime”

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New Balance is entering its second century with a new chief executive officer.

Lucy Activewear Inc., the 47-store active retailer that began as an e-commerce site, is moving toward an initial public offering, said chief executive officer Mike Edwards. It also is open to being acquired.

After decades of making other companies’ activewear, Los Angeles-based manufacturer A4 is introducing its own line.

Alice Roi is opening a pop-up store today in SoHo that will operate through Sunday and might be a prelude to a permanent shop in Manhattan.

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed Liz Claiborne Inc. on “CreditWatch,” following the $4.99 billion vendor’s gloomy first-quarter results Tuesday.

In a heavily scripted evening, an off-the-cuff comment stirred people up. At Tuesday’s National Magazine Awards, guests at Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center were surprised to see that perennial favorite New Yorker editor in chief David Remnick

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At its annual shareholders’ meeting in Menomonee Falls, Wis., on Wednesday, Kohl’s emphasized expansion and the development of exclusive merchandise, while crowing about strong financial results.

Barbara Hodes, owner and designer of Bibelot, a five-year-old contemporary knit line, began her business when a “special” sweater meant embellishment with embroidery or beading. Today, a special sweater is so much more than that.

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