Averting the P.R. Fiasco: Retailers Taking Action To Build a Better Image

The City of Light glows this season as optimism returns to Paris and new and improved trade shows are ushered in.

British trade show organizers forecast a bright season ahead as scheduling changes and new markets lure vendors and buyers.

Trade show traffic is on the upswing and organizers here are responding with some new features for this year’s editions.

Size counts this season in Germany, where exhibition organizers are both expanding and contracting to better respond to market needs.

It’s a space race in Australia as successful trade fairs look to expand.

Exhibitionism reigns in Asia, where trade show producers hope to reach both a local and international market.

Show hopping? Take a break and check out some of these happening hot spots around the globe.

With tough times dissipating and fair changes welcomed by vendors and buyers, international trade show organizers are optimistic about the upcoming season.

NEW YORK — Calling all sports fans. This season, athletic-inspired looks were well represented on the runways, but that didn’t mean a generic line of gym gear. Designers are keeping things light with layered tops, shrunken sweatshirts and…

In the post-Enron era, executives from all areas of business, including retail, are taking steps to ensure that their reputations remain solid.

The word JAMS is a trademark belonging to Surf Line Hawaii Ltd. It was used generically to refer to Hawaiian print beachwear in a caption on page 1, Sept. 26.

Kellwood Co.’s slew of deals helped provide fat bottom-line growth and top-line gains, as it said third-quarter earnings vaulted 43.4 percent.

An improved job market put Americans in a more festive mood this month and sent the Consumer Confidence index to its highest level in 14 months.

NEW YORK — Don’t expect major changes any time soon.

That was the word from Bon-Ton Stores Inc. Tuesday regarding its acquisition of Elder-Beerman Stores Corp., a deal that closed just a month ago.

“For now our efforts…

Lili Safra dedicates the Edmund J. Safra Hall…All about the upcoming 13th Annual Crillon Haute Couture Ball…Who’s right for Wills?

It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, but Italian trade show producers seek to offer up the best in show.

NEW YORK — Estée Lauder is continuing its push to modernize its flagship brand with a new ad campaign featuring its trio of supermodels.

Beginning in January, the brand will unveil a sexy new ad lineup shot by fashion photographer…

Branded vendors are feeling the squeeze as retailers sharpen their private label programs, and here’s what they’re doing about it.

NEW YORK — Fashion marketers beware.

If author-psychologist Barry Schwartz has his way, people will strip down their decision making and start choosing what to buy from a significantly smaller range of options, including the fashions they…

BRAND UNPOPULARITY: Fashion brands were left in the dust by those from other parts of the U.S. and U.K. economies, when people ranked the three brands they considered best among any on offer. The rankings came in Harris Interactive polls fielded this…

NEW YORK — You wake up in Calvin Klein Land, in a bed that’s a tasteful shade of gray in a bedroom filled with his furniture, including a dresser packed with his underwear. Padding down the hall, you pass through the Armani living room,…

BUENOS AIRES, BIG APPLE: Large screens featuring baroque Caravaggio paintings might seem like an odd choice for a store that focuses mostly on modern Italian furniture, but that’s just the contrast Monica Melhem was aiming for with M at Mercer,…

GETTING HOUSE IN ORDER: Benetton’s shareholders Tuesday approved an internal reorganization plan to boost efficiency and competitiveness at the company. The firm will group together certain operations into three clearly defined units to…

NEW YORK — Anna Sui has taken the idea to heart that her work space should reflect a “home away from home,” as both her residence and her new offices were designed with the same architect, Brad Floyd.

When the designer…

ROME — Six winters ago, Enrico Quinto was on the slopes of Kitzbuhel, Austria, ski poles in one hand and cell phone in the other, instructing a friend who was bidding for him at an auction at Bergdorf Goodman.

Quinto, a fashion collector,…

BRAVO L.A.: Sure, Burberry chief executive officer Rose Marie Bravo appeared excited over being able to showcase the Prorsum men’s and women’s collections for the first time in Los Angeles as they were shown on the Milan runway. But at…

SHORT HILLS, N.J. — Black-tie events can be slow and stuffy, but that was hardly the case at a recent Neiman Marcus party here.

Neiman’s branch in the Mall at Short Hills — among the luxury chain’s best performers…

Interior design makes the difference.

Luigi Maramotti on the creative journey.

Neal Goldberg, president of Gap’s outlet division, resigns.

BEVERLY HILLS — For Zac Posen, the highlight of an engaged week that began with a trunk show and ended with seeing Nicole Kidman honored at a Hollywood gala (where Anjelica Huston wore one of his designs) was meeting the not-so-famous women who…

NEW YORK — A decade after launching Vibe, Keith Clinkscales’ dream of building an African-American-themed magazine empire came to an end on Tuesday.

Vanguarde Media, which publishes Honey, Savoy, and Heart & Soul, filed for Chapter…

NEW YORK — Always sell your business in the first quarter and always take cash.

And, if you can manage it, don’t sell your business at all.

Those aren’t necessarily the words one would expect from an investment banker,…