Dissecting Dillard’s: Retailer’s Loss Widens, No Turnaround in Sight

Who doesn’t want to lighten things up for spring? Certainly not the denim market, where this season, be it skinny or belle, it’s all about those icy blue hues.

The Talbots Inc. and Charming Shoppes Inc. landed in the red in the second quarter.

After eight months on the market, Rossignol Group has found a new home with a familiar leader.

Retailer’s sales fall 2.5 percent.

Shed clothing, don aprons to raise awareness for environmental issues.

Gianfranco Ferre parent hit by costs.

Growth in Europe key to revenue, earnings expansion.

Restructuring and severance charges weigh on bottom line.

A better-than-expected performance by durable goods orders sent the stock market higher Wednesday.

The top 10 most-searched-for fashion brands online during the month of July.

Most-searched brands reveal fashion zeitgeist.

Michael Francis becomes EVP and chief marketing officer.

Clinician on site to answer questions.

American Media Inc. is back in the headlines, but this time around it has nothing to do with the National Enquirer or John Edwards.

Australian historian Robert Hughes once described the British fleet’s arrival in Sydney Cove as the 18th-century equivalent of traveling to the moon.

Eating, drinking and shopping in Sydney.

CITY CENTER POPULATION… METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION… AUSTRALIA POPULATION… SYDNEY MEDIAN AGE…

State Street could be next location.

Xers have bridged analog and digital worlds.

The 32-year-old, who is half Japanese, half American, with Swedish citizenship, joins a very limited pool of female executives in Japan.

Levi Strauss and workwear-inspired fashion label Operations are teaming up for fall.

Who doesn’t love a good leather jacket? Certainly not the folks at William Rast, who turned out this buffalo skin version with an exaggerated ribbed collar.

Designer and DNC treasurer in a Q&A.

Convention needs a dash of color.

Bobbi Brown’s Biden Gig… Sean Penn on Hillary

The “Gone Baby Gone” actress joins NBC’s smash comedy for six episodes this season.

A Q&A with L.A.’s hip clubster.

Firm to launch innerwear and beachwear.

After meeting fashion designers at a dinner held at Calvin Klein’s home in June, Michelle Obama will get her chance to meet entertainment types in Los Angeles.

Jewelry firm unveils first freestanding retail unit.

Major mall attracts top luxury brands.