Pressure Mounting for Taxes on E-tail
Overview
A string of states is pushing legislation to require online sellers to collect sales taxes; Congress may also soon enter the fray.SEE LIST AT LEFT FOR ALL OF THIS ISSUE'S ARTICLESFrom This Issue
Financial
Prada Said to Raise $2.14 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
The house has priced the offer on the lower end of its freshly narrowed price guidance.
Financial
Fund Takes Minority Stake in The Kooples
Investment by LBO France to assist with the international expansion of the French chain.
Designer and Luxury
Tory Burch Unveils Madison Avenue Flagship Plans
The store, which is slated to open this September, is already making quite an artistic statement.
Designer and Luxury
Fashion Aces Served at Pre-Wimbledon Fete
Caroline Wozniacki and fellow players were decked out by British designers at the annual Women’s Tennis Association party at Kensington Roof Gardens.
Fashion Scoops
Front Row at Jil Sander
“Grey’s Anatomy” heartthrob Jesse Williams sat front row at the men’s show in Milan.
Lifestyle
David Gandy Bares All in His New Book
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana joined the model for the book launch party at La Rinascente in Milan.
Fashion Scoops
Designers Gather for GQ’s Cocktail
Guests including Tom Ford and Angela Missoni packed into Milan’s famous eatery Da Giacomo.
Fashion Features
Lapo Elkann’s Endless Summer
The first Italia Independent men’s collection designed by Eric Wright wants to make summer last longer.
Media
Memo Pad: Brad Goreski Tweets for Details… Arnold Scaasi Honored…
For the shows in Milan, Details has handed over its Twitter handle to Rachel Zoe’s former right-hand man, the bespectacled and bow-tied Brad Goreski.
Fashion Scoops
Donatella Versace’s Tall Order… Colosseum Restoration Plans Coming…
Donatella Versace has assembled an impressive front row of young hunks, and towering sports figures, for her men’s show in Milan tonight.
Media
Createthe Group Buys Morpheus Media
Combined client roster now includes Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Net-a-porter, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Alexander Wang, Nars, Tom Ford and H&M, among others.
Retail
Pressure Mounting for Taxes on E-tail
A string of states is pushing legislation to require online sellers to collect sales taxes; Congress may also soon enter the fray.
Denim
Migrant Worker Protests Slow Down in China Denim Capital
Although production was disrupted, denim factories in Xintang say lines are back in operation.
Human Resources
No Union Victory for Target Workers at Long Island Store
Employees at the retailer’s Valley Stream, N.Y., unit on Friday voted to reject the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union.
Fashion Features
Men’s Spring 2012: Milan’s New Mood
This season will be anything but formal if Italian designers have their way.
Essentialist
Today's Must Read
![Alexandra Shipp talked to us about her role in "Dark Phoenix" and "Shaft" and why X-Men should be re-named X-Women.
“A lot of people have been asking me about when Jen [Lawrence]’s character in “X-men” says, ‘Why don’t you call it the X-Women, because the women are always saving the guys a—s,'” says Shipp, who portrays Storm in the franchise.
After the film’s box-office flop, it might not be such a bad idea. “I’m like, it makes total sense. And they’re like, ‘OK, well who would you want on the team?’ And I’m like, the same team! It’s been called the X-Men the whole time, and we’ve been on the team. Change it to X-Women and y’all stay put. Stay put.”
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