Consolidation Hits L&T and The Bay

The contemporary sibling of the designer’s signature collection will unveil its first store at 129 Grand Street on Friday.

Hong Kong was the biggest market in value terms, with sales up 28.3 percent for the year, reflecting the dynamism of its reexports to neighboring countries.

“I’d like to be as big as Calvin Klein is in underwear,” the soccer star said.

Many stores below expectations on spotty inventory, unseasonable weather.

The company warned that weakness at the brand’s stores caused it to miss fourth-quarter expectations.

Federal authorities said Thursday they had made “record-breaking seizures” of $4.8 million in NFL and Super Bowl merchandise.

French luxury conglomerate cites “excellent” momentum in Europe, U.S. and Asia in 2011.

The young model will make her brand ambassador debut as the face of Rouge Caresse lipstick.

The Yorkshire native salutes the region’s landscape in a major show at London’s Royal Academy of Arts.

Bergdorf Goodman fêted the famed shoe designer with a crimson-tinted dance party.

More than 500 current and former women employees from five states have filed discrimination charges with the EEOC.

The company confirmed that the company’s former president is returning to the business Thursday afternoon.

WWD asked a selection of Paris designers to indulge in a little Franco-American fantasy. How might the young Mara dress up for the Super Bowl on Sunday?

Creator of the popular Cupcakes and Cashmere blog has signed on to be the beauty firm’s social media and digital guest editor.

New chief executive officer joined online retailer in June as chief operating officer.

Jean-Guillaume Trottier, who has been vice president and general manager, EMEA and U.K. for MAC Cosmetics since 2007, will join the brand on July 1.

The ultimate goal, said ceo E. Scott Beattie, is to land Elizabeth Arden a spot among the top 10 beauty brands, up from its current rank of 15.

Outlining its grievances, the retailer said the injury is compounded by the fact that Penney’s is “perceived as a less upscale retailer.”

The famed Swiss mountain is coming to America: Montblanc’s first fragrance with Inter Parfums will arrive in the U.S. in March.

Beauty company is celebrating its 140th anniversary by naming the Academy Award-winning actress as first global spokesperson of its namesake brand.

The changes were triggered by the Canadian parent Hudson’s Bay Co., which is streamlining to achieve its goal of going public, possibly this year.

Retail sales were expected to be a bit of a letdown. Instead, comparable-store sales for the month averaged 4.2 percent higher.

Coming this summer, the online network will run 12 hours a day, five days a week.

He succeeds Les Hinton, who resigned in July amid the long-running investigation into the phone-hacking scandal.

He will write for GQ’s Death Race 2012 political blog on a weekly basis.

Diane von Furstenberg, Kelly Bensimon, Lori Goldstein, Cynthia Rowley and Kelly Rutherford were among the guests to attend.

On March 16, the designer’s men’s, women’s and children’s range will hit stores under the UU label.

The European adviser of private equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc. purchased the value chain in the U.K.-version of a prepackaged bankruptcy.

The designer has inked an agreement with Gruppo Lodha, a leading Indian real estate developer, for a development in an upscale area in the heart of Mumbai.

Jimmy Neary is an East Side institution with a heart of gold, a way with yarn and tickets to Sunday’s big game in Indy.