Joining the Rush: New York & Co. Latest Chain to Launch Beauty

Dress Barn Inc. lowered full-year guidance Thursday based on declining same-store sales estimates.

Elizabeth Jerrett, a former marketing executive at Elizabeth Arden who became president and chief executive officer of cosmetics marketer Posner…

The dress continued to reign at the four-day spring market at FashionCenterDallas.

Designer Jenni Kayne has embraced retail.

“Project Runway” winner Jeffrey Sebelia is branching out with the launch of a namesake young contemporary line.

Fashion is coming to the hallowed halls of Harvard.

There were inspirational words and a record crowd of 600 guests at the Black Retail Action Group’s 36th annual sponsorship and awards dinner-dance at Cipriani on Wall Street last week.

Michele Cloutier has been promoted to brand president of Chico’s, a new position with Chico’s FAS Inc.

Woolworth Germany has changed ownership in a multiple transaction.

Gela Nash-Taylor, co-founder and co-president of Juicy Couture, can hardly contain her excitement.

When a thick blanket of smog fell over Beijing last Friday air travel in and out of the Chinese capital ground to a near halt, road traffic slowed to a crawl and irritation with the city’s omnipresent pollution rose to new heights.

In a world of T-shirts and flip-flops often worn to the workplace, how can Oprah, Martha, Tyra and Rachael get photogenic audience members to their shows?

Warnaco Group Inc. is going on the third president of its Calvin Klein Jeans division in less than two years.

Yet another creative hand is joining the ranks of In Style, and the person is yet another top ranking hand from big sister People.

Forget finance, medicine, the law or technology. If you want to make big bucks in a short time these days, become a fashion photographer.

Six months after an electrical fire ripped through the French Connection flagship here, the 5,000-square-foot store has been remodeled based on a new prototype.

Duran Duran is about to get Juicy. The iconic rock band has teamed up with Juicy Couture (band member John Taylor is married to Juicy co-founder Gela Nash-Taylor) to design a full wardrobe for their Broadway concert debut in New York.

As part of Jo Malone’s aggressive retail expansion plan over the next few years, the London-based fragrance manufacturer, which is owned by the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc., opened its first freestanding boutique here on Tuesday.

Interior designer Barbara Barry doesn’t want to just make rooms look good this fall but also to smell good, as she launches a home fragrance collection with fragrances inspired by the various rooms of a house.

As part of the brand’s relaunch initiative, Pure & Natural has repackaged and reformulated its personal care assortment, which is set to bow in food, drug and mass chains in February.

Dusting off a 50-year-old brand to make it attractive to an entirely new (and younger) consumer can work, and using sex as the predominant lure, well, that can almost ensure a victory.

The Avon Foundation’s seventh annual Awards Celebration, which was held here Tuesday and raised $2 million, contained an eclectic guest list including everyone from an Academy Award winner to a fashion legend, all joining together to celebrate leaders…

Unilever said Thursday third-quarter profits shot up 37 percent year-on-year to reach 1.07 billion euros, or $1.47 billion at average exchange for the three-month period.

For the second year, L’Oréal Paris held its Women of Worth event, honoring 13 women across the country who volunteered for women in need within their communities.

One of the strongest marketers to the Hispanic community just got even more potent.

It could be a breakout holiday season for niche fragrance marketer Strange Invisible Perfumes.

Alterna is not letting the natural products rage pass it by.

Tommy Hilfiger is singing a new tune — one designed for a refined lady — with Dreaming, a new fragrance he will launch in February.

New York & Company Inc. is the latest specialty apparel retailer climbing onto the beauty bandwagon.

Ashley Judd is saying “I do” to a new American Beauty fragrance this spring.

Liz Earle, the Isle of Wight-based treatment brand, has found a pied-a-terre here.

Givenchy, which has used Liv Tyler in its ads since 2003, is now releasing a second ad campaign featuring the actress — who, for her part, couldn’t be…

John Demsey, group president at the Estée Lauder Cos., has tapped two longtime Lauder executives to head the Tom Ford Beauty and Prescriptives Worldwide businesses at the Estée Lauder Cos.

Worried that there will be an end to Fed interest rate cuts, investors fled the stock market Thursday. Major indices were down sharply and retail stocks followed suit, with many in the sector seeing declines of 3 to 6 percent.

As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. set to unveil holiday promotions, walmart.com went dark for an undetermined period on Thursday.