Apparel’s Latest Blow: Trans-Atlantic Trade War Looms Over WTO Ruling

BALI BABY: The first Bulgari hotel hasn’t yet opened its doors, but the location is already set for resort number two. Bulgari Hotel & Resorts, the joint venture created by the Italian jeweler and the luxury division of Marriott…

Nongift apparel is seen realizing the biggest percentage growth in spending this holiday season among a half-dozen segments, said a new survey.

The Black Panthers set out to make a political statement, but they also made one in fashion.

Heath’s models…breakfast of champions.

Banana Republic is reinventing itself with a renewed emphasis on fashion, and it staged a spring runway show to prove the point.

WASHINGTON — China fever in the nation’s capital shows no sign of subsiding.

This time it’s the lobbying arms of apparel retailers and apparel and textile importers taking their turn, but in opposition to imposing limits on…

ALAIA ARRIVES: 10 Comme Ltd., a joint venture between Comme des Garçons and Carla Sozzani, signed an agreement with Azzedine Alaïa for the exclusive importation and distribution of the designer’s brand within Japan. 10 Comme…

A report from the Ideacomo trade fair in Italy, where classic florals, both printed and jacquard, and geometric prints were tops.

GENEVA — The global trade in clothing grew by 4 percent last year, to reach $201 billion, according to a World Trade Organization study released last week. That represented a recovery from the 2 percent contraction in trade the previous…

GENEVA — Global yarn production contracted by 3.6 percent in the second quarter of 2003, marking the largest drop seen since 1998, when the textile industry was feeling the hangover of the Asian currency collapse, according to a recently released…

NEW YORK — It’s all about the yarn. That’s what students at the Fashion Institute of Technology found out when designing their creations for the new exhibit “Let Us Spin You a Yarn: FIT Students Design With Lion Brand…

TOKYO — A pair of major Japanese synthetic-fiber manufacturers, Toray and Teijin, last week reported dramatically improved first-half profits, after having taken heavy one-time charges in the prior-year period.

Toray Industries Group said…

NEW YORK — The Channel, a new invitation-only buying event that planned to link select specialty stores with designers and manufacturers, has been canceled because of lack of participation from vendors.

The first show was slated for Feb….

COUNTDOWN: Who breached first?

As the trial of Rosie O’Donnell and Gruner + Jahr wraps up in New York State Supreme Court, that’s the question that will ultimately decide who wins the case and who, if anyone, takes the…

Pacific Sunwear of California shined brightly Monday, reporting a 54.1 percent gain in third-quarter profits, driven by double-digit sales gains.

NEW YORK — Long known for its collections of wearable and stylish basics, Banana Republic put on its first runway show on Thursday night. The spring styles were a departure from those of the brand’s origins — a catalogue of…

U.S. apparel makers, already hard-pressed by a glut of cheap imports, were chilled by the threat of a trans-Atlantic trade war over U.S. steel duties.

Courvoisier is making a splash in fashion and launching a line of apparel for fall called House of Courvoisier.

Liz Claiborne Inc. could be taking it to the street with an acquisition of Enyce, an urban brand owned by Fila.

After a two-month search, One Price Clothing Stores on Monday named John Disa chief executive officer for the troubled 552-store chain.

MATERNITY LOOK BOOK: While making maternity clothes for celebrities such as Katie Couric, Jodie Foster, Demi Moore and Cindy Crawford, M designer Lauren Sara has shared her countless tips on how to dress around the bump. Now, the Bala Cynwyd,…

Dennis Basso’s first store opens.

NEW YORK — An expected plunge in sales flipped Tefron Ltd. to a loss in the third quarter.

For the three months ended Sept. 30, the Bnei-Brak, Israel-based seamless intimate apparel and activewear manufacturer posted a net loss of $1.1…

PARIS — Buoyed by a strong third quarter, Germany’s Puma AG on Thursday projected full-year profit would at least double to $284.2 million.

This would represent a continuation of the third-quarter trend, when the sporting goods and…

NEW YORK — Imagine a great Christmas for retailers this year, with high single-digit gains. Or a “department store revival,” with exclusive merchandise covering most of the floor space. And what about no apparel…

NEW YORK — Style.com is upping the ante for its fashion-savvy audience.

The Web site today will launch a holiday shop featuring designer goods from luxury labels such as Chanel, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and Versace.

“We…

• DONE DEAL FOR DEBENHAMS: Debenhams is in private hands after shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the pumped-up bid tendered last month by Baroness Retail, controlled by CVC Capital Partners and Texas Pacific Group, at a…
  

Johnston’s, a Scottish cashmere supplier, is exclusive to Cashmere Inc. This point was incorrect in a story on Greenwich retailing on page 6, Friday.

Lisa Schultz, Kmart’s chief creative officer, will work in tandem with the chief…

NEW YORk — Stein Mart Inc., the Jacksonville, Fla.-based off-price retailer, said Gwen K. Manto has resigned as vice chairman and chief merchandising officer to pursue other interests.

She also stepped down from Stein Mart’s board…

MILAN — Simona Fendi Saracino, daughter of Paola Fendi, died Sunday morning of an embolus, or blockage in the bloodstream. She was 38.

After working at fur auction house Hudson’s Bay in Winnipeg, and training at fur centers in…

Soap and candle marketer Red Flower hopes some new strategies will help propagate its budding beauty business.

NEW YORK — A memorial service for C.Z. Guest, who died at the age of 83 at her home in Old Westbury, N.Y., on Saturday, will be held on Nov. 15 at the Church of the Advent in Westbury, N.Y.

An American fashion icon and social star, Guest…

PARIS — Offering a rare glimpse into the objects that inspire its designs, Hermès on Thursday feted a coffee-table book “La Beaute en Voyage,” or “Beauty on Holiday” (Editions Cercle d’Art). It’s devoted…