Adapt or Go Extinct: Men’s Specialty Stores Face Battle for Survival

Li & Fung reports record earnings despite a 6 percent drop in revenues in 2009.

Sales dip 1.4% for Qtr.

Retailers closely manage spending at Cooper Design Space, Brighte, Designers & Agents, Focus Apparel & Accessories and the Transit Shoe Show.

Adidas extends global partnership with the National Basketball Association to include exclusive rights to all NBA apparel in Europe.

Passionata, the younger, more affordable sister of Chantelle that was launched in the late Eighties, is eyeing the American market.

CFDA memo discusses goals for September shows, which will overlap with Rosh Hashanah for the first time in recent memory.

CBP estimates $5.2M in counterfeit goods found.

Sales rise in Italy but declined in rest of Europe.

The line Curve Appeal is designed to perform as denim shapewear.

Vancouver’s Dish Jeans Ltd. is out to capture a more style-conscious male who is still committed to the durability of his denim.

The S&P Retail Index declined 5.12 points to 446.25, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5 percent.

Contemporary brand Milly is going ultramodern with the launch of e-commerce this week.

Pritzker Prize-winning Jean Nouvel designs the annual summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery.

Maria Cornejo may be in for a long uphill climb with men’s wear, but slow and steady is how her women’s business came to be.

“I’m scared to death about the future of men’s specialty retailing,” said Hill Stockton, the third-generation owner of Norman Stockton Inc.

Eddie Redmayne, who picked up an Olivier award this week, tackles a stormy role in “Red,” a new play about the life of artist Mark Rothko.

The day’s gainers and losers.

VKE, Germany’s association of cosmetics producers, predicts small but positive growth of 1 percent in 2010 in the selective market.

In the five months ended Feb. 28, Douglas Group’s sales rose 1.4 percent to 1.6 billion euros, or $2.32 billion.

L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, which has schooled the likes of Yves Saint Laurent and Issey Miyake, relocating to 119 Rue Réaumur.

The U.S. prestige beauty industry struggled in 2009, with all product categories posting declines, according market research released by The NPD Group.

Jim Marshall, whose lens captured some of the most legendary moments of the classic rock era, was found dead in his New York hotel room.

Venezuelan fashion designer Angel Sanchez is setting his sights on the classic LBD.

Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tatou and Emilie Dequenne are trying their hand at Parisian theater.

The actress Rosemarie DeWitt delves into addiction and family dysfunction in the play “Family Week.”

Luxury store Jake is the third high-profile retailer to shut in Chicago this year.

April’s German Glamour is not only the heftiest in its history, it also marks the biggest-ever “Glamour Shopping Week.”

Barbara Bui posted a small net loss in 2009, putting an end to four years of growth.