Contemporary A Go-Go: With Growth in Sector, Scoop Exands Abroad

European private equity group Permira Holdings is one step closer to owning 100 percent of Valentino Fashion Group SpA.

Boucheron, the Paris jewelry house that belongs to French retail and luxury conglomerate PPR, has concluded a deal to open 10 freestanding stores in China over the next five years.

Barneys New York believes designer labels will be a stronger draw even in casual, laid-back Seattle.

British retailer New Look has been taken off the block after its owners, private equity groups Apax Partners and Permira, failed to achieve the 1.8 billion pound, or $3.7 billion at current exchange, price tag they had put on the fast-fashion chain.

Boucheron, the Paris jewelry house that belongs to French retail and luxury conglomerate PPR, has concluded a deal to open 10 freestanding stores in China over the next five years.

Summer in France: rose wine, acres of blooming lavender, the Tour de France – and endless traffic jams as the entire nation seemingly hits the road, especially come August.

Scoop is dipping its toes into the Aegean Sea in the first step of a planned international rollout.

Federation Internationale de Football Association, the world governing body of soccer, is out to turn itself into a brand.

The German sports lifestyle brand will launch its Complete Bodywear Collection this fall, putting its own stamp on a category made hot by Under Armour.

Prince Sports Inc., best known for its rackets and hard goods, is taking its activewear in-house for spring to make apparel a corporate focus.

Jones Apparel Group wants to breathe new life into its L.E.I. junior denim brand with a fresh look for fall.

Aiden Dinh wants to do the right thing.

Members of the so-called New York media elite have been accused of many things, but excessive athletic fervor – or skill – is rarely one of them.

The top emerging countries for global retail expansion.

There’s no question the contemporary market is booming. And for those designers riding the wave, expansion means not only launching new product categories, but opening their own stores on a worldwide scale.

The back-to-school shopping season is right around the corner and with teen spending up, analysts believe the age group will be in the stores well before they hit the books.

Pitted against each other for the past two years in the Federal Court of Australia – and on the front steps of some of the world’s biggest retailers – Australian Wool Innovation and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have reached a…

Claude Pompidou, the former first lady of France and a regular at the couture shows, died Tuesday at her home in Paris. She was 94.

Harry Bulova Henshel, former chairman and chief executive officer of Bulova Corp., died Friday at 88.

Frederic Malle has set his sights on Manhattan.

Since its debut in the Forties, the three-wheel car the “Ape” (bee in Italian) has been spotted careening around streets of small Italian towns selling fruit, fish and flowers.

Italy’s Aeffe SpA, which is preparing to go public this summer, has inked a renewal contract for the production and distribution of Jean Paul Gaultier ready-to-wear.

While Karl Lagerfeld turned out meticulous looks that celebrated modern women’s power ala Coco Chanel, Christian Lacroix went for complete couture drama: feathers, furs and exaggerated chapeaux.

The latest campaign for Dom Perignon reunites two of Germany’s most famous fashion exports.