The Happy Couple: A Strong Start for Penney’s-Sephora Venture

Things appear to be clicking so far for J.C. Penney and Sephora.

Coty Inc. is throwing in the towel on the mass market specialty bath business, a category it carved out a decade ago with The Healing Garden.

Wal-Mart, which has put environmental initiatives at the center of cost-cutting and image improvement efforts, said Thursday that it will open a supercenter prototype today that uses 20 percent less energy.

“Go with your gut.”

Marc by Marc Jacobs has found a home here after a more than two-year search.

A brief look at some of the day’s stories.

Coach has its first fragrance in the bag — a project which takes the iconic leather goods firm into the world of beauty.

Clinique’s best-selling 3-Step skin care regime may be pushing 40, but its marketing is taking a decidedly forward-thinking focus for 2007.

Daniel Rachmanis has been made chief executive officer of beauty manufacturer Chemaid Laboratories as a result of an equity recapitalization of the firm by Wellspring Capital Management.

Sexy Hair Concepts teamed up with “American Idol” star Katharine McPhee to create Strong Sexy Hair, a line of hair care and styling products designed to strengthen hair and protect it from damage.

Joel Warren and Edward Tricomi have reworked their entire Warren-Tricomi hair care line to better reflect an upscale, spa-like positioning, one the salon duo hopes will expand distribution from the Limited Brands umbrella into prestige stores.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Dr. Hauschka is hoping U.S. consumers turn to its brand to treat more than their daily skin care needs this year.

Britney and J.Lo gave mass market fragrances a jolt. Can Minnie Mouse, Strawberry Shortcake, Nemo and Cinderella do the same?

Idebenone, with a reputation for being significantly more effective than the antioxidant CoQ-10, is finding its way into a handful of prestige and dermatologists’ skin care products.

If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, can they do double duty as a source of energy?

On a particularly balmy afternoon in December, Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic for The New Yorker, meandered between photographs of famous faces.

Lierac Paris, the European skin care brand, is now available at Healthy Skincare Centers in select CVS stores in Southern California, Arizona and Chicago.

Diane von Furstenberg’s first adjustment at the Council of Fashion Designers of America might come as a surprise to members.

From furniture to trams to hotels, this promises to be a hectic, blockbuster year for the multitasking Christian Lacroix.

Couture week may be shrinking as rapidly as a cashmere sock in a hot wash, but a mushrooming crop of ready-to-wear designers is plugging some of the gaps.

There’s lots of downtime during couture week, which begins Monday, so here are some stores, restaurants and spas to squeeze into the schedule.

The ax finally dropped at Time Inc. on Thursday, but the news of 289 jobs cut across a number of titles left most staffers unshaken.

“Stylish point-of-sale” doesn’t have to be an oxymoron, say retailers using an unorthodox technology platform.

Y-3’s new spring ads are grittier and more stylistic, seeking to convey the evolution and confluence of sport and high fashion.

Led by steeper tags on women’s fashions, retail apparel prices advanced 0.9 percent last year, the first annual increase since 1997, according to the Labor Department’s Con­sumer Price Index released Thursday.

Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada has brought a ray of Technicolor to this city with a colorful furniture installation at the Macef home show, which kicks off today.

Red Westfield banners stretched as far as the eye could see as hundreds of Aussies, New Yorkers and fashionistas from around the globe packed the Skylight Studios in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood.

Surf Expo is riding a big fashion wave with women’s surf lines that are positioned as lifestyle brands and junior, contemporary and resort areas that are growing.

Gemma Ward has taken a sabbatical from modeling to spend two months filming “The Black Balloon” alongside Toni Collette.

A pair of yoga pants with built-in underwear is meant to resolve the dilemma of the downward dog pose.