Contract Battle: Limited Beats May in Court and Gets Exec

Club Monaco is rolling out stand-alone accessories departments, beginning with first area at its Fifth Avenue store in New York.

CORD CALLING: Accessories designer Barry Kieselstein-Cord is scouting locations for a store in uptown Manhattan and is planning to move out of his SoHo flagship and into another location within that city neighborhood by Jan. 1. The…

NEW YORK — Claire’s Stores Inc., a low-price jewelry and accessories retailer, reported its third-quarter profits more than doubled.

Concurrently, the company said its board elected Bonnie Schaefer and Marla Schaefer, Rowland…

NEW YORK — Backed by a big corporate parent and inspired by the sensual tones and textures of his native Cuba, men’s wear designer Eddie Rodriguez is branching out into women’s wear, home products and retailing.

Rodriguez…

MOSCOW NIGHTS: Versace will kick off Moscow’s fashion week on Tuesday, presenting four shows throughout that evening — the men’s and women’s fall/winter 2003-04 and spring/summer 2004 collections. “We are happy and…

NEW YORK — Anyone who names a book series “The Art of Living Well” must have some experience on the subject. Umberto Angeloni, businessman, aesthete and bon vivant, is an expert.

While the phrase “bon vivant” seems…

NEW YORK — As dapper as ever, the 82-year-old Ira Neimark enters the “teppan” grill room at the Japanese restaurant Otabe on East 56th Street in a Turnbull & Asser suit, Charvet shirt and Hermès tie. It’s hard to imagine…

May Co. lost its court attempt to prevent a former executive from working at Victoria’s Secret. The ruling has implications for non-compete clauses.

They sell seashells: Designers often look to nature for inspiration and for spring accessories they’ve turned to the natural beauty of seashells.

LVMH did the corporate shuffle again Friday, naming new chief executives for its Christian Lacroix and Kenzo fashion houses.

A strong euro and weak dollar are hammering European balance sheets and threatening Americans’ ability to purchase goods from the continent.

WASHINGTON — The top trade officials from 34 countries agreed on a blueprint in Miami last week that appears to scale back the scope of a hemispheric trade zone and make its long-term future uncertain.

Trade ministers signed off on a…

KIMMEL TO BE HONORED: The Anti-Defamation League will honor Sidney Kimmel, chairman and founder of Jones Apparel Group, with its Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware region’s 26th annual Americanism Award. The award will be presented at the…

MILAN — Marzotto is not expecting profit and revenue growth this year, but the company’s executives told analysts Thursday that 2004 should be brighter, citing a double-digit jump in Valentino’s spring orders and the successful…

Jeff Walker, a Koch executive, will become chairman and ceo of Invista, with Steve McCracken tapped as president and chief operating officer.

Diego Dalla Palma has reentered the cosmetics market in a flurry of color that has seen a 30 percent increase in sales in six months.

FACE TIME: When Jennifer Lopez was the face of your last ad campaign, how do you top it? With six beautiful faces, of course. That’s what Louis Vuitton is doing next season, organizing a mega-model reunion of sorts. The spring…

A chat with Rosie Stancer, great niece of the late Queen Mother, who has embarked on a solo trek to the South Pole.

Tea with Candace Bushnell.

The quest for fresh merchandise lead the action at the November market, as a way to counter the sluggish consumer purchasing.

H&M GETS UNDRESSED: H&M, the Swedish retail phenomenon, is expanding its lingerie campaign in the U.S.

A spokeswoman for the Stockholm-based retailer said it has been doing lingerie since 1986, primarily in Europe, and now wants to put…

NEW YORK — The normally staid Bergdorf Goodman was hopping Thursday night, as it feted its holiday windows, a new book from visual merchandising vice president Linda Fargo and its collaboration with Swarovski, which includes crystal chandeliers…