Expanding Over There: Limited Brands Details Major Overseas Push

Weak sales of prestige cosmetics blamed for 8.9 percent revenue decline.

Shares of Iconix Brand Group Inc. retreated Tuesday as investors digested a weak outlook.

An unexpected dip in the Consumer Confidence Index in October compounds concerns about limited spending during the holiday season.

GSI Commerce on Tuesday reached a deal to buy Retail Convergence, the parent company of private sale site Rue La La and off-price Web store Smart Bargains Inc.

Devi Kroell’s store is an amalgam of what the designer stands for: daring design steeped in classic techniques.

Salvatore Ferragamo is taking a bigger slice of Texas.

Holiday shoppers are in no rush to get the season under way.

From Kiss to the Beatles, rock-themed T-shirts and other merchandise are hot properties.

Geoffrey Miller believes sex is a primary basis for how consumers decide what to buy.

The wedding business isn’t recession-proof after all, so designers including Vera Wang have been lowering their prices in an effort to lure brides.

All the world’s a stage for some brides-to-be.

Not every bride is into fluff. Some designers are reining in silhouettes for fall 2010.

Asics, DKNY and Tiffany are a few of the companies plotting merchandise, events and promotions related to the ING New York City Marathon.

Annie Leibovitz revealed she’s about to photograph Justice Sonia Sotomayor for Vogue.

Strong Burberry fragrance sales and good performances in key market bolstered earnings.

Designers showcased everything from frilly Victorian lace numbers to hard-edged looks with an Eighties feel at the ninth edition of Japan Fashion Week.

Limited Brands Inc. is charged up and aims to double international revenues to $2 billion in three years.

James Franco spoofs his own commercial for the Gucci by Gucci fragrance.

Gala at Cipriani 42nd raises $2.4 million for museum.

MAGIC and Project Trade Shows will take place under the same roof, but on different floors, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

Daniel Kulle, H&M’s new president of North America, says, “There’s loads of potential in Manhattan, Chicago and Los Angeles.”

The 75-year-old designer Giorgio Armani has begun assembling a close circle of executives to take over his company when his reign comes to a close.

First-half sales at Tommy Hilfiger Group rise 3.4 percent in the first half; meanwhile, ceo Fred Gehring said plans for an IPO remain “on ice.”

The day’s top gainers and losers.