Web’s Expanding Reach: Amazon Launches Site For Shoes, Accessories

Add Amazon to the list of companies aiming to tap into the growth of accessories.

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton chief Bernard Arnault has been elevated to Commander of the Legion of Honor by France’s ministry of economy, finance and industry for service to his country.

Top government officials from the U.S. and Brazil said on Wednesday that they remain committed to reopening the stalled World Trade Organization-sponsored Doha talks.

Declining oil prices and the realization that holiday sales might turn out better than expected buoyed retail stocks Wednesday.

Just Cavalli, the younger diffusion line designed by Roberto Cavalli, is launching its first company-owned store in the U.S. on Fifth Avenue here.

The glamour quotient is expected to ramp up a few notches during Paris couture week: Raquel Welch is coming to town.

It’s 8 o’clock on a Wednesday night just before the holidays and a crowd of chic, impeccably coiffed women is filtering into Lotus.

Move over, Zac Goldsmith – there’s a new gentleman ecologist in town.

There is never a dearth of parties during fashion week, but this season there will be one less venue to book.

Less-than-subtle sexual suggestion and innuendo have been the defining characteristics of Diesel ad campaigns for the last several years.

Denim design lab’s do-it-yourself denim styling kit, launched almost a year ago, included a handbook that was part denim encyclopedia and part how-to guide. This year, DDL is bringing the book back in an expanded coffee-table format with a…

Iconix Brand Group’s Bongo brand is looking to get its fire back with a new face, Vanessa Minnillo.

Shopbop.com has some exclusive ideas. The online contemporary retailer has picked up steam since being acquired by Amazon.com last February. It has increased its offerings of sportswear and will be the exclusive online retailer carrying Helmut Lang in…

“I think like a kid,” said Liza Ball, owner of Infinity, an Upper East Side boutique that has become a fashionable teen haven during Ball’s 14-year tenure.

Online was the hot venue this holiday. According to ComScore Networks, online spending (excluding travel purchases) from Nov. 1 to Dec. 26 hit $23.1 billion, a 26 percent increase from the same period in 2005.

A new beauty marketer called Lavanila Labora­tories is introducing three vanilla-inspired fragrances with a twist.

Michael Kors is joining SoHo’s ever-expanding fashion scene.

Tommy Hilfiger Corp. has named two executives to its marketing and communications teams.

Retail traffic plunged as much as 40 percent and retailers sought to boost safety with undercover police patrols and searches of shoppers’ packages.

When Hearst Magazines named Cosmogirl executive editor Ann Shoket as the editor in chief of Seventeen magazine Wednesday, it ended a period of speculation of whether the company would opt for a self-made marquee figure like predecessor Atoosa…