Dresner Checks Out: Park Ave. Retail Icon Succumbs to Economy

Unit features 10 display windows and a décor reminiscent of the designer’s first retail venture.

Standard & Poor’s Retail Index surges23.59 points on Monday.

Colleen Caslin has been named chief operating officer of Verdura.

Despite global economic turmoil, Furla is looking beyond the balance sheet, scouting new talents and creative minds.

Popular overseas chain opening two stores in Florida.

Accessories, a traditionally strong category, might be a bright spot this retail year.

Incidents of murder and intimidation are cited for union activity.

The maritime industry is concerned policy initiatives to boost port security could slow the flow of goods and increase costs.

Simple slips and columns aren’t the only styles in town.

British retailers, including Marks & Spencer and House of Fraser, along with the government offer many incentives to lure reluctant shoppers.

Cartier hired David Lynch to design a space and installation for Art Basel Miami Beach next month.

Attorney for the famed jeweler Fred Leighton called the new motion ‘pernicious.’

Inter Parfums Inc., the U.S. parent of Inter Parfums SA, reduced its 2008 earnings guidance on Monday, citing the strength of the dollar versus the euro.

Perry Ellis International Inc. reported a decline in third-quarter profits and revenues Wednesday, but met the high end of its recently revised guidance.

Despite higher 1Q profits for Dress Barn, the operator of the Dress Barn and Maurices nameplates joined the chorus of firms making lower earnings estimates.

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A doll for 33,000 euros… Though publishers are turning a worried eye… The lighter side of Paco Underhill…

Men’s wear veteran Mary Beth Blake has been promoted to president of K&G Fashion Superstore, the discount division of Men’s Wearhouse.

Walgreens’ newly opened flagship in New York shines a spotlight on the chain’s focus on beauty.

Pantene’s latest advertising campaign, “Salon Challenge,” is meant to educate women on a recent blind hair care challenge the brand held.

From Michael Kors to Tory Burch, more designers are making appearances on television.

A photo of a crowned Madonna clutching a thorny heart is one of the images by David LaChapelle due to be exhibited in Paris. Also, Peaches dresses up…

Italian designer Alessandro Dell’Acqua is launching a high-end capsule collection called Alessandro Dell’Acqua Black Dress.

The economic gloom is hovering over retailers here, but Adrienne Ma’s fledgling company, Amma Holdings Ltd., is forging ahead.

The Bal Crillon des Debutantes in Paris brings together the daughters of heavy hitters from the worlds of politics, entertainment, art and fashion.

The unforgiving economic climate has claimed one of fashion’s iconic independent retailers.

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