Inquiry Takes Toll on Hilfiger Shares

Exhibitors and attendees at Première Vision said some of the most directional fabrics were lighter weight than previous fall seasons.

KaDeWe: On the Cutting Edge in Germany

BERLIN — The beauty department at KaDeWe, Germany’s largest department store, has just gotten bigger, much brighter and — professional and popular consensus says —…

With her baby turning one and her Nuala business set to celebrate its fifth, Christy Turlington has sized up her collection and is making changes.

NEW YORK — Ramosport by E2’s trenchcoats were the centerpiece of a one-day photography exhibition in a trendy Chelsea art gallery, and now the show is hitting the road to be displayed in stores.

The Paris-based company tapped…

NEW YORK — Now that her name is on a new museum, Lee Young Hee is working to broaden her reach in the U.S.

The Korean designer was here last week for the opening of the first Korean museum, the Lee Young Hee Museum at 2 West 32nd Street….

NEW YORK — The easy part of Gap Inc.’s recovery seems to have passed, and analysts are now questioning how strong the retailer’s near-term results will be. Ever-increasing competition, weak traffic levels, difficult upcoming sales…

With 95 days remaining until the expiration of the quota system, executives in the $320 billion global apparel and textile business are faced with critical decisions.

HONG KONG — As they prepare for the end of quotas on Jan. 1 — an event that most people in the apparel industry expect to be a boon for China — executives here are wondering just how the historic event will play out for…

Political, industrial and diplomatic winds are swirling into a hurricane of criticism over the possibility of the U.S. moving to limit its imports from China through safeguard quotas.

The expiration of the quota system that has regulated the world’s apparel and textile trade for more than three decades will be an epoch-making event.

Assessments of 28 key manufacturing countries.

CHENNAI, India — In late August, Indian company Raymond Ltd. opened a new plant outside the southern city of Bangalore to make trousers and suits entirely for export.

The factory, owned and operated by the firm’s subsidiary, Silver…

WASHINGTON — Apparel makers in Central America, Mexico and the Andean countries of South America are counting on duty breaks and their proximity to the U.S. to keep their American market share from drastically eroding next year when quotas…

ATLANTA — Federated Stores projected a 2.1 percent decline in same-store sales for September compared with a year ago because of the hurricanes that have battered Florida, and apparel sales are suffering short-term damage.

Federated…

JOHANNESBURG — As they look ahead to 2005, most African apparel executives see trouble brewing for their continent’s industry.

With the exception of Mauritius, South Africa and Madagascar, the sub-Saharan textile industry remains in…

GENEVA — After months of intense industry lobbying and a diplomatic blitz by a group of poor countries spearheaded by Mauritius and Bangladesh, the World Trade Organization on Friday is to put the spotlight on the ramifications the end of quotas…

PARIS — As Europe’s apparel firms count down to the end of the quota regime, they are still debating what the effects will be — and how fast they will come.

They’re not expecting a Big Bang event. Though few sourcing…

GENEVA — Buoyed by the improved climate in the world economy, in particular for the Asia-Pacific region and major industrialized countries, global foreign direct investment is forecast to rebound in 2004 to around $600 billion, the U.N….

Retail and wholesale importers navigating the final months of the quota system must maneuver around some ominous land mines.

ALL THE VIXEN: Like the wildebeest, magazine publishers prefer to travel in herds. Witness Vibe, which is launching a women’s fashion-and-beauty spin-off, Vibe Vixen, that will go head-to-head against Suede, the new Essence extension that…

GENEVA — Asian countries lost global market share in textiles and apparel trade from 1995 to 2003 and U.S. textile exporters posted gains, according to data released last week by the World Trade Organization.

The statistics also show that…

COTTON PRICES SEEN STABLE: The recent World Trade Organization panel ruling that found the majority of U.S. cotton subsidies broke global rules should not have a major impact in cotton trading, said Joe O’Neill, senior vice president at…

WASHINGTON — The end of quotas is by no means the final hurdle for free-trade advocates.

The lifting of apparel and textile quotas will mark the most significant change to global trade rules the industry has experienced in decades and…

NEW YORK — Diane von Furstenberg’s first collection of swimwear and beach offerings is a lot like the designer herself: colorful, fun and with a strong point of view.

Von Furstenberg has teamed up with Como, Italy-based textile…