New Year, More Deals: Spin-off Speculation Surrounds Gap, Limited

Apparel importers, regularly stressed about the timing of deliveries, are anxious about a House vote set for today on a bill that would require 100 percent…

One of Matt Priest’s top priorities as the Commerce Department’s new deputy assistant secretary for textiles and apparel is to maintain an open door to the industry.

Toray Industries, one of the world’s largest fiber and textile manufacturers, is introducing a line of textiles manufactured from recycled nylon 6 fibers.

Joel Clark Orenstein has been named president and chief executive officer of Fashion Ribbon Co., a ribbon manufacturer and distributor that has been in business for more than 50 years.

The proposed merger of CVS Corp. and pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc. has received the go-ahead from Caremark’s board, which turned town a hostile $26 billion bid from Express Scripts Inc., citing “insurmountable antitrust risks.”

If designers looking to find inspiration have an Eden here, it is probably the Rose Bowl Flea Market, a gigantic weekly bazaar of everything from the nostalgic to the downright ridiculous.

Cartier is moving its jewels to NorthPark Center from rival Galleria Dallas.

“It’s a beautiful way, an unbelievable way to start the new year,” boomed Jennifer Hudson Sunday night as she made her way through the throngs of people gawking at celebrities at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

Alice Hoffman has spent the past three decades infusing the literary landscape with her magical takes on everyday experiences.

Totes-Isotoner Corp. filed a lawsuit Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade that questions the constitutionality of different Customs duty rates for men’s and women’s merchandise.

Vera Wang is adding another level to her expanding ready-to-wear business.

When Sasha Cohen glides across the Pond at Bryant Park in Manhattan today, she will be displaying her strong suits Olympic-caliber skater, philanthropic do-gooder, media darling and budding actress.

Few designers quote Balzac, much less readily retrieve a handwritten copy of said remark.

After a seven-year hiatus, Gemma Kahng has quietly stepped back into business on her own.

The Fashion Group International is getting ready to hand out some accolades.

Concetta Lanciaux, a longtime pillar of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s human resources department, is leaving the company, effective in March.

Goldman Sachs on Monday downgraded Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to neutral from buy.

Narciso Rodriguez will receive the 2007 Pratt Institute Fashion Icon Award during the school’s annual fashion show May 9.

Designers have always been coy on the subject of liquidating unsold merchandise, and off-pricers have played along by keeping brand names out of their advertising and marketing efforts. But the Web has removed the mystery from discounted designer…

Tara Jarmon knows how to collaborate. After teaming up with Target for its Go International program, the French designer tapped German painter Peter Zimmerman to design a limited collection that will be unveiled at the Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery in…

Diesel chief Renzo Rosso has reached out to yet another young designer, adding the Sophia Kokosalaki brand to his group, Only the Brave Srl.

Guess Inc. said Monday that it had acquired the controlling interest in the Italian and Spanish licensees that produce the Guess by Marciano contemporary brand for $22.6 million.

Loehmann’s is coming to Manhattan’s West Side. The iconic off-pricer is set to open in mid-March in a 37,000-square-foot space in the Ansonia, the famed beaux arts building at Broadway and 73rd Street.

Restructurings appear to be in the air at both Gap Inc. and Limited Brands Inc.

Word has it that Andre Leon Talley will host the official Academy Award preshow on ABC Feb. 26.

President Bush and European Commission President Jose Barroso, trying to jump-start the Doha trade talks, pushed their negotiators Monday to break the deadlock that has stalled negotiations since July.

Real estate firm Extell Development is facing some obstacles over its proposal to build the New York Diamond Tower on West 47th Street in Manhattan’s Diamond District.