Hot Times at Retail: Soaring Temps Drive Consumers to Stores

Rendez-Vous, a new limited edition concept designed to bridge the gap between the former couture collection and the house’s main line.

Andrea Perrone exits. Brioni general manager Antonio Bianchini will handle day-to-day executive duties until a new ceo is named.

Contemporary women’s retailer Bebe Stores will either close the format’s 48 stores or convert them to the more promising 2b bebe concept.

Giorgio Armani showed a preference for sensual, often short, jackets, diversifying the cuts with a tucked neckline or his signature ruffled side closure.

Katie Lee, The Cinema Society, Dior Beauty and Moet & Chandon hosted screening of “Grease Sing-A-Long.”

Bulgari will introduce a silver and ceramic ring in October as part of the company’s charity campaign Rewrite the Future with Save the Children.

Annie Leibovitz has been tapped to shoot Hickey Freeman’s fall advertising campaign.

Margins seen pressured as consumers again wait for promotions.

L’Occitane generated revenues of 612.2 million euros, or $865.5 million at average exchange, in the 12-month period.

Deadline to submit binding offers for the purchase of Gianfranco Ferré now Aug. 2.

Threadless, the crowd-sourced design Web site, has inked a deal with Dell to provide an exclusive collection of artists’ graphic creations for laptops.

As the thermometer hit a scorching triple digits on Tuesday, Manhattan women dressed the part.

Consumers throughout the Eastern U.S. sought relief from record-breaking temperatures by shopping.

The company is hoping to reopen the Abercrombie & Fitch unit in the South Street Seaport on Thursday, which closed due to bedbugs.

The day’s top gainers and losers.

Quiksilver and The Standard Hotels are adding a sequel to last year’s swimwear collaboration. Also, Leighton Meester gives advice on “being classy.”

Sales at Levi’s rose 8.1 percent to $958 million.

The overall trade deficit increased to $42.3 billion in May, the highest level in 18 months.