USTR Latest To Blast Alibaba Over Fakes

The U.S. Trade Representative’s office has joined the outcry against Alibaba and counterfeits.

Tracy Margolies, a senior executive at Bergdorf Goodman, is joining Saks Fifth Avenue as chief merchant on May 11, filling the slot vacated by Jennifer De Winter last February.

Burberry is the latest luxury brand to admit that volatile exchange rates are playing havoc with its global pricing structure.

Carine Roitfeld — one of France’s most famous editors and fashion personalities — is making a leap into design with Japanese retail giant Uniqlo.

Mobile marketplace Spring is gaining traction with some big-name investors and just raised $25 million to help scale up its business.

The boom in so-called “native advertising” in print and online has led to some creative solutions that are obliterating the lines between the editorial and business sides.

JD.com Inc. has created a cross-border platform called JD Worldwide.

Fendi continues to rev up its men’s wear business, planting a diminutive, yet eye-catching boutique in the Marais, the French capital’s buzziest fashion neighborhood.

Georges Marciano has filed his second lawsuit against Guess Inc. in as many months.

The new complex features a food market, men’s and women’s boutiques covered in fragrant cedar beams and plenty of landscaped outdoor spaces for shoppers to relax. It is just the start of the California retailer’s push overseas.

The reality star was at Marionnaud’s Champs-Elysées flagship to unveil the Kardashian Beauty hair line.

Donatella Versace and Anthony Vaccarello will both sweep into London May 14 to stage a small event for the Versus Versace Collection.

Objets Nomades will remain on display throughout the city’s design week, which wraps up on Sunday.

Changes are afoot for InStyle magazine’s accessories department.

Mike Duke, who retired as chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in January 2014, has joined The Carlyle Group as an operating executive in its Global Consumer & Retail Group.

Daniel Kulle, president of H&M North America, revealed the Swedish retailer is planning to accelerate the U.S. growth of its denim-driven Cheap Monday brand.

Moody floral prints mixed with grunge- inspired layers put a Nineties spin on West Coast style.

Simone Rizzo and Loris Messina are the creative minds behind Italian emerging men’s wear label Sunnei.

Dinner guests included Kate Beckinsale, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rose Byrne and Eva Longoria.

Richard Lambertson and John Truex are back and getting primed for their Shinola debut.