Playing Percentages: Vegas, Luxe Brands Bet On $8.5B CityCenter

Designers indulge their tribal fantasies for summer with the California desert serving as the perfect backdrop for moody prints and fabrics that move.

Roberto Cavalli and Marcolin SpA have renewed the license to produce and distribute sunglass and prescription frames branded Roberto Cavalli and Just Cavalli.

Sportswear maker Lacoste commits to spend a half-million dollars to help preserve the crocodile.

Massimo Macchi, former executive at Bulgari, Gucci Group and Gianfranco Ferré, has joined the board of Rosato Srl, a high-end Italian jewelry firm.

Inika, the natural cosmetics brand from Down Under, is shaking up its offering.

Danica Patrick has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with SA Fragrances that calls for the mid-March launch of a scent called Danica Patrick for Her.

Look out for Margareth Madè, Jon Heder, Lily Cole, and Caitlin Fitzgerald this season.

Kate Moss has joined the U.K.’s Performing Rights Society, an organization that collects royalties for composers and songwriters.

Jil Sander spring-summer +J collection begins hitting select Uniqlo stores across Japan and other Asian countries today.

Brand management firm Iconix Brand Group opens European division in partnership with London-based The Licensing Company.

Business in Italy is disrupted after as much as 10 inches of snow falls on the northern part of country.

Karl Lagerfeld and Caroline, Princess of Hanover, attend The Centenary Gala of the Russian Ballets in Monaco.

Track & Field, a high-end fitness and lifestyle apparel brand with 36 stores in Brazil, wants to tap into the $30 billion U.S. fitness industry.

Macy’s is keeping 12 stores open around the clock until 6 p.m. Thursday.

Gym operator Equinox taking leap into fashion as it seeks lifestyle brand status.

Retail stocks hit a 52-week high despite news about weak economic growth.

Swiss watch exports, still feeling the impact of the economic crisis, nevertheless showed a marked improvement in November.

The day’s gainers and losers.

Luxury brands must take their marketing models to another level by using technology to reach across the Internet to engage their customers wherever they are.

While many firms distance themselves from Tiger Woods, lifestyle brand Le Tigre is taking advantage of the drama.

Luxury labels such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Gucci are leasing space at the Crystals, part of Las Vegas’ very expensive CityCenter.

Garance Doré, star fashion blogger, has been barraged with so many brands seeking tips and advice that she has hired an agent.

Carolina Herrera opened her first boutique in Tsum department store because, after all, “instincts make women buy things they do not need.”