Penney’s Reinvention: The Vendor Approach

Both executives had worked closely with Susan Metzger, former ceo, women’s wholesale better sportswear, who left the company in January.

Retailer’s chairman and ceo received a 63.3 percent jump in total compensation in 2011 from the year before.

Monobrand store its second in Canada, although the the Amsterdam-based company does business at over 200 points of sale throughout the country.

The annual masked ball took place on the Upper East Side on Monday night.

Liz Claiborne adjusts severance agreement for top execs to “clarify” change-in-control procedures.

The Obama administration has placed the fashion industry squarely in the middle of its initiative to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.

Bart Becht told WWD an acquisition of what he called Avon-Coty would provide new, innovative products that would enhance the company’s lineup.

The goal is to make a major push into the women’s fitness market with the 18-piece branded collection.

The French filmmaker and longtime editor in chief of literary review Les Temps Modernes discusses life, death and his new memoir.

Camuto will acquire the shares of Chaus not owned by members of the Chaus family for 21 cents a share in cash.

The two-day event is aimed at consumers and will feature speakers from all aspects of the business, including Christopher Bailey, Tom Ford and Stella McCartney.

The greatest differential between Mercedes-Benz China International Fashion Week, known as CHIC, and other fashion weeks is that there are no buyers.

Vice, the magazine that brought you fashion week on acid, just received its first nomination for a National Magazine Award.

The 220-page issue features the designer’s futuristic Quai Voltaire apartment on the cover and photographed by him inside.

The retailer’s racy ad campaigns have again fallen afoul of the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority.

Styles are structured and relatively simple, with messenger, tote and lunch-box styles done in shades of brown and red leather and suede.

The designer was inspired by a trip to India with three of her nieces last summer.

Proceeds from the sale of the line’s Grège lipstick will go to Free the Children foundation.

The four acts, selected by chief creative officer Christopher Bailey, are singer-songwriter Marika Hackman, One Night Only, Life in Film and The Daydream Club.

A new exhibit at Vetrinjski Dvor Mansion-Theatre Hall in Maribor celebrates Missoni’s many accomplishments.

Façonnable has designed an exclusive Monte Carlo Country Club Collection, which features key separates, including the club’s prestigious blazon.

New pricing strategy has enabled buyers to focus more on products and editing the assortment.

The retailer is taking applications from vendors seeking to sell the store beginning in spring 2013, as part of its new strategy.

The sportswear giant called on some star power to show off the new team uniforms as its five-year pact with the league kicks off.