Juicy’s Creative Move: Erin Fetherston Named Brand’s New Designer

Retail sales rose 14 percent, while wholesale revenues declined 7 percent.

Brand eyes Western Europe.

Firm aims at $23B in sales by 2014.

Redbook has named Jill Herzig editor in chief of Redbook.

Estrella Archs, the chief designer hired last year to work beside artistic adviser Lindsay Lohan at Emanuel Ungaro, is exiting the French fashion house.

The niche fragrance fair proved it’s fast becoming an industry fixture with a strong second edition that ran from March 25 to 28.

Acquisition announced at the firm’s Leadership Conference last week.

Luxury groups and online retailers both said that they were satisfied with new European Union rules on selective distribution.

An upswing of purchases in Milan stores during the Salone del Mobile furniture fair made the dampened spirits of the recession seem a dwindling memory.

Lightness and longevity were two of the main trends at Salone del Mobile this year.

However unintentional, Monday night’s SCAD Style Etoile Awards demonstrated just how much design has legs.

Juniors and contemporary brands with growth potential are the focus.

Growing numbers of designers are striving to produce in an ecologically aware way.

“What family doesn’t have its ups and downs?” opined Katharine Hepburn’s Eleanor of Aquitaine in the film “The Lion in Winter.”

The Calvin Klein road show descended upon China, the company’s fastest-growing market in the world, in the form of a multibrand live runway presentation.

On the heels of last year’s denim reboot, Gap is launching another major pants initiative.

Fine jewelry firm seeking growth.

Oscar de la Renta touched down in Los Angeles to receive the Colleagues Champion of Children Award at the charity organization’s annual spring luncheon.

John DeLucie and several investors from the art and media worlds are serving the chic set at new eatery The Lion.

The designer dishes on his recent trip to Uruguay.

Fetherston has been tapped as guest designer and creative consultant at Juicy Couture.

Real Simple has a few openings on the masthead, due to the departures of health and beauty director Elizabeth Graves and fashion director Karen Kozlowski.

The day’s top gainers and losers.