Sycamore to Buy Talbots for $369M

Spring merchandise receipts get mostly favorable reviews.

In an abrupt change in direction, the specialty chain will be acquired by the private equity firm for less than was previously offered.

Creating accessibility to beauty products is a mission of Joe Magnacca, president, daily living products and solutions at the company.

Beauty brand has a three-year rolling portfolio strategy across all segments identifying launches through the first quarter of 2015.

The ceo of Ulta believes good ideas, hard work and measured risk taking are what propel executives up the corporate ladder.

Brick-and-mortar retailers can survive the digital era by incorporating aspects of reaching consumers online.

Co-founder and chief executive officer of John Paul Mitchell Systems says if you build your industry you’ll build your company.

In order for beauty companies to lead tomorrow, their executives have to go where customers are leading them, he emphasized.

In the beauty executive’s view, the equity of a brand is not defined by channel — as has been the practice in the past.

When it comes to building a beauty brand, it’s no longer just about shelf space; technology has flattened the playing field.

Ethnic beauty can’t be confined to part of a cosmetics wall that changes infrequently, nor confined to a handful of doors in urban areas.

It’s important to be flexible and embrace all of the new cultures entering stores, according to Marigay McKee, the retailer’s chief merchant.

When the company had operating losses in 2004, it did some serious soul-searching to identify its raison d’être, the executive said.

Success with the African-American market doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all approach, the ceo of Johnson Publishing said.

Company is focused on attacking many of the vexing problems still unsolved within the beauty industry.

At the WWD Beauty CEO Summit, the L’Oréal chairman pointed to major shifts in the industry: The consumer has become universal, digital and socially responsible.

The industry’s sales are growing dramatically, having doubled between 2006 and 2011, when revenues reached $4.25 billion.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are the brand’s new creative directors.

The executive vice president of Shanghai Jahwa talks about the success of Herbalist.

YSL parent signed a lease to move to the Left Bank.

Three women representing three expanding key demographics shared their insights about the ever-evolving U.S. market.

The move will allow it to focus on growing the Nike, Jordan, Converse and Hurley divisions.

The designer’s fashion show and party brought out 1,000 people, including rock legend Tina Turner.

The company has bought the licenses of Ed Hardy, True Religion and BCBG Max Azria from New Wave Fragrances LLC.

Emceeing the event, which aimed to raise enough in one night for one million school meals, was former Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams.

Mayor says bill is onerous and legally flawed.

Department store has taken the lead among in retailing celebrity fragrances.

With the financial restructuring, the brand will no longer be financed by Kellwood Co., although it will retain a minority stake in the brand.

Those who like a little fashion with their art will find themselves in fusion heaven when the curtain rises on the retailer’s new windows.

Sales in March were helped by an early Easter and an early spring, and retailers gave back those benefits in a less seasonal, less holiday-laden April.

For three days in May, top leaders of the global cosmetics industry gathered in Palm Beach, Fla., to discuss the shifting landscape.

Robert Duffy will be honored with the Piaget Award of Inspiration at the event next Thursday at the New York Public Library.

In addition to the students, the audience included Erdem Moralioglu, Christopher Kane and Rupert Everett.

With the launch of the redesign, visitors can shop at the new online boutique, check out staffers’ picks for exhibitions and browse the current issue.

Bonnie Fuller has named Jennifer Tzeses the site’s new beauty director.

Executive editor Jim Baker will publish his debut novel, “The Empty Glass,” in July.

Britons are gearing up to celebrate the Queen’s 60 years this weekend with a four-day holiday and plenty of special events.