Minimum Wage Boost: Senate Tax-Break Plan Calms Retailer’s Nerves

Net income of fragrance marketer Parlux fell 20 percent to $3.5 million in the second quarter ended Sept. 30, from $4.4 million in the same period a year ago, due to lower gross margins and expenses such as royalties, warehousing and interest, the…

Sears Holdings Corp. is building up a big cash cache, as well as fatter profits, despite softer sales.

J. Crew Group Inc. said Wednesday that one of its shareholders, Texas Pacific Group, would be offering 7.5 million shares of the retailer’s common stock, and that none of the proceeds from the sale will go to J. Crew.

Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. said preliminary sales results for the fourth quarter and full-year periods showed a 1.1 gain and a decline of 4.5 percent, respectively. Management said results were below expectations.

Diesel U.S.A. won a permanent injunction and final judgment on consent against Chic Lady Ltd. and its owner, Michael Kamali, for copyright infringement.

The top-10 network television shows ranked by the number of product placements in 2006.

Rifat Ozbek’s job as creative director of Pollini’s ready-to-wear collection keeps him hopping between Italy and his London home.

Byblos is kicking off the year with a fresh image for its young denim and sportswear line, Blu Byblos, a new designer and a fresh concept store to push its expansion around the world.

Noelle Nguyen believes women are often forced to choose between a brand image or quality, and that the two aren’t always one in the same when it comes to women’s fashion.

A surge in domestic demand in the second half of 2006 helped Italy’s fashion industry report a 6 percent growth in sales last year to $88.36 billion.

Burberry has decided to shutter its factory in Treorchy, Wales, because the plant is no longer commercially viable.

Seeking to move beyond premium denim into lifestyle apparel, Los Angeles’ True Religion signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Pash Industries LLC to produce and sell outerwear for men, women and children.

A crush of autograph-seekers lined the steps of Cipriani 42nd Street, where the National Board of Review was holding its annual awards, sponsored by Bulgari.

What makes an icon? For Donna Karan, the answer is in three simple words: seven easy pieces.

Imports of Chinese apparel and textiles shot up 21.8 percent in November to 1.6 billion square meter equivalents, valued at $2.4 billion, as manufacturing business from other countries continued to flow into China.

Malden Mills Industries, maker of Polartec polyester fleece, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a precursor to selling the firm to Gordon Brothers Group for $44 million.

Tiffany & Co. posted robust holiday sales Wednesday, and said it was looking at opening at least 15 stores this year.

It looks as if a new fairy godmother has fluttered her way into fashion – an industry perpetually in need of fresh cash.

It seems Jann Wenner apparently isn’t that popular with the MTV crowd. In its first viewing on Jan. 7, Rolling Stone’s MTV reality contest “I’m From Rolling Stone” attracted only 369,000 viewers.

At the year’s first meeting of the Council of Fashion Designers of America board on Wednesday, president Diane von Furstenberg named four officers to her so-called cabinet.

Gap is becoming a revolving door for talent. Denise Johnston, president of Gap Adult, is leaving the company Friday, after just seven months on the job.

The House passed a minimum wage increase Wednesday that many retailers maintain would adversely impact specialty stores and small chains and diminish…

“Let me just do my thing, and then we can start taking pictures,” a very focused Jennifer Lopez directed.