AAFA Blasts Alibaba Over Counterfeits

Barbara Cirkva, division president of fashion for Chanel in the U.S., will step down from her role at the French luxury house in March 2016.

The closures will add $500M to its already announced $1B cost-reduction initiative.

Except in teen sector, comparable sales exceed expectations.

The Obama administration, anticipating the introduction of presidential Trade Promotion Authority legislation in the Senate, released a new trade report Thursday highlighting record export growth in a state-by-state analysis.

Next week the company will unveil a 10,000-square-foot shopping center in Tokyo.

The British brand cited improving retail sales and cost controls.

Groh, a new organic antiaging hair- and skin-care line, was created by renowned immunologist Marvin Hausman.

The collection of sunglasses and fragrance were inspired by the sights and sounds of L.A.

Last month, Sephora rolled out mix bars filled with eight of Commodity’s scents to 35 locations, where shoppers can whip up fragrance cocktails from a variety of ingredients.

It’s an 11-year global agreement.

Brazil’s beauty market, the world’s third largest, grew 11 percent in 2014 as Brazilians continued to buy cosmetics with gusto, despite anemic growth in the overall economy.

Andrew Jennings has landed another gig — chairman of the supervisory board of Hema, the European chain owned by the British investment firm Lion Capital.

Asia’s largest apparel retailer has raised its full-year net profit forecast by 20 percent, citing strong sales at its Uniqlo stores in Japan, continued growth overseas and a weak yen.

Woolworths, the South African department store chain, is the latest to snap up the award-winning multiplatform artist, naming him style director of a forthcoming sustainable fashion collaboration.

Craig Leavitt, ceo of Kate Spade & Co., received $26.2 million in total compensation last year, according to a definitive proxy filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Father’s Day Council has snagged George W. Bush as this year’s honoree for its annual Father of the Year Awards.

Lanvin has more than 1,000 posts on the social platform.

Dior Homme presented a repeat performance of its fall collection Wednesday evening at the opera house in Guangzhou, China.

The Washington, D.C.-based trade organization said it has formed the Retail Research and Analysis Center.

The Swedish fast-fashion retailer wants to focus on renewable electricity and recycled textiles, among other practices.

The growing bevy of beauty apps offers everything from online scheduling for an at-home blowout to determining if a brand tests on animals.

American Apparel’s advertising and marketing strategy to appeal to women might need to be reconsidered. The Los Angeles-based retailer placed its first pro-women ad on the back page of Vice magazine.

The traditional boundary between skin care and sun protection is fading. The classic tanning market is being challenged by a new breed of treatment and makeup brands that have added sun protection.

Calypso’s collection for boho brides, Mariee, bows Thursday with hints of Marrakech, Goa, Jaipur and St. Barths, the brand’s original stamping ground.

Tory Burch will debut the brand’s home collection in Europe and launch the Dodie Thayer for Tory Burch Lettuce Ware Collection here during the international furniture and design show, the Salone del Mobile.

After seven years of showing his men’s collection in Milan, John Varvatos has revealed that he will show his spring 2016 collection in July at the inaugural New York Fashion Week: Men’s.

The documentary follows Raf Simons' first haute couture collection for the venerable French house.

For its spring gala Wednesday night, the New Museum asked three artists to donate works for an auction.

The AAFA is imploring officials to step up scrutiny and oversight of Alibaba’s commitments to crack down on counterfeits.

Ahead of its dive into e-commerce next year, Chanel is testing the digital waters with a shop-in-shop at Net-a-porter.com for a capsule collection of fine jewelry called Coco Crush.