Thankful 2009 Is Over: Fashion Magazines Look For Ad Rebound in 2010

Sales for Tandy rally 7.4% in period as gifts grow 58.8%.

The site will contain blogs, recipes, photos and video content, with talent including Gail Simmons and restaurateur Donatella Arpaia.

Both stores boosted third-quarter sales and earnings, but their outlooks for the current quarter were somewhat less bullish than Wall Street hoped.

Urban Outfitters topped both its own year-ago performance and analysts’ estimates.

New book, “POP: The Genius of Andy Warhol” (HarperCollins), offers a detailed account of the artist’s rise to fame.

Michael Gould, chief executive officer of Bloomingdale’s, said it took 11 years, to convince Sisley to create a counter in the 59th Street flagship.

Despite operating out of modest digs in a 1,400-square-foot salon in Beverly Hills for 13 years, Anastasia Soare has become a global brow guru.

The beauty industry thrives on meeting every kind of skin care need.

P&G, Living Proof and Redken are offering a range of new volumizing hair products.

Garnier Nutritioniste skin care has tapped model and actress Bridget Moynahan as its latest spokeswoman.

A decade ago, Lyn Kirby boldly wrote prestige cosmetics into her business plan for the mass market emporium, Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc.

Fragrance entrepreneur Frédéric Malle has opened his first freestanding store in the U.S.

Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Lovers have touched off a flurry of activity at Coty, creating five new juices, new outfits, optimistic tans and pedicured toes.

Kate Moss discusses her latest fragrance.

Specialty Group of Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. has undergone a partial restructuring with the appointments of three top executives.

Neal’s Yard Remedies is cozying up to customers where they live, as part of its growth strategy.

Sales of prestige fragrances in theU.S. declined 11 percent in the first nine months, according to the NPD group.

A Paris appeals court has dismissed a three-year-old fine amounting to 46.2 million euros meant to be paid by 13 prestige beauty brands.

Aeffe SpA said it hoped cost-cutting initiatives and a newly signed license agreement with French label Cacharel would lift the Italian fashion group in 2010.

Bulgari SpA returned to profit in the third quarter and said the gradual improvement in sales in the period was continuing through November.

Benetton Group SpA forecast around a 2 to 3 percent decline in 2009 revenues and “satisfactory profitability” after third-quarter earnings gained 47 percent.

Harrods is giving young designers a boost with a new, online initiative called Harrods Launches.

Nike will open a sprawling new flagship in Harajuku, a district known for its cutting-edge street fashion and youthful clientele, this week.

Designer Alexander Wang picks up the 2009 Swiss Textiles Award and 100,000 euros in prize money.

The day’s gainers and losers.

Malo managing director Massimo Suppancig has tapped Saverio Palatella as creative director of the brand’s women’s and men’s collections.

Mango face Scarlett Johansson attends spring collection party; retailer hopes to add 200 corners.

Apple opens company’s largest store in Manhattan and is the last freestanding retail space on the avenue.

Despite a lawsuit, developers of Block 37 seek pre-Thanksgiving launch.

Gap is hoping 1969 is a very good year.

Add Land’s End to the list of retailers intent on updating its image.

Jeweler Stephen Dweck wants everyone to have a piece of him.

Geoffrey Beene show in Phoenix pays tribute to the great American designer.

Most fashion magazines suffered jaw-clenching declines in paging in 2009.

Playboy Enterprises’ stock surged 42 percent to $4.07 on Thursday on reports that Iconix Brand Group is in talks to buy the company.

October show in Dallas sees strong attendance.

Kurt Barnard, an economist and consultant who specialized for more than 40 years in retailing, manufacturing and consumer behavior, died Nov. 7. He was 82.

Stephen Milstein, whose family built Burlington Coat Factory, opens Paramus, N.J., pop-up store that specializes in deeply discounted designer labels.

Nordstrom raises full-year guidance.