Ferruccio Ferragamo was confirmed chairman with executive powers and James Ferragamo was named vice chairman.

Called ArtLab and based outside Florence, it covers almost 400,000 square feet and employs 800 workers.

The two companies have reached an agreement after nine years of court battles.

A company spokeswoman said Ferragamo is now focused on its organizational structure, addressing rumors that Gucci veteran Micaela Le Divelec could be headed to the Florence-based firm as its new ceo.

The capsule, called #GucciHallucination, will launch exclusively on Gucci.com on April 11.

Cult Russian streetwear designer Gosha Rubchinskiy counts among the new converts.

Alessandro Michele’s brilliant fall collection for Gucci featured wondrously out-there, out-of-context MLB logos. But don’t mention it. Baseball can’t.

Threads Styling is pioneering a new luxury retail model that uses social platforms to reach its young, affluent customer base in a personal way.

Nike is still on top, but Adidas and Hermès are gaining traction.

Transitional season? Maybe yes, maybe. no. Either way, fall 2018 has its high points and its oddities, too.

The retailer is to open in Palo Alto in August at a “really good time” for specialty stores.

The initiative aims to bring clean water to women and children in Burundi.

The French retailer plans to bring more streetwear brands into the Marais cluster surrounding its future Eataly flagship in Paris.

Southern retailer extends its influence with e-commerce site and app.

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors hope that the city’s anti-fur ban will be copies by other cities and countries.