In ‘Solid’ Paris Season, Stores Reduce Budgets, Demand Lower Prices

London-based private equity firm takes 20 percent stake; injects $80 million.

Paris fashion rocked — literally — as designers delivered glitter-dusted minidresses, chain mail-effect tunics and stone-encrusted coats.

Retail shares extended their rally to a fourth day Friday, racking up a 14.8 percent gain for the week as the broader stock market rebounded from 11-year lows.

Earnings, financing arrangements and stock listings put at risk.

Textile and apparel imports to the U.S. in January dip to the lowest level for that month in five years.

Carlo Brandelli, the creative director for venerable Savile Row tailor Kilgour, has left the company.

UNITE HERE union’s general executive board voted Friday to revoke the charters of the 15 joint boards that voted to disaffiliate.

H&M’s first Russian store opened here Friday with a scrum for discount coupons and lines of up to 30 people clogging changing rooms.

After quietly filing for Chapter 11 protection, liquidation sales imminent for Shabby Chic.

Will top editors who are removed from Time Inc. titles still be rewarded with a cushy job on the corporate side?

NAP Inc., a once-thriving $100 million lingerie company, endures serious financial problems.

The March of Dimes Beauty Ball brought out William Lauder, Richard Beckman, Fergie with the Black Eyed Peas, and Vanessa Williams.

At the About J Trade show, high-end fine jewelry firms, including Casato Roma, Chantecler, and Di Amor, tweak designs and expand product offerings.

Foreign visitors to the Premiere Classe accessories show in Paris drops 15 percent this year, while hats and scarves emerge as major trends.

Luxury business leaders, from Frederic De Narp of Cartier to Karl Lagerfeld to Judith Ripka, discuss the new stigma of buying luxe goods.

Designer leaves fashion house.

At Paris Fashion Week, retailers liked what they saw while pushing sharp pricing.

Ermenegildo Zegna feted its new Tokyo flagship… Valentino will be the 13th recipient… Forever 21 will open its first store in Japan…